spin knit dye

This is what I’ve been doing lately.

Last Saturday during the fleece washing, I finished spinning the Louet pencil roving and plied it up.  I have no idea what this will become, but it was very easy to spin and I really loved seeing the colors after spinning all that brown wool for my sweater.

Now I’m [...]

yesterday on the way home

I noticed a rainbow in the sky!  I immediately pulled over to take a picture for you.  It seems like I don’t see as many rainbows as I used to.  That might have something to do with taking the time to look for them.

I pulled over right in front of a house that I’m curious [...]

Saturday is wash day

For fleece, that is!

My friend Karen came over Saturday and brought a fleece she’d had in her closet since last spring’s shearing.  We washed it in four loads and most of the dirt and grime came out easily.

I talked Karen into spreading some of it on top of the hot tub and by the time she [...]

the bad with the good

Some dumbass ran into my car Wednesday night (no one was hurt, thankfully).  The boy and I were on our way home and the woman in the car in front of us decided – all of a sudden – to do a u-turn!  She veered to the right then veered immediately to the left.  I [...]

Practice sleeves?

I like them fine, except apparently I can’t do math.  They’re a little big.

I can’t decide whether to leave them as-is, since if I do steek this sweater, I’ll wear it as a cardigan/jacket with a shirt underneath, or rip back and start over with fewer stitches.

This is an argument in favor of ripping back.  [...]

project update

I know it seems like I’ve been this whirlwind of activity, working on my SAFF sweater, and the reason for this is two-fold.  First, I have to give credit to the roving I spun.

See how light and lofty this is? I’m not sure how it was processed as I bought it in roving form from [...]

Caulisheep

Good enough to eat!
This is one of those drive-by postings.  I’ll have a real post soon, I promise.  I’ve run into problems starting my SAFF sweater but I think the third incarnation is going to do the trick (fingers, arms, legs, toes and eyes crossed!). 
Another aside:  You want to know how hot it is?
how hot is it?
It’s so hot [...]

Kickin back

Isn’t that what Sundays are for?
Friday night’s graduation was such a proud moment!  Here’s a picture of my daughter Amber with her favorite professor and mentor.   

He’s wiping away a tear after reading her heartfelt thank you card.  I know she’s glad to have school behind her (for now – graduate school is definitely in her [...]

Finally!!!

Friday’s finally here!  Woohoo!  I have so many things to be happy about, I’m gonna make a list!
1.  My daughter’s graduating college tonight!!!!!!!!!!!  Yes, it does deserve that many exclamation points!  She’s a chemistry major – graduating summa cum laude with several other top honors!  Yes, I’m bragging, but I think I’m entitled.  I’ll post [...]

slowly but surely

Six bobbins spun.  The unlabeled bobbin will be plied with itself, however, as it is slightly darker brown (take my word for it) than the others.

Bobbins 1 and 5 are strapped into their seatbelts.

Let the plying begin!
I still have a long way to go, however.  I dyed 8 oz. of this brown wool a really pretty [...]

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