Blankets for Birmingham

I’m throwing up the Knit Signal! I’m sure you all have heard about the devastating tornadoes that hit the South on Wednesday, and hit Alabama the hardest.  Over 300 people lost their lives, over 200 of them in Alabama alone. It’s hard to write this, it’s hard to even think about it without crying.  My [...]

finally friday!

It’s about time I start checking some things off my to-do list.  Making a to-do list should be the first priority, don’t you think?  Mailed the taxes off this morning, so that’s a big check – both written on my account and DONE from the list!  I only hope they spend it wisely.  Ha. I’m [...]

the cuteness

Saturday our fiber guild had our meeting at Alpacaramas Farm in Brierfield, Alabama and it was a great field trip!  I took a ton of pictures, but I’ve edited down to just a few. A field of alpacas.  It was funny, we’d approach them (with food) and they’d run away.  They were very skittish! The [...]

spinner down!

I’ve pulled something in my back/shoulder area.  I had to keep those singles under a lot of tension while plying this weekend, and all that stress made the muscles on the left side draw up, which made me unable to raise my right arm or turn my head to the left without sharp shooting pain. [...]

stages

beginning middle end The spinning frenzy continues.  I bought the above Politically Incorrect batt at SAFF in 2009 from Sugarbee Arts and Fiber, whose Etsy shop is now closed and google is no help (found a link!  Here.).  I knew those crazy colors could easily end up looking like mud, so I did my best [...]