spinning, ah spinning

I was asked a few weeks ago if I was still spinning and if I did anything else except shooting.  now that I think about it, that's pretty bad friend manners of me not to say anything until now.  well, I have said it and I have been doing other things besides shooting...and cleaning my guns....thinking about guns....ahh the cold metal, the smell of gunpowder....ahhhh.

almost ran away with it there for a bit.  I have been up to other things.  I spent the better part of last week spinning and working through the first of two plies of wool that has been moving faster than a speeding bullet. heh heh.  take that.  really it did though.  I had quite a bit left when I sat down and thinking that I would never finish, it was done in record time.  I should tell you that I haven't been too concerned with the supermodel type yarn with this batch, rather making it look nice and if it goes fat and skinny in places that was okay.  I fixed the obvious spots, but for the most part it would be what it was.  a little character I think.

so here they are the finished bobbin and the new bobbin on my wheel.




I don't know why they are different colors they really aren't different.  They are actually more purpley grey than anything.  which is weird because they look pink in the bag and then when I spin it it's more greyish. I dunno.

okay now on to shooting.  this is the target from today.  I had no warm up and shot the five spot from bottom left, right, center, top left, right.  the bottom right is freaking awesome.



I marked the holes with red dots to see them better and I think you would agree that bottom right target is well done indeed.  I have two months until instructor class so I hope to have it dialed into the black by that time.

and just one more gun reference.  this weekend, I received this chest rig.


and yes.  that is my FIRST smoke.

I had wanted it in kryptek camo, but apparently that's next to impossible.  even though I have seen it online that other people have it in that color.  I don't think it's really impossible, but highly improbably that I am going to get one.  I had popped over to VZ Grips (they sell different grip options for most handguns) and what do they have on their front page?  that's right a kryptek typhoon grip.  here's where the universe screws me, it's not available for my 1911.  yup they dangled that right in front of me and then no go.



alright enough complaining.  good spinning, good shooting. get on with it.

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