Ground control...

Doing this earworm tracking thing is interesting.  It seems that my earworms are nowhere near as random as I think they are.  It seems that songs from adverts and / or documentaries are getting into my head and staying there.

It's all good though, at least I'm not getting any really annoying stuff in my head.  June's earworm playlist is here if you fancy a listen.

I successfully managed to avoid yarn buying today.  I am doing what the Knitmores call stash cultivation, which means that you build a beautiful stash.  My current stash is lovely, but I must remind myself not to buy yarn because it's on sale or because it's cheap.  I have plenty of yarn at the moment that I'd like to work through.  2 sweaters worth, 2 blankets worth, several pairs of socks worth, and several shawls worth.  I would like to spin for a sweater though, but would just like to improve on my spinning first though.  Having said that, it's getting so much better than what it used to look like.

By the way, here is my Vortex shawl project page (so you can see the link to the pattern), with pictures as promised.  I love the way the colour variations in the handspun yarn swirls with the pattern.  It sort of looks like what I imagine a vortex to look like.

I am really happy with it, naturally! I really think that the yarn suits the pattern and vice versa.

The 10 stitch blanket is still ongoing and I'm happy with the way it's going.  I'm aiming for random colours and something that's a bit shabby but lovely.  Not that I think my work is shabby, but I want random.

Today, I saw music in the sky...

I have finally figured out how to copy the URL to May's earworm playlist. It struck me after talking to someone the other day that not everyone knows what an earworm is.  An earworm is a song that randomly gets stuck in your head.  It's fun if you can infect someone with a tune.

It's here on Spotify if you fancied listening to it,  It's just a record of the songs that seem to go through my head.  I can't promise they'll always be traditionally earworm like (in other words, cheesy), but they are genuinely the songs that get stuck in my head.  

As an aside, did you know that one of the most common earworms isWitchita Lineman by Glenn Campbell? Heh.

Incidentally, one of my own earworms probably comes from hearing all about Rebecca Brooks getting herself arrested for perverting the course of justice / phone hacking.  The track is Paper Lies by Marillion.  Of course :)

Just thought I would come and share.  It's not complete yet, so come back and have a listen later on in the month if you fancy it.