Clapotis 1 is Finished and Yarn is Arriving......
Tonight, I finished the Clapotis for Aunt Barbara for Christmas. I have enough yarn left over to make a pair of mittens to go with it. If I can finish them, I will give them with the Clappie, if not, I may keep them. It did come out longer than I thought it would, but should be o.k. I will wash it in Eucalan this weekend and pack it up. Clappie 2 is inching along. I can devote more time to that one now.
My custom dyed yarns from Skein Queen arrived and oh my goodness!! All I can say is.....breathtaking......gorgeous......snuggly. I plan to make my Mystic Waters with the blue one, and am undecided about the cool jewel tones ones. Also, My three LnV skeins are in and calling me to make more socks. The rovings I ordered arrived the same day as the LnV........lots of fiber to play with.......
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Friday, November 02, 2007
Justification of Yarn and Fiber Purchases
O.K. I'm going to be in so much trouble if my husband figures out what I just did....... I used his Paypal account for an Etsy shopping extravaganza. He has given me permission to use it if I want as long as I pay it off. I only spent about $200. ;)
It could have been much worse........ The justification? It's going to be winter soon and cold, I'm retiring next month, if he figures it out, it can count as a Christmas present...... sounds good to me.........
What did I buy you may ask? Just some sock yarns and some rovings to spin......
I do need to visit Yarnia for that other skein of yarn too........
O.K. I'm going to be in so much trouble if my husband figures out what I just did....... I used his Paypal account for an Etsy shopping extravaganza. He has given me permission to use it if I want as long as I pay it off. I only spent about $200. ;)
It could have been much worse........ The justification? It's going to be winter soon and cold, I'm retiring next month, if he figures it out, it can count as a Christmas present...... sounds good to me.........
What did I buy you may ask? Just some sock yarns and some rovings to spin......
I do need to visit Yarnia for that other skein of yarn too........
Thursday, November 01, 2007
White Fleece Progress.....Getting Lost in My Own State.....
On Saturday, I originally was suppose to do some stuff with my husband, but our plans were changed, leaving me with a few hours to myself. Instead of doing the housework, I played hooky. I decided to meet up with Marva from my Spinning Guild at Sue Di Nola's Sit and Spin in Oakland. Well, I got lost for over 2 hours, riding around in circles and never found the place. After all this time, I decided to head over to Woonsocket to Yarnia and meet up with Kimberly and Jen. Joseph was the perfect host and his mom, Linda, was great to spend time with also. I did cave in and buy some Claudia Silk Lace weight for a shawl in a beautiful light blue variegated. I also plan to head back there this weekend for that other skein of Claudia and maybe the Cherry Tree lace weight in bright yellow, red, and orange which was calling to me, begging to come home with me.
The white fleece is drying in the shed as I type. It's been there since Sunday. Hopefully, it will be ready for me to bag up the Saturday. With the temps being a bit cooler, it's taken a little longer to dry completely.
I took some of the gray to be checked by Jonne. It seems we were a little aggressive and pushed it under the water a bit too fast, resulting in a slight felting in some of it. Also he found dandruff in some of the locks. The recommendation is to toss that part because I will not be able to get it out properly. Besides, who wants that in their yarns? Yuck.
I am part of a Fiber Prep group on Ravelry. The founder is holding a blend-a-long, which I signed up for. I picked up some orange Merino and white silk. These are the fibers she wants us to use for this. I think the orange reminds me of pumpkins, with it's spice shade. The blended item will look like pumpkin mousse with whip cream worked in, or a dark cremesicle. I love the orange sherbet and vanilla ice cream treats. "No Pudge" used to make a great sugar free version. Unfortunately, I haven't seen them for quite a while.
Yesterday, I was checking e-mail and found the latest issue of my Knitting and Crochet Guild Newsletter. It was cool to see my interview published in it. Of course, I hated my picture, but, I did make good use of it. I printed it out and now it's my reminder to stay on track with the food issues. Weight Watchers suggests doing this anyway. I had a picture before, but it "mysteriously" disappeared. Hmmmmmmm.
O.K. It's time to get back to work on Clapotis 1. I'm about to start section 4. Hopefully, I can get this finished by next weekend. I need to also finish the MS3 by December 10Th in order to have a couple of days for blocking. My Christmas Party is on the 14Th and I really want to wear it for that.
On Saturday, I originally was suppose to do some stuff with my husband, but our plans were changed, leaving me with a few hours to myself. Instead of doing the housework, I played hooky. I decided to meet up with Marva from my Spinning Guild at Sue Di Nola's Sit and Spin in Oakland. Well, I got lost for over 2 hours, riding around in circles and never found the place. After all this time, I decided to head over to Woonsocket to Yarnia and meet up with Kimberly and Jen. Joseph was the perfect host and his mom, Linda, was great to spend time with also. I did cave in and buy some Claudia Silk Lace weight for a shawl in a beautiful light blue variegated. I also plan to head back there this weekend for that other skein of Claudia and maybe the Cherry Tree lace weight in bright yellow, red, and orange which was calling to me, begging to come home with me.
The white fleece is drying in the shed as I type. It's been there since Sunday. Hopefully, it will be ready for me to bag up the Saturday. With the temps being a bit cooler, it's taken a little longer to dry completely.
I took some of the gray to be checked by Jonne. It seems we were a little aggressive and pushed it under the water a bit too fast, resulting in a slight felting in some of it. Also he found dandruff in some of the locks. The recommendation is to toss that part because I will not be able to get it out properly. Besides, who wants that in their yarns? Yuck.
I am part of a Fiber Prep group on Ravelry. The founder is holding a blend-a-long, which I signed up for. I picked up some orange Merino and white silk. These are the fibers she wants us to use for this. I think the orange reminds me of pumpkins, with it's spice shade. The blended item will look like pumpkin mousse with whip cream worked in, or a dark cremesicle. I love the orange sherbet and vanilla ice cream treats. "No Pudge" used to make a great sugar free version. Unfortunately, I haven't seen them for quite a while.
Yesterday, I was checking e-mail and found the latest issue of my Knitting and Crochet Guild Newsletter. It was cool to see my interview published in it. Of course, I hated my picture, but, I did make good use of it. I printed it out and now it's my reminder to stay on track with the food issues. Weight Watchers suggests doing this anyway. I had a picture before, but it "mysteriously" disappeared. Hmmmmmmm.
O.K. It's time to get back to work on Clapotis 1. I'm about to start section 4. Hopefully, I can get this finished by next weekend. I need to also finish the MS3 by December 10Th in order to have a couple of days for blocking. My Christmas Party is on the 14Th and I really want to wear it for that.
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