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It's my birthday!

The age of the author is left as an exercise for the student.

So many wonderful knitting-related presents! The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns, which is terribly useful; Folk Shawls, nearly all of which I want to make; the Yarn Harlot's latest hilarious offering, and then this:

It's a Bosworth midi spindle, in tulipwood. It is a thing of beauty and it spins forever. It even came with that scrap of dreamy blue-purple roving half-spun, so I could try it out as soon as I opened the package. It's smooth and shiny and my spinning has already vastly improved. I need more practice. I need more roving. I need another slice of chocolate cake.