JessaLu Knits (and Spins!)

…well, we’re getting close! One of those nauseating jewelry commercials (sorry but I have issues with those) announced this morning that ‘there’s only FIVE shopping days left ’til Christmas!’

I’m excited, I like Christmas (or Xmess as I’ve called it over the past few years on the blog), I like our tree this year and I’m pretty confident in my gifts to RR and Dobby.

My one hand knitted gift, however, is giving me headaches. Maybe it’s because it’s my first flat oblong item in a looong time, maybe it’s because I absolutely love the yarn and don’t want to give it away (selfish, I know), whatever it is, I’m not exactly loving the process of this one. It’s taking for-freaking-ever!

And, because it’s a gift for someone who may or may not read the blog, I can’t exactly show you a picture of it. Sucks, eh?

I can, however, show you a picture of my favorite Holiday mug:

A post over at Judy’s got me to thinking - and wondering - do our readers/blogfriends have favorite Holiday mugs of their own? If you do, post a picture and let me know! I’d love to see them!

…Christmas is coming.

Remember this?

Well, now it looks like this:

Fiber: 4oz of Merino/Silk found at Rhinebeck 2007

Navajo plied to 274 yards of DK-ish weight (RR has decided this is the heaviest yarn I’ve ever spun)

As soon as it’s dry, it will magically and instantaneously assume the form of an Xmess gift. ;o)

The timing of this project was perfect since last week Cynthia and I decided to get together for some Holiday spinning at a Starbucks in Avon, CT (about halfway between us). We freaked out the muggles for a few hours and she learned to Navajo ply. It was a great day - and she was doing a great job with the plying, too, considering we were sitting in what was possibly the busiest Starbucks on the East Coast.

I’ll leave it up to her to post pictures of her yarn (especially since I didn’t take any photos of it). ;o)

…Jess plays with her manual focus:

Have a good weekend, everyone!