It's been a long time since I scrapbooked, but here a couple of new pages:

Welcome to week four of our 12-part Journaling Prompts series on Life. This week we are providing some prompts to get you writing about your: Interests & Hobbies.

1. What were your interests & how did they develop? 
2. What was the most important thing you learned from your parents? 
3. What extracurricular activities did you participate in? 
4. What responsibilities did you have at home or in the community? 
5. What books/music/movies did you like? 
6. What did you most enjoy doing in your younger years?

1. What was school like when you were younger? 
2. Was there something you were really good at in school? What school activities did you participate in? 
3. What did you want to be when you grew up? 
4. Are there any funny school-related stories to share? 
5. Who were your favorite classmates? 
6. If you could spend the day doing anything, what would it be?

1. What was life like for you as a child? 
2. What experiences do you remember having with your siblings? 
3. What was your earliest childhood memory? 
4. Did you ever get into mischief as a child? 
5. Who were the important people in your life & what did you learn from these people? 
6. What interests & talents did you have early on?

1. What is your birth date and place of birth? 
2. What are the names of your parents & siblings? 
3. Where did your family come from? 
4. What is unique or special about your background? 
5. How did your ancestors contribute to your future? 
6. How did your parents choose your name (any nicknames)?

I have been knitting on and off since I was a kid. A while ago I picked up a Turkish drop spindle from Knitpicks to try my hand at spinning my own yarn. This week I completed my first batch. It was generally lumpy with thick and thin parts and lots of joins. I plied it myself by plying both ends from the center pull ball from the Turkish drop spindle to create a 2 ply handspun yarn. This process actually gave the yarn much more stability and consistency in terms of its thickness and I am actually pretty pleased with how it looks now.

So much so that I have started my 2nd yarn, using a bat of Purple People Eater (purple is my favorite color). My plan is to spin this yarn as thin as I can and try to create something in a sport or dk weight, for shawl knitting (lace weight would be too ambitious).

I have to say I never thought I'd become a spinner but I have to say it is both enjoyable and relaxing,and has a useful output. I can see myself easily creating far more handspun yarn than I'll ever have time to knit, so knitter friends you may be getting some handspun sometime soon!