Last weekend, right before I returned to work for the new year, I did a Summer School class at the Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Vic. I haven’t been back to the guild since I completed my Spinning certificate early in 2023, so undertaking Janet Day’s Sensational Singles class was a super nice way to visit.

Now I’m normally not a fan of singles yarn, but Janet has made me a bit of a convert… or at least I’m prepared to include spinning singles as an option for making yarn in the future. The class was over 2 days, which was a luxurious amount of time to take in all the knowledge that Janet so generously shares with her students. If you ever have an opportunity to take a class with Janet, I would highly recommend it. I’ve left the class feeling inspired and also with a new spinning project on the wheel.

As predicted, with my return to work this week, my knitting and crafting has slowed somewhat. But I have now completed the colourwork part of my yoke on my Paul Klee sweater. I’ve got a few more increase rows to go and then I’m almost at the part to divide for my sleeves/body. I’m looking forward to the plain part of the project, as it will make for easy TV knitting, whilst I still get to enjoy looking at the colours dancing around the yoke. I think I’m on track to finish this jumper in January, yippee!