Spinning Clouds, Dropping Spindles

Like the rest of us, I simple can't resist when yarn store has a sale. Today I even went in with a mission: I needed a drop spindle. I am twenty days away from taking Abby Franqument's class- "Getting more done with Spindles" and just the other day it occurred to me- I can't get ANYTHING done with a spindle. I told this to Nicole who whipped out a spare spindle so fast it nearly broke the sound barrier, and she showed me how to do the "park and draft". I was not amused. I quickly regretted having signed up for Abby's class and wasting a space where a real spindle-spinner could have made herself a more efficient crafter. I learned to spin on a wheel and it might just stay that way.

But today I woke up and the sun was shining and the drywall was not so wet and I decided: today I can do anything. And there's a huge sale at the Trading Post. So an hour later, I was fondling fibers, yearning for yarn and letting Seasilk whisper sweet nothings in to my ear while I shopped (you want me to get nekked? Here? But there are others, sweet seasilk. They might get jealous) I didn't get the Seasilk, but I did some sparkly deep red Sterling & Silver sock yarn and about 2 pounds of fiber. I got 13 oz of this pretty stuff that I think looks like a cloud...

14 oz of this pretty blue thing....

and 5 oz of Falkland to destroy with my new Bare Bonesies drop spindle (and now I know when they call them DROP spindles).

So how was your labor day?