Works in Progress 11th June 2015

I've had a pretty one track mind this week

Celtic Myths and the never ending edge repeat.

I have about 150 rows left to go and so so hope I'll get done by the weekend ready to block on Saturday. We shall see.

I'm finishing the second half of Walking Dead season 5 while knitting - I've already worked my way though 2 and a bit seasons of Game of Thrones as well working on this!

Last week though I did manage to finish the spinning that was on my wheel.

296 yards - thick and thin, will probably turn into an Age of Brass and Steam at some point. It's an easily modify-able top down pattern so I can use up every last inch.

I've been a good girl and put the baby camel back on the wheel! I moved down a whorl to a higher speed and it's been going a lot better. I'm thinking of creating a true 2ply with it from a centre pull ball. I have a lot of fibre left to go though but as long as I do a little every day it should be fine.

My plans for the weekend involve not moving!

I passed my driving test last week so I've been doing a fair bit of our day to day driving - our car is very different from the driving instructors. There's a big cycle event on too so my plans involve

Friday - Finish Celtic Myths no matter how late I have to stay up!
Saturday - Finish Cas Dragon - Again no matter how late!
Sunday - Work on Heree Be Dragonees and then after 6pm cast on June's Socks

I was hoping that I'd be finished with Celtic Myths today so I could do the Christmas Tree Skirt tomorrow, but that's just not happened. Maybe I'll tackle that on Sunday and start the sock on Monday or maybe I'll tackle the Christmas Tree skirt on Monday - Who knows!

Hopefully getting 2 of my WIP's done will help alleviate the pressure I feel with so many WIPs. We're coming up to the half way point of the month and I still feel like I'm nowhere near reaching any of my goals this month. We shall see

Plus I need to write a job application this weekend! Exciting and frantic times. Now I must really be going to bed!

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