Happy New Year

We had a very nice Christmas with my mom and brother visiting. Lots of presents and way too much food. Hopefully everyone had a nice time. I did, but am now tired and feeling hermitty.

NYE was spent with good friends at a party, followed by ringing in 2006 with my sister and her beau. It was a fun, low-key evening... just my speed these days.

I've been busily spinning yarn on my new wheel, and working on a few other projects as well. Here are the first three skeins of yarn I've made on my wheel. The red is merino, the greenish one is a tencel/merino blend and the pinkish is mystery fiber that came in a jumble bag. It turned out much prettier than the bag of fiber suggested it would.

This is a scarf I'm working on for my indomitable Aunt Eleanor. I'm using this pattern from Adrian, and mohair yarn made by Sarah. Hopefully it will resemble Adrian's a bit more once it's blocked.

I also sanded and finished the niddynoddy H gave me for Christmas. I'm rather happy with the results.

In a fit of craft frenzy this weekend, I also made bath salts for a few friends, and got the supplies to make a motherlode of lavender sachets for my yarn stash. I've not dug out the sewing machine just yet though.

School starts again on Tuesday. Although I'm looking forward to teaching again (and my own class this time!), I'm so not ready for this break to be over. I need another week to get back into the swing of things before I'm faced with students. Just a few more days to sleep in, please?!

I've only got one resolution for 2006: I'm going to write my dissertation and finish this degree before the year is over. Oh yes, I will.

Here's to a great new year!