Sarah and I were talking today about posting videos of how we spin, so I whipped up this little video of me spinning long draw with the Romney/Suffolk/Corriedale fleece I bought at Michigan. Check it out - I think you can hear me swear when I accidentally let go at the end! My hope is that others will do the same and that we’ll be able to compare notes. Consider it a video-meme. If you do decide to take a pic of your spinning, please let me know in the comments! I’d love to take a gander.
As the video above attests, I do more than just collect fiber - I actually get around to spinning it sometimes. Here are a few of the spinning projects I’ve been working on:

This is a small sample of the Romney/Suffolk/Corriedale cross fleece, spun semi-woolen with a medium/long draw. It’s a two-ply heavy worsted weight - this was one of my first conscious attempts to spin thicker:
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The second skein is BlueFaced Leicester - only a small portion of the 400 yards I spun up for the Blanket of Procrastination.

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And here’s a representative skein of the purple silk/merino from my lovely Spinning SP Seiding, spun into a sport/DK weight two ply - I think this is destined to become a nice pair of gloves:

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In knitting news, I’m almost done with the BunnyLove sweater (Pinup Girl from Stitch N’ Bitch.) This was the first sweater I ever made (and botched) - I really wanted to give this a try know that I actually know what I’m doing, more or less. I need to figure out what the heck I did to the neckline and how to finish it.
But everything is on hold so that I can make the Hourglass Sweater. Knitting it is mindless, soul-soothing pleasure… endless rows of stockinette in soft single ply yarn does not get any simpler or more pleasant. That’s what I’m saying six inches into it, though - ask me again when I’m up to boob level on this thing.

I’ll spare you the details of my shocked happiness today… but Whee!  It’s fun to feel politically optimistic for the first time since 1992!