Really Almost Summer

I know that last week I implied that I'd be posting a Spinning Sunday update, but as is so often the case, life had other plans this weekend and I ended up being a lot busier than I thought I'd be. On Saturday, I was barely home, and I had to get creative to get my household cleaning done and squeeze in a walk (and I only managed about half of my usual distance). That meant the spinning I thought I'd be able to do did not get done, but there was knitting progress made!

Saturday morning Rainbow and I went to the zoo with my parents to see a talk given by the son of some of their good friends (and Florida neighbors), who has just published a book about sharks intended for a non-scientific audience. Our families have known each other for a long time, and I've known David since he was a little kid (I'm a few years older), so it was pretty cool to hear him speak and joke about how he is the number-one critic of Shark Week. I knit through the whole thing. After his talk, we stopped briefly to visit the red pandas (Rainbow's favorite at the zoo) but didn't stick around too long because it was a nice day and the place was packed. In the afternoon, Rainbow had a self-defense class at a local karate studio with some of the girls in her Girl Scout troop. I didn't know I'd need to stay for the full class until we were on the way there, but once again I had my knitting on hand. I had only shoved a sock on the needles into my small-ish purse, so I did not have a measuring tape with me and had only my foot to gauge the length. I stopped knitting a bit before the end of the class because it looked like I might be getting close to the toe -- these are Rainbow's socks, but her feet are now less than an inch shorter than mine.

I measured when I got home and the foot was exactly the right length before the toe, so I am glad I stopped when I did.

Meanwhile, I got the front of my brother's sweater back on track over the weekend, and though I'm not quite back to where I was when I discovered the problem, I'm very close. I should be back to where I was when I ripped by the end of the day.

What I mainly focused on yesterday, though, was finishing up the singles I've been spinning. Fine singles do take quite a bit of time to spin, particularly if they're being spun worsted, but the fiber left to spin was maybe a foot and a half long. And I did finish last night, though it was after dark and a bit too late to take  photo to do the colors justice. I really needed to wait for sunlight to share this:

I will likely start chain-plying today or tomorrow, which will take much less time than spinning the singles. I'm excited to get this spin finished up and start pondering what I will spin next!

Today, if you can believe it, is Rainbow's last full day of sixth grade. Tomorrow she has about two hours of school (their closing ceremonies assembly, with a graduation of sorts for the eighth grade). I can't believe that tomorrow I will have a seventh grader on summer break!