Dyeing Day

Okay I did some dyeing today, will try and get a picture up when it is done.

And I knew I should dye in the garage, I have always dye this method in the garaged, then brought it in to the micro wave. But no, I listen to others, now I have to go and wash the walls down, plus the front of the fridge, and luckily tomorrow I am mopping the floor.

Weird thing is, if I had done it in the garage, I would not of spilled a drop.

Tropical Mer-tini

Okay, got the first sock done for sock madness. I learn a new cast on, called the German Cast on, and I really like it, might even use it again.

Well in case you are wondering what it looks like...

They are done in STR Raven. I think if I knit them again, I will use a lighter color next time.

Cat Love

I so love this...

Getting Closer

Okay, it is getting closer to Sock Madness, and I never knew I had so much stash.

My mom is just shaking her head and saying it is just a pair of socks...

I just roll my eyes, as I feel she has no concept of what is going on.

The fun will start on Thursday, I have my needles, and yarn almost ready, have to wind it up, and hope it is the sock I think it is.

Sock Madness

Okay, I am now getting ready for Sock Madness, and Jo, celticmemory, also reminded me it is time to blob once more.

This year I am hoping to make it to round three of sock madness, but will be happy just making it to round two.

Only thing that might slow me down is that my son, whom is autistic is having his wisdom teeth out in the end of March. And would you believe, he is that one in a million and has not four, but six wisdom teeth, they showed me the ex-ray. Only my kid would go out of his way like that for me. lol

Not the Tulip Sock

Okay Ruth is having a mystery kal, for socks, and I, being the sucker...I mean knitter that I am, have signed up for it.

Just so you know I am still plugging way on the fetching and have half the second set done.

Well here is a picture of the sock I am calling Not the Tulip Sock, for lack of a better name at the moment.

Going to the Doctors

Well, my left thumb has been giving me a lot of pain of late, my mom says I have been knitting way too much and that is the problem >.<

But since I have to go to the doctors anyway, yearly check-up and all, I am going to talk to him about it. My mom say he will probably tell me to quit knitting >.<

I just think it is arthritis, my mom say I will have to wear glove and my thumb will stick out and I won't be able to knit >.<

Don't ya just love it when moms help you out?

Pictures

Okay, here are some pictures, first up is the Fetching my sister talked me into knitting



Only four more to go.

Next are my fair entries that took third and honorable mention






Other than that not much going on.

My Wonderful Sister

My sister calls me up, to tell me the heater is out at her job, and by time she was done speaking...

I was talked into knitting fingerless gloves for everyone at her job. Well, I love my sister...sort of, lol. But now I have to put all my fun knitting, plus this great sider pattern and another great one by Ruth, to do these gloves, plus put my Christmas knitting on hold as well, plus my Halloween Shawl with beads by Renee... grrr...

Updating the site

Well I updated the site this morning, lost a few items on the way, but I think it look cleaner, now I just have to start working more on it Adding a a few things here and there and the like.

Thanks to Ruth and Jo for helping me decide to bring this back, sort of. Kind of miss my pets, but I do believe I can get them back, if I decide I want to go that way.

Other than that, I am just knitting away, I think I am over my sock burn out, but still so much to knit for Christmas...

Okay, okay

I was minding my own business when I was informed I needed to have a blog...
I was also told that there is no way I could say I didn't have time for one, as I also run a kal on Raverly.

Thus I am going to do my best to bring my blog out of the dark ages and get it going again.

Here is keeping my fingers crossed that I can do it.

I Have Returned

I know it has been some time now since I have posted here, and a lot has happened, I have gone through my shawl stage and now am a rabid sock knitter, after doing sock madness, and now I am in for Summer of Socks and 52 Sock Plunge.

Hopefully I will once more start updating here again. ;)

Been Awhile

Well it had been awhile since I posted here it seems. Things kind of got busy for me.

I am still spinning, and carding, and now even washing my own wool, something I thought I would never do. But I have found it to be fun, except for the two pounds of Targhee, I accidentally felted, it looked like two dead poodles, in fact when I sent it back to the people I bought the wool from. I got an trade on some more Targhee. I had to prove to the UPI guy that they had never been alive in the first place.

Hopefully I will get back into the grove and start posting here more.

Other than that I am working on a sweater I am hand spinning out of Gotland. Which is weird for me, as I live in CA, and no doubt will only be able to wear a few times each winter.

So Much Fiber, So Little Time

Well, I sat down today and took stock of my fiber. I have two pounds of Gotland screaming to be spun, but I have BLF on my Babe, and all six of my drop spindles have something on it. The two pounds of Alpaca are also asking when it will be their turn, not to mention the Coltsworth and Wenlsydale...*sign* Not to forget the silk hankies and caps.

I guess I just went a tad overboard.

Especially when I then turned around to see about ordering a new pattern off the web, and a pound of the most prettiest colored Shetland, mahogany, I have seen.

Well like they say, no rest for the wicked and the righteous need none...

As for the yarn in my last picture, I am planning a feather and fan scarf for the silk, but still kind up in the air on the BLF. I am only half done on carding and spinning that one. Seems the more I get done, the more what is left in the bag grows. Not to mention the lovely chocolate brown BLF I just got that needs carding and spinning.

I think I need to go to an FA meeting (Fiber anonymous).

Been Awhile

I know its be awhile, but I have been kind of busy of late, I have a long term sub job as a Kindergarten teacher, and I have had a lot to do. But now that I have gotten into the swing of it, it is getting better.

Well there it is, my latest yarn. I know the picture is not that great, kind of dark, sorry.

The dark one was a silk hankie, and the white/cream color is my BLF that is picture on this blog somewhere, lol.
The strange thing is as I watched myself spin it up, I noticed that it had happened. Now you may ask what, so I shall tell you. I am no longer doing designer yarn. My yarn is coming out all nice and even now. I don't know if I should be happy or sad. It is like the end of an era, lol.

Starting

Well I am now starting a new shawl today. It is the sheep shawl and I belong to a kal, so they should be able to help me, as the pattern does get somewhat confusing as we go along.

Other than that I broke down and ordered some wool carders. I like them, and they are just a little cheaper then a drum carder. But I the more I card by hand the better those drum carders look.

Went to the Fair Today

Well, I have been waiting and waiting for the fair, so that I could find some people around here that are into spinning. Well, I did, only it seemed I knew more than they did, plus they didn't seem that interested in sharing any spinning stories either. All I did find out was that you can take a pencil and shove it through a potato and you have a drop spindle.

What I was wondering was...what happens when the potato goes bad?

Also they did tell me they had a guild, sort of, they go up south to a weaving guild. Then they seemed more interested in me coming to their little craft fair to buy stuff. It was not what I expected. Also the fleeces that were entered where only six sheep and four alpacas. Then the entries....only like four afghans, and one sweater, three or four baby blankets and sweater. I was really disappointed. I guess I will have to stop reading about all the really great fairs back east, lol.

Not Much Going On

Not too much has been going on of late, got some more gotland, so now I have a pound of it. Also some Wensleydale, in black, and some Cotwold. So I now have a lot of carding to do, as I have not even touched the alpaca I got awhile back....

The local fair is here, and I plan to go on Sunday, and see what they have. Hopefully I will find a guild to work with, or at least some kind of contact here in town.

Also I broke down and put myself on the list for a Bosworth Moosie Spindle. It should be here in March of 2007, plenty of time to save up for it. They are made of Moose antler, and there is sixty people in front of me. Also they have to wait for the Moses to shed their horns and such.

It Came

Well, it came, my BFL, using just the intials as I can't spell it out. It is even better than I thought it would be. I was also pleased with the lady I bought it from. She is in U.K. I ordered it off of Ebay.

Now I am just waiting from my Gotland, which I am also getting about seven oz of. And just to let you know I did not order the Gotland, cause it was the wool they used to make the Elves capes in Lord of the Rings, or the fact that Legolas was wearing it either. I just wanted to try out new and different wool types. (And if you buy that, I also have a brigde in San Fransico for sale as well.)

I also just order some Black Wensleydale Curl. Have no idea what it is, but it is black and I can't wait to try it. This I am getting about 8 oz of, all have been washed and I just need to card it.

The thing about the BFL is I thought it would be white, but in fact is kind of a cream color. Makes me wonder how much wool is really a white color, or has to be bleached or dyed white?

On Its Way

Well, I found some washed fleece that I can card on Ebay. I bought the first 200 grams, which should equal to around 7 oz, of Blue Face Leischer, I might be spelling it wrong.

Then I was looking around on that sellers sight some more, and I ran across some Gotland.

Now Gotland is kind of special to me, as it is the wool that was used to make the Elves cloaks in Lord of the Rings, all three movies. So I can't wait to get it, as it will kind of be like the stuff the Elves used...sort of, well at least in my mind it will be, so it okay. (And I know that because my imageary friend said so. Just kidding.)

It should all be here hopefully by Friday, or the first of next week as it is coming from the U.K.