Sorry it's a hefty one...

Knitting news!
I cast off the extracontrary cockleshells socks in fondant fibre (tea with miss havisham) & WYS (penny royal). I think the WYS heel matches the variegated yarn perfectly :)

I'm still working on the like a leaf on the wind shawl, I still have gauge issues though lol and I'm on the last round for the small ten stitch blanket, I think it's looking good :)

I've also cast on the wasabi whale toy pattern, it's bigger than initially planned but it'll be awesome (I hope lol) and I'm hoping to make a cal & mari squid too after the whale (which is currently stalled till I can get some white craft felt for behind the safety eyes).
Spinning news!
I plied the whitefaced woodland today, 80.7m of a 2ply. Not great yardage but I'm easing back into spinning :) and besides every little helps towards stash dash.

I spun this SW BFL from owl about yarn in the hodge podge colourway. I got 109m from 97g and it's a 2ply, I love how barber polled it is :)

I decided to try and spin a striping yarn. This is merino in the storm colourway. I spun the singles one colour at a time, then wound the two singles into cakes and plied from the cakes. There is some barber polling between the transitions as the blocks of colour didn't match up, but I'm ok with that, and I love how this turned out :) I got 125m from 103g of a 2ply. 

I made myself some more clasp markers. I'm loving these bigger clasps for tracking my stocking stitch knitting on socks, as well as being easier to attached and detach form my like a leaf of the wind shawl. These are some of my new charms and they're so cute :)

Sewing...
Can I just start by saying I hate muslin lol
OK that's out of the way, you should also probably know I'm far from a skilled sewist, also I didn't know I hated muslin when I chose it or before I started cutting lol
These are bath/scent bags for my sons teachers and TAs. They're filled with rosemary & chamomile, they smell great but I didn't realise how much muslin sheds...I won't forget lol hopefully they'll appreciate that I tried coz the finished items aren't exactly very good lol They'll get one of these and a hand made washcloth each (see previous posts or my rav page for more details on them).

I cut some cheapish cotton to attempt a Japanese knot bag...practice makes perfect right lol
This pattern was quite fiddly especially when I got to top stitching the straps. I made a few mistakes & it's far from elegant but I'm proud of myself for not giving up.

The flowery fabric was supposed to be the exterior fabric, but it creases really easily & has a few stitching issues lol so it's now the inner fabric :)

It's works and it's reversible but I hope I can improve on this :) This one is for my mum and her mini projects :)

Goodies!
I signed up to all 4 of the four seasons boxes from Mel of the yarn tree and Summer just arrived :) it contained:
100g strawberries and cream and new balls please (sparkle sock)
a sunflower stitch marker
a hand painted wine glass to go with the Spring one :)
I'm not usually that into pink but this is seriously beautiful, she's such a talented dyer :)

I didn't originally sign up to the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets box from the yarn tree as it's my least favourite book and film of the franchise..but then I saw a sneak peak and found out there was one extra going spare...so I snagged it lol though there was only a tall available not a grande so just got the main colourway not the second. The tall box contained:
100g Basilisk (sparkle sock)
clasp markers
HP sticker
badge (these varied from box to box)
and a snitch necklace
How stunning is this colourway...just saying :)

I made a fibre order with Deb of fondant fibre, I got an over dyed grey corriedale and and some subtle Polwarth. These are so pretty, as well as soft and squishy, hard to capture the colours accurately but very nice :)

I may also have an owl about yarn order on the way lol I know...mega fail in the buying less than I knit challenge lol hopefully I'll get myself back under control for a few months before Yarndale (hoping to go again) but I'm not holding my breath lol
I also have some more akerworks bobbins on the way and a fat squirrel project bag, the latter got lost in the mail so waiting for the second and hoping there are no problems. Saying that I've just had a customs card through for over £33 and one bag shouldn't have such a high charge on it and the bobbins have just left so it can't be them...I'm wondering if the lost parcel and new one have been found together...I guess I'll find out when I get to the post office...
Happy Crafting!