some of the things I love about spring

lily of the valley kent’s beauty oregano borage blossoms and garden spiders even dandelions can be pretty  

Sampling

Earlier this week, I started spinning the Corriedale that reminds me of faded paisley handkerchiefs.  SB doesn’t agree with me about the color, but what does he know?  You should see some of the ties he wears!  Hee! I have 8 oz. of this, so when my first 4 oz. bobbin was full, I started thinking [...]

Is it Monday already?

Where did the weekend go?  And why do they always go so FAST? Accomplishments this weekend were on the small side of the scale.  I plied the Tamale Pie roving from Abby: I’m so glad I decided to make chained singles with this!  It will definitely knit up in stripes and I plied very slowly [...]

Man!

Someone just stole my picture of my very first socks!  They could’ve had it if they’d asked.  I’ve requested that they remove it from their site.  From the looks of their blog, they’re making this a habit.  Now I feel really bad about using the quilt picture I found on flickr.  But at least I [...]

Wee Tiny Sock!

Look at the pretty packaging!  (I’m all about packaging – must be the French part of my ancestry).  Look at that beautiful sock!!!!!  It’s from Alley, a new knitter, a new blogger, and a new friend!  Can you believe she tackled a Wee Tiny Sock for her FIRST sock, and she did it out of [...]

Two down

one to go! At this rate, I won’t have finished yarn until next week, but it’ll be well worth the wait, I suspect. Meanwhile, check out the pretty roving I dyed on Sunday! 8 oz. Corriedale, a GIFT from Mary, the woman I bought Rosalita from.  It just arrived in the mail one day.  How [...]

Rosalita, jump a little higher

senorita come sit by my fire, I just want to be your lover, ain’t no liar, Rosalita you’re my stone desire *** Last night, I didn’t do anything but spin, spin, spin.  Well, okay, I did make dinner for the mancub and eat a falafel sandwich with SB, but other than that, I spun.  I [...]

I can’t resist a good sale

So, this whole Knit From Your Stash thing?  Well, I made until March 17th!  Knit Nouveau was having a sale Saturday in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, and their flyer said they were clearing out Debbie Bliss and Rowan yarns.  I went, hoping against hope, to find a ball or two of DB Cotton DK [...]

eye candy fiber

Tamale Pie, part of my order from Franquemont Fibers.  Abby does a beautiful job of combining different fibers and colors.  This is superwash wool, silk and BFL.  Please pardon my dry hands!  I’m trying to spin this slowly and with intent.  My intent, and I may be completely fooling myself here, is to spin one [...]

Things I like

the sound of footsteps on museum floors the smell of chocolate chip cookies baking squishing my toes in mud at the bottom of the lake lying on a blanket in the back yard in the sunshine l’hombre dans l’eau eau de toilette from diptyque children’s giggles crisp, clean sheets on smooth legs musky, old books [...]

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