I am well aware that my posting has been scarce lately. Mom came out for a 10 day visit which was fabulous! Life just seems a little easier when she is there. She really got my yard in shape since I have a combination of lack of motivation and fear of snakes stopping me. Once [...]
Archive for June, 2008
25 Jun
Hush Hush Handspun Hootinany
I have never joined a swap before. I have never bought yarn for someone else and sent it off in order to receive something else sight unseen. It sounds scary to me, and then to top it off I have heard various horror stories about what people received or perhaps they received nothing [...]
22 Jun
GK clue 2
I think I can say that lace knitted in the round is equally as awesome as lace knitted any other way. I chose chart C for this one, though D looked very tempting as well.
20 Jun
Progress
Now that the latest branching out scarf is done, we can get back to working on a few other ongoing projects. And add a few new ones!
I’ve joined the Goddess Knits anniversary shawl knit along. This is a round shawl with a mandala theme. What I am enjoying the most about it is that the [...]
20 Jun
Yet another Branching Out scarf
Done again in Handmaiden Seasilk held double stranded throughout. This one is a solid color which really features the pattern of the lace. I love it!
17 Jun
Wicked Alien Baby
I have just listed 2 more handspun yarns on my etsy site. Wicked and Alien Baby.
I have to admit even though the colors were way out of my comfort zone, I had a serious obsession with them, and spinning them was a blast! The color saturation is wonderful and the silk makes spinning this an [...]
11 Jun
Another unoriginal hat
All we are doing tonight is going up and down the basement stairs. Tornado sirens stop and we come up just to get settled and hear them again. Ridiculous. Nothing is getting done tonight and I have more than enough to do!
Today at work I finished another cable hat. This poor picture is of the [...]
11 Jun
Disappointment
This weekend was the IA sheep and wool festival. I had signed up for a class and was all set to go. I intended to pick up hand cards for the lovely angora I received (remember this?) and perhaps some dyes. I’ve been counting down the days.
But earlier this week we got a little heads [...]
11 Jun
Nick guest blogs again.
Shells:
It has been awhile since we have heard from Nick. I figured a bit of background on this post might be wise. When I started dating J, he introduced me to the yogurt making process and to Lebnah, which has become one of my all time favorite comfort foods. Bug is crazy [...]
10 Jun
Escapades
Last evening I had a work event to go to with recently retired coworker. I was to be her date. I was quite excited about this and eager to wear this dress. That dress still looks absolutely fantastic and flatters in all the correct ways. Actually, I have noticed that this designer does that for [...]
8 Jun
The weekend
I think I’ll just go with a generic weekend summary today. I’ve a couple things to post but nothing earth shattering.
Bugs father called me recently and asked me if I was pregnant. My reaction was along the lines of “WHAT?!?!? NO WAY!!! Where did you hear that?
Apparently her dad had put her [...]
4 Jun
Francies are done
I absolutely adore these socks. With the ribbing they cannot help but fit properly. They are interesting in their construction and they were a great deal of fun to make.
I used jojoland melody yarn, which is supposed to have soft even color changes. I am not sure what happened with the left sock, but I [...]
3 Jun
Pomatamus mess
I picked out some Lorna’s Laces shepherd sock in color childsplay for my pomatamus knit along. I was so excited to use this bright summery yarn for the project, I thought it would look just plain fantastic!
I was not that lucky.
Yellow on one side
Pink on the other.
Not really the effect I was going for. [...]
2 Jun
Heavy Lopi
My lite lopi is heavy! But progress has been made.
I have spun up all the yarn I have for this, and I am not convinced it will be enough, I may have to get more coopworth roving. But I do have a full sleeve attached and a second sleeve started.
I do hope that the [...]
2 Jun
Yes I did finish a project
While I was busy thinking through various memories and blogging about them, I finished a project.
This is a branching out scarf, done in handmaiden sea silk held double throughout. I absolutely adore how it turned out, and blocking and ironing it after it was complete made the whole project shine!
2 Jun
Creating memories
So with all this talk of memories and roots and such things, I decided that I should spend some time with the Bug doing things that weren’t housework related. It seems that there are so many things to get done that I often don’t just take her somewhere for fun. She has been bugging me [...]
1 Jun
My own version of a scrap quilt
This has been a fantastic week of wandering through some of my memories and contemplating that which makes me who I am. Thank you for indulging me. There is something special about getting some of those thoughts down in journal form that makes me think perhaps I am tending some roots for The [...]
1 Jun
Scraps
I have always had a love affair with scrap quilts. I just love to look at all the colors and fabrics and imagine where each may have come from. A scrap quilt invents a story in your mind, even if you do not know any of the fabrics personally.
Even better if you do! [...]
