Distractions

Happy November! Hope everyone had an enjoyable Halloween. We had all of 4 trick-or-treaters. So pathetic. I splurged on a grown-up treat for me and mom though.
That's a Caramel Apple Custard pie from Weber's. So good! Tastes like a giant caramel apple - go figure.
Very tasty. I had intended to get the pumpkin one they have, but it was covered with pecans and dad is highly allergic, so caramel apple it was. Mmmmm!

Enough of the ice cream, on to more important things. Big weekend for my sports teams. Football won 48-21 over Norwayne ( I misspelled it last post, in case anyone was confused). It wasn't as close as it seems either. Their first touchdown was from the 2 yard line after a muffed fair catch. And the next 14 weren't scored until the end of the game when we decided to put in the "second string" and they employed the onside kick that doesn't hit the ground. 20 minutes of arguing over 2 kicks - no joke. 1:11 left on the clock and 10-15 minutes were spent poring over the rule book and arguing over what the call was. I was highly annoyed.

My volleyball team also played on Saturday. I was not present due to the afore mentioned football game. They ended up winning, but it took them all 5 games and the last game was as close as you can get, with a score of 15-13. Would've been having heart palpitations if I had been there. So they move on to State semis on Friday in Dayton. If they win, the finals are on Saturday - same day as my football game. If only I could be in two places at once.

Knitting? Not much to show because it's all been for secret stuff. So I'll distract you with the pretty stuff I have recently acquired. First up is 4 oz of superwash merino from one of my favorite etsy shops, dkKnits.
Colorway is "Rockin' Around", it's one of her new colors for Christmas. So pretty and fun. Makes me think of the Christmas tree all lit up. And she included a bunch of purple sparkly threads - don't think I'll use them, but you never know. It'd be like purple tinsel. Hmmm. Can't wait to get around to spinning this.

Next up is a batt of merino/bamboo/firestar blend from another Etsy shop, ArtemisArtemis, in the colorway "Robes of Autumn". A-MA-ZING. Really. It's so pretty I'm a bit intimidated to spin it. Worried that I'll make it less pretty by spinning it.
I will of course. Eventually. I may just need to keep it around for looking at for a while. The picture really doesn't do it justice. The colors are really much deeper, and you can't see the brown that runs through it all. It also has some copper firestar (sparkly bits).
I did a little spinning the other day. Would have been more, but the single broke in a spot that I couldn't repair, so I set it aside to take off the spindle.
It's about 63 yards so far. More than half of it left to spin. I'm not so in love with this fiber. It doesn't draft well - even though I pre-drafted it. Which is the main reason that I'm dragging my feet on the spinning of it - well that and I've been on a gift knitting tear lately.

Alright, that's about it for me. Don't forget to vote tomorrow!