Finish one thing, start something totally new!

Well that was quick!
I have been working pretty exclusively on the Conduit shawl for the past week. On Sunday I finished knitting it, on Monday it was washed and blocked, and yesterday I took advantage of the beautiful sunny morning to take some photos.

I'm so happy with how it turned out. I had plenty of yarn left over when I got to the end of the pattern, so I added an extra 4 garter stripes. That meant that the rainbow starts and ends with orange. I think it looks much better then ending with the greeny-yellow.

I've got some exciting new things coming up soon. I've started working with some wood and leather to make various pieces of jewelry and shawl pins.

The most exciting thing to happen this past week was the arrival of this amazing prize I won from ravelry.

 It's a complete Learn To Spin kit, with two spindles, a book, dvd and a selection pack of fibre.

 It too a little while to get going, but I soon got the idea of park and draft spinning.

Here's my very first attempt at yarn. It's very uneven, but it's a start :D