Yes, it’s that time again. We raised well over $200 last year, in a mere day, and I know we can do even more this year! So, PLEASE, “sponsor me here”:http://blogathon.org/sponsor.php?blog_id=357 if you can, if you so desire, if you feel compelled. It’s for a great cause. Cancer touches all of our lives, in some…
INSERT NAME, the sheep dog
p=. He’s a Great Pyrenees – HUGE – and just a puppy. He’s 8 months old and joined us from the Fidler Farm just outside St. Louis, Missouri. Mom and I went and picked him up yesterday and took him out to his pasture, with the rams. He promptly escaped from near the gate, trying…
Princess Kamryn in her Bolero
p=. All together now – _awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!_ As you can see, Jill had to roll her sleeves, just once, so she has room to grow, but I was actually worried about it being too small – no worries! I agree with “Chris,”:http://chrisknitz.blogspot.com the sleeves on this pattern are disproportionately long in relation to the body of…
One Skein July 2006
h5=. Thank You again One Skein Secret Pal!!! p=. This is a lovely skein of “Noro Silk Garden Lite in color 2014.”:http://www.fuzzymabel.com/yarn/noro/noro_silkgardenlite.shtml Last month she sent something soft, this month she sent something in jewel tones – what more could this girl want!! Maybe some nice Udder cream? And a pretty card. Oh, and this…
Have I been RAK’ed?
I received a skein of lace yarn in the mail – from a Christine, in California, that I’m not sure if I know or not (how embarrassing). There was not a note or card of explanation. Just some wonderful lace yarn, wrapped in tissue paper, in a box, addressed from her to me. Is this…
Day 6 Tour de Fleece Update
2.5 oz. tan romney – navajo 3-plied (first time) p=. 1.3 oz. green/white wool/silk p=. 1.4 oz. finn p=. 0.3 oz. finn on drop spindle My total spun, so far, is 5 1/2 oz. To be on schedule, I really should be closer to 8 1/2 oz. but what with the big holiday weekend and…
Parent of an Adult
p=. Well, vacation is over. _He_ goes back to work today. The past 2 1/2 weeks have been grand, having _him_ around so much. Even though a lot of it was spent with _him_/us doing things that needed to be done, that just never seem to make it to the top of the list. There…
Tour de Fleece 2006
As knitter’s we had the “Knitting Olympics,”:http://www.starzabove.com/smilies/JUMP.gif and now for spinners we have the “Tour de Fleece, 2006.”:http://wabisabi.typepad.com/le_tour_de_fleece/ Corresponding with the beginning and ending of the “Tour de France”:http://www.letour.fr/ we will be setting our spinning goals to start on July 1st, as the race begins, and hopefully meeting our goals by the time the race…
Amazing Lace 2006
As an “Amazing Race”:http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race9/ fan I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to join in on the “Amazing Lace”:http://amazinglace.licketyknit.com/ competition. My team mate in the competition will be the “Mystery Stole 2 – 2006.”:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mystery_Stole_2/ There is nothing like hitting two birds with one stone! I’ve done my “swatches,”:http://starzabove.com/article/first-worsted-stole-swatches-then-2nd-yukon-repeat decided on my needle size (US 4) and…
Worsted, Swatches, and 2nd Repeat
So, remember that lovely Finn roving that we bought from the farm that we reserved fleeces from for Spring 2007? (Before we had our own sheep even.) Finally, after all of the farm hoopla, I managed to spin 2 bobbins full for plying. p=. And then, amazingly enough, I plied it into what will from…