A little of this, a little of that

I am making progress slowly on the Color Affection shawl. I decided to make the short row section a bit bigger so I am still working on it. But it is almost done.
I am also slowly spinning some Briar Rose Polwarth on my spindle. I love Chris's color sense. Don't you love this section? The colors keep changing and I love watching them change. I can't wait to see it all plied up.

I wrap the cop on the spindle in a figure 8 as it keeps it from sliding off. If I just do straight wraps, as the cop gets bigger, it starts sliding down the shaft and I have to stop and wind it off. This way I can pack a lot more yarn onto the spindle.I am in love with row counter bracelets right now. I bought a couple from Hide and Sheep on Etsy and am using them on my Color Affection to keep track of the rows where I need the double increases. But I also bought these the other day from another Etsy shop the other day. These are more expensive but you can move the beads back and forth more easily. I haven't used them yet.

Here they are with all the beads at one end.


Here I have moved a couple of beads to the other end to count. They stay there.

Finally, I thought I would put in a plug for this power cord organizer from Quirky. Quirky is like Kickstarter, a way to get funding from a lot of people to get started. This is for my Macbook Pro and I saw it on a colleague's desk on Thurs. I ordered it and received it on Friday!

You can see the wider section for the thicker cord on the top.


Looking down on it from the top.

Finally, a look at the size of it. It is made of soft pliable silicone-type material that has a bit of body so it holds everything neatly. I found the heavier cord very difficult to manage so this is going to be helpful there.That is all for now.