Socks, spinning and why I'm a bad Domestic Goddess

Since returning from LARP, I've been mainly trying to catch up on sleep. The 10am-2am LARP schedule can be quite punishing, and I always have some trouble getting back into a normal sleep routine on my return.
I have, however been doing some knitting and some spinning.

I've finished one of the socks, and have made a start on the second. They aren't going to match, but I was aiming for the longest socks I could get. B tends to wear hand knit socks at LARP, and it is useful when they are long enough to go over the top of his boots. When the ball weighed about 65g I used the balance at work to split the yarn into two and knit the first sock until I ran out of yarn. On trying on the sock it looks like had I knitted much longer I would have had to consider some calf shaping.
I love the yardage on this yarn (it is Wendy Roam).

I have mostly been spinning though. The heat we have been having means my hands are slightly damper than usual (nice, right?) and that makes knitting less comfortable.

I've been spinning the blue/green 70s merino. I have finished the spinning, getting two and a half bobbins of singles.

I've plied one of te full bobbins, getting about 85m of yarn.

My spinning is still somewhat uneven, but the yarn certainly looks okay. I'm hoping to ply the rest tonight, and am hoping for about 200m. Enough to make a cowl or a hat, but in all honestly I think I'll mostly be looking at it for a while. And stroking it. And feeling a little smug.

Next up I am torn between spinning this:

which is 35g of 70s merino from Mill House Designs, or this:

which is 100g of superwash BFL from easyknits and is so beautiful I want to wear it like a crown.
I'd like to try some chunky yarn, so may experiment with the purple merino for that.

I can't actually recommend Jon over at easyknits highly enough. Every time I have dealt with them he has been friendly and professional and his yarn and fibre are simply delicious. If you haven't already, check out the web page.

Today has mostly been a day of domesticity. We have cleaned the fridge, defrosted the freezer and hung some curtains in the living room (thank you Arianwen!). I've lived here for nearly three years and have only just gotten round to hanging curtains. I'm not the most adept of domestic goddesses, it must be said. I have also learned today that when I put things in the freezer, even if I am certain that I will recognise whatever it is when I come to use it, I will not. I have a bag of something that is either cookie dough or mushroom sauce. And that is one of the most identifiable things in there. It is perhaps less than ideal.

I've reread The Millennium Trillogy by Steig Larson recently, after getting copies of the films. I had forgotten how good the books were, and would highly recommend them. As with so many people, it is a shame that Mr Larson died as early as he did.