Went to the Madrona Fiber Arts retreat. Won a door prize of a $25 gift certificate which I used to get some lovely cashgora/tussah silk fiber. Yum ( Read more... )

I've got various bits of handspun stuff that I personally don't like that much, but don't really feel it's good enough to actually sell. I'm never going to use it, but the idea of throwing it away? Not so much. There's commercial yarn I'm probably never going to use, too, which could use a new home ( Read more... )

( more potty stuff )

I don't know if it's the pregnancy, the medication, something else entirely, but...

My hands feel really strange when I knit lately. It's like... I can feel the insides of my fingers more than I usually do. It's making for slower knitting on my Olympics project than I'd like, because after a row or two I have to put it down and wait for my hands ( Read more... )

Alien spit yarn all plied. Amazing how much spinning I get done when I don't knit for several days. Lots of sparklewhite singles left, and a bunch more batts, too. I can have it both ways! Photo after sleeping... I'm thinking it will be a stole in New Shale. Old Shale, aka feather-and-fan, is sort of wavy. New Shale is more angular, like the edges ( Read more... )

Wrist tendonitis means I can't knit? Time for some spinning. I'm halfway through the lovely soft grey qiviut-alpaca-merino blend, but lace weight spinning takes forever and it's a lot of looking at a soothing restful grey color. So I set that first bobbin aside and decided to play with other stuff, in brighter colors ( Read more... )

You have a whole room full of wool. You have yarn for multiple sweaters for both yourself and your husband, not to mention a few for friends. You just gave yourself the beginnings of tendonitis in your right wrist while finishing up your last project, to an extent where you need to ice it and wear a brace and take lots of vitamin I. You can't even ( Read more... )

Saturday was the Shepherd's Extravaganza. About 5 vendors had to cancel at the last minute, including our beloved Amelia (the Bellwether). I'm told her daughter had chicken pox. Hope everyone is on the mend ( Read more... )

The friend who is dying, well, she's still dying. I don't think anything's going to change that. She's mostly unconscious, so I hope that means she's not in much pain. I've done what I can to let her know how wonderful she is. I'm keeping her in my thoughts and if they want people to sing at a memorial service, I'm there. The other friend with the ( Read more... )

Yesterday I hung out a bit with kathrynt and spygirle at Country Yarns, where we knit and gabbed and generally enjoyed the ambiance. I'm hoping to put together some pattern packs for the absurd flower hat and the felted beaded bag and selling them there. I think for the absurd flower hat a kit might be a good idea, since it uses smallish amounts of some of the ( Read more... )