weekending - aweekend close to home is a weekend for crafting!

On Friday night we hosted my parents for Shabbat dinner, and I finally remembered to get a photo! And here's my mother, with sitting on her lap.

Saturday was gloriously quiet. We slept in and lay around reading and then cleaned the house. I went to practice time at Pole and then the supermarket. It really was a blissfully quiet day! I did finish plying my latest spinning project.

It's Australian Polworth and I got 800 metres from 200 grams, so it's a light fingering. It puffed up a lot on finishing, and I am so looking forward to knitting with it.

I'm going to make The Beeswax Shawl for the Richmond Knitters Bendigo knit-a-long. I'm obsessed with how pretty it is, and don't even want to put it away, I just want to leave it on the coffee table and admire it.

Sunday was another gloriously slow start. I did start my next spinning project, sampling some long draw. More on that when i work out what I am doing!

d then we went down the road to see Lulu. I'd call her my sister from another mister, but we actually have the same last name. She calls my father 'Uncle Peter'. Technically she is Shoni's (Elise's oldest brother) partner. Despite no shared blood, I consider them all family. Anyway, we caught up and then met Elise at a local wine bar. I love having everyone live close.

I also got a surprising amount done on Wool and Honey. I'm just over halfway through the ever growing yoke. It's a really fun knit, not too complicated, just enough details to me interested and I love the yarn I'm using.

I hope you also had a weekend that filled your cup.

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