Winner, I'm a winner!

Spinning along on Tour de Fleece is slowing down for me. I've now gone a few days without spinning but I think I made up for it today. I spent another 30 minutes spinning BFL from the Woolery and am getting the singles so fine (for me that is). I think I'm slowing down because I'm wanting to be DONE with my sweater! Knitting a sweater out of fingering weight yarn isn't supposed to go fast but sleeves are supposed to be potato chip knitting.

My Roadbug hanging out under the desk.

For me, sleeves are NOT potato chip knitting. They take FOREVER to knit. I thought about making cap sleeves, then sleeves that will cover t-shirt sleeves, then elbow length, then 3/4 length. Finally today I reached wrist length! Perfect! I'm finally done with that sleeve. I used 42 grams in 1 sleeve which means the other sleeve needs to be knit before I finish the body of the sweater. Now I know I can knit a ribbed sweater out of 1,260 yards, I think I might be lining a few more up.  Somebody needs to stop me and quickly before the madness sets in. I still love the pattern though.  Gauge still has me laughing for the Abotanicity because I missed it by a mile.

One sleeve

I'm still watching and listening to podcasts through iTunes but I swear, this weekend they were out to get me! It seems like every time I restarted the podcast app on my phone, another 3-6 were downloading.  However, I did get to watch a few favorites. I've started off with Geeky Girls Knit. They are a duo that hosting a picture a day for the month of July on Instagram with the hashtag #ggkcraftypad. You should see the pictures that everyone's been posting; it's inspiring. In addition to Geeky Girls Knit podcast, I watched the Must Stash Podcast. I'm a WINNER- *happy dance*. I never win anything; ever!  I have roughly 2 ounces of Spin Moneky's rolags heading my way sometime soon! I can't wait to clean off my bobbins and spin some rolags. 

When I'm not watching podcasts or taking DS2 to the potty; I'm reading while I knit. For some reason I've been on a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle kick. I've already covered several of the Sherlock Holmes stories and am gearing up for the next collection of stories. I do have a plan for my reading; a refreshing change! I will alternate between the books from the library, knitting books, and "classic" literature. I have an app on my iPad with lots of downloadable free books; all out of copyright.  So after this Doyle kick, I think Edgar Allan Poe may be up next. Maybe the Bronte sisters or I could just leave it at who ever is next is next.

A little Sherlock Holmes to keep me company.

I fear it's time to finish my happy dance and do a little more work today.