Catching up

I've been hard at work trying to get at least one pair of socks finished for the 52 pair plunge. Here is my first pair. So far I'm only 5 weeks behind but I knew when I joined that I would be a turtle. These are Magic 28 socks knit in 1/1 rib. They will probably take a journey to Mongolia with my cousin and his wife when they return there in July. They live in a very cold, very poor area so these can be used by a small child in their community. I'm planning on this being just the first of a bunch that get to take the trip with them. This yarn is some worsted weight wool that I dyed. It felted ever so slightly when I rinsed it out making it unsaleable. I have enough left for a couple more pairs of these little cuties.Here is my "in between" spinning. This is gorgeous 75% mohair, 25% wool that I got at a fiber sale a couple months ago. The vendor is Sheep Hollow Farm. Since I absolutely L.O.V.E. red it is very entertaining for me to spin. I'm trying to spin it very softly and the two-ply is quite bulky.
This is my "in between" spinning because I'm spinning it in between spinning bobbins 2 and 3 of this gorgeous purple and violet superwash merino that I dyed myself. I'm planning on a 3 ply sock yarn with this and, amazingly, these bobbins weigh within one gram! of each other. I split the roving in thirds and I think it's pretty amazing that I split it so acurately.

Here are the first two bobbins hanging out in front of one of my pretty azalea bushes enjoying the evening sunshine.And this, my friends, is softly spun slightly thick and thin yarn I spun from a batt created by Miss Violet of Lime and Violet fame. The yarn is pretty and sparkly. Not as soft as I like since the wool in it is coarser than I usually choose but the silk makes it kinda interesting and softens it up a bit. I can't remember what all was in the batt. I have to say I like my spinning batts a little more blended (prepared?) but I understand that she was trying to accomplish chunky bits of color and not tweed so it did work the way she intended. I'm just really like spinning combed top I guess. And I hadn't spun anything with Angelina fibers before so that was kinda interesting and fun. This color also blends perfectly with the skein I made using my ghetto hackle and the weight of yarn is equivalent enough that I think I may knit them up into a stripey hat and use the softer superwash merino/targhee blend that I made as the brim of the hat with this as a wide stripe. Pattern ideas anyone?
Oh, and here's a close up. It is very pretty don't you think?