Little cakes of yarn

I'm improving in my ballwinding skills, although the 'interface' between yarn swift and ball winder still sometimes breaks down.

The light grey is recycled Rowan 4-ply tweed - I think it may be Donegal tweed - that I half knitted into a jersey for my eldest son when he was about 2. Now he's 18... I have some more part skeins and some unused skeins, so this could be the basis of a fair isle project.

The dark grey is Malabrigo laceweight merino in the Paris Night colourway. I fell for this at Stash a couple of weeks ago but they only had one in stock. Dawn came to the rescue: I bought her two skeins of Purple Mystery and we did a swap! I have plans to make a Gerda stole with this (free pattern pdf). It is the most deliciously soft cuddly yarn; I like slightly thicker laceweight.

The greeny-brown is Dream in Color Classy (Lucky Jade) that I bought in the sale at Socktopus (sadly, this yarn is no longer at a reduced price, but others are). I have seven of these to make into a top-down cardigan (but I'm not even swatching until I finish the fatigue).

I'm making good progress on T's fatigue. The body is done to the armholes and I am half way up the first sleeve. Unbelievably swift progress for me - only just over a week so far!