Pencil Roving and Potato Soup

Oh. My. God. I've been threatening to spin up some angora goat pencil roving that a coworker sent me from her hobby farm in California. I finally did yesterday. I didn't prep it at all. I didn't pull it. I just fed it into Mabel as it came and Oh. My. God. I never want to spin anything but pencil roving every again! Where it takes me a couple of weeks of pretty concentrated effort to prep, spin and ply sock weight yarn, I was able to spin all of the pencil roving I had in about 90 minutes. It was so soothing, and rhythmic, just feeding it in and feeding it in and feeding it in. Bliss. Zen. Sigh.
I planned to KoolAid dye it today. I've never dyed before. I have three bobbins full of singles. I'm not going to ply it; just dye it and knit it into mittens. I think they'll be really soft and warm. But instead of staying home to do it, I had a case of the blues. so I went to The Ear for the afternoon to visit and knit mini mittens. I got this week's pair done early! And the crew down there always chases the blues away. I'll have time to dye the angora some night this week.

Or maybe I'll work on my new Noro scarf. Yes, 'Miss Must-Finish-All-UFOs-And-Use-Up-Stash-Yarn' bought two skeins of Noro Silk Garden today to make a smaller version Brooklyn Tweed's scarf. Heavy sigh. I have no self control.

When I came home, Ben and I went outside and played Frisbee for a while. He needs more exercise. Didn't take too long to wear him out and we both came in almost frozen so I made a potato soup. It was extra yummy. I'll post the recipe over on Molly Bee's Kitchen. It hit the spot on such a cold night and I will have leftovers for later this week when the temperature is supposed to go down to eh -15° to -25° range. Brrrr! I'd better get going and get my new scarf and mittens done before the mercury bottoms out! Have a good week!