Yes!!! i made my own drop spindle last night, and worked on spinning!! ! a little bit, at least. i was using Jo-Ann fabric's line of yarn, the reeaaallly thick stuff that the name of escapes me right now. it's 30% wool and 70% acrylic and just barely twisted. So, i ripped it apart and tried my hand at drafting and dropping and spinning and shafting and all that. the yarn, as it turns out, sucks for re-spinning. too much acryllic maybe?? I think i'm going to order some wool and give that a shot. There's some nice videos online of drop spinning, you can find them here at Joy of Handspinning. The lady spinning the wool has some mad skills, mine are pretty weak right now. as far as knitting... well, nothing going right now. i think i might start some hats and scarves for the x-mass season. maybe some mini-gloves for christmas trees, i hope i can find the pattern.
A little bit of yarn, a little bit everything else.