I finished the singles.  The last few inches were terrible because my hands were sweating and the wool was felting.  The job today is to wind off all the singles onto a a ball winder.  It's a very slow process because I don't have a lazy kate so I have to do it by hand.  I can't unwind it too much or it will get tangled.  Once I finish that I will take an end from the outside of the cake and one from the inside and make a plying ball.  My hand spun that I have made recently I my yarn has come out kind of stiff and hard. I have two theories as to why this is.  The first is that there is too much tension on  the yarn when I ply and I think making a plying ball will fix this.  The other problem I think my be my finishing.  I usually just let time take care of setting the twist but I think washing and/or soaking will help as well.  I'll let you know how it works.  I haven't worked on the socks or the cupcake but I really wanted to cast on something new that was mindless.  About two years ago I made a yarn that was beaded and I wanted to use it.  I found a patter I thought it would work but because the beads are actually in the yarn they sometimes fall to the back of the shawl.  I'm trying to decide if I should keep going and just not care if the beads are on the back or look for another patter.  I'll let you know what I decide.

I have just been watching tons of Knit 1 Heart Too right now.  After Tour de Fleece (France) I think I may have a WOW marathon.  I'll try to go back to kdrama next week.  We went to a birthday party for a little three year old and even though I just sat and watched the kids play I got really tired.  I feel better a now that I'm home.  I'm sure I'm o.k. but it was really weird.  I guess that's about it.  I'll talk to you next week.