Every single time I read this blog, I think, "holy crap! that is so me and St. John." I have to allow that her cockamamie schemes have slightly more "cock" in them, but STILL. Well, and I guess it is different that every once in awhile, St. John will actually allow that some of my ideas are actually good and they WORK (which is to him is way more important since he is an engineer and they mostly care about how to make things work).
I wish she was my neighbor.
LOVE
Monday, October 24, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Hey!
Who missed St. John?
This sweater is not quite complete, but doesn't it look nice on him? I still have to put in the zipper and block, but it's almost done!
I got the lamb fleece from here: Sweetgrass Farms
The shepherdess is a super fantastic lady I met at the Michigan Fibre Fest a few years ago when I bought my very first fleece. I liked it so much, I emailed her last year and asked her to pick out two lamb fleeces, and a yearling ewe. Her fleeces are uncoated, and absolutely wonderful to work with. If you ever want a jacob fleece to spin, I can't recommend her highly enough.
Anywho, it's been washed, carded, blended to try to get the color variation as even as possible while still maintaining my normal level of lazy. (that means no more than four times through the carder). Then it was spun into a sport weight three ply. The pattern is a plain old seamless raglan (using EZ's seamless method).
The second picture makes him look totally drunk. I love it. He's still cute though.
I know I'm boring today, but still I thought some of you might be missing The Boss. Trying to get more regular on blogging again. Promise I'll make more of an effort.
This sweater is not quite complete, but doesn't it look nice on him? I still have to put in the zipper and block, but it's almost done!
I got the lamb fleece from here: Sweetgrass Farms
The shepherdess is a super fantastic lady I met at the Michigan Fibre Fest a few years ago when I bought my very first fleece. I liked it so much, I emailed her last year and asked her to pick out two lamb fleeces, and a yearling ewe. Her fleeces are uncoated, and absolutely wonderful to work with. If you ever want a jacob fleece to spin, I can't recommend her highly enough.
Anywho, it's been washed, carded, blended to try to get the color variation as even as possible while still maintaining my normal level of lazy. (that means no more than four times through the carder). Then it was spun into a sport weight three ply. The pattern is a plain old seamless raglan (using EZ's seamless method).
The second picture makes him look totally drunk. I love it. He's still cute though.
I know I'm boring today, but still I thought some of you might be missing The Boss. Trying to get more regular on blogging again. Promise I'll make more of an effort.
Friday, September 30, 2011
What I've Been Doing
I've been doing a ton, but not taking enough pictures. Today, I took a BUNCH, but I won't be putting them up all at once.
Over the summer, I gave up my book business. I have two part time jobs as well as the house and family to take care of. That book biz on top was getting to be just too much. (Some days it's too much still without it;)). So, our big basement full of books was emptied.
We now have room for our home office, a scrapping table for me, a reloading and brewing storage area for The Chief and I have wall of shelves. For fleece.
In the photo, you can see about half the fleece on the wall. My dirty little secret is that I still have just as much put up in my laundry/sewing/yarn storage room. And that half is in space bags so it's compacted. I know there are bigger wool/fleece stashes in the world, but I am a little embarrassed. It's all clean, and in various states of "ready-to-spin-ness".
I just finished prepping this:
Some beautiful CVM I bought and washed at least a year ago. It is so soft, you almost feel like you aren't touching anything when it's against your skin. Weird feeling, but cooooooooooool.
Anyone who wants to come over and crank a carder or wield some awesome combs will be paid in either molasses cookies or pumpkin bars plus all the coffee or tea you can drink and some home brewed beer or hard cider. Any takers????
Over the summer, I gave up my book business. I have two part time jobs as well as the house and family to take care of. That book biz on top was getting to be just too much. (Some days it's too much still without it;)). So, our big basement full of books was emptied.
We now have room for our home office, a scrapping table for me, a reloading and brewing storage area for The Chief and I have wall of shelves. For fleece.
In the photo, you can see about half the fleece on the wall. My dirty little secret is that I still have just as much put up in my laundry/sewing/yarn storage room. And that half is in space bags so it's compacted. I know there are bigger wool/fleece stashes in the world, but I am a little embarrassed. It's all clean, and in various states of "ready-to-spin-ness".
I just finished prepping this:
Some beautiful CVM I bought and washed at least a year ago. It is so soft, you almost feel like you aren't touching anything when it's against your skin. Weird feeling, but cooooooooooool.
Anyone who wants to come over and crank a carder or wield some awesome combs will be paid in either molasses cookies or pumpkin bars plus all the coffee or tea you can drink and some home brewed beer or hard cider. Any takers????
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
If It's Fall it Must be Football!
So I don't even love football, but my son does. That means I spend a chunk of time in the fall at games (and washing stankass football clothes). Plus this year, my stepdaughter is on Sideline Cheer so I am going to even more games! (different grade)
I even yelled a few times tonight. I never yell, but it's ok because we won!
Anywho back to the cockamamie schemes.
I mentioned my husband built me an electric spinner. I spun a whole sweater's worth of Shetland in SIX DAY. that's about 4,000 yds of tiny singles, plus 2k yards of plying. During a really busy week. Where I worked more hours than normal.
Pictures of the yarn later.
Anywho, Deb commented and I got two messages on Ravelry asking for pictures. Instead, I decided to make a video. i think that would actually be faster than me trying to explain and label the picture.
I even yelled a few times tonight. I never yell, but it's ok because we won!
Anywho back to the cockamamie schemes.
I mentioned my husband built me an electric spinner. I spun a whole sweater's worth of Shetland in SIX DAY. that's about 4,000 yds of tiny singles, plus 2k yards of plying. During a really busy week. Where I worked more hours than normal.
Pictures of the yarn later.
Anywho, Deb commented and I got two messages on Ravelry asking for pictures. Instead, I decided to make a video. i think that would actually be faster than me trying to explain and label the picture.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Sorry!
So the past couple weeks have been crazy.
The topper is that my husband has finally brought one of my schemes to life and built me an electric spinner. Now the reason I even wanted one is because I don't have a lace flyer for my wheel and this way I can spin R.E.A.L.L.Y.F.A.S.T. (PUHLUS, it was all for a total of $25.) (Sorry, if you read my Rav post. i said $15, but in true John fashion, he reminded me of the $10.00 bag of hardware he bought. I feel like that doesn't count because money he paid is like free, but he disagrees)
Like a full bobbin of singles (for two ply sock yarn so pretty thin) in 65 minutes.
I'll be back with a lot of knitting and some spinning on the new wheel. Apparently i jumped the gun starting to blog without getting in the swing of doing it more like daily (or even weekly for the love of God).
School starts tomorrow which means I am already breathing a sigh of relief that we've finished getting ready and going through the first weeks of football practice. Someone made first string offensive guard (not me) and even though I would rather he do something safer like chess or something, this is really what he loves so I'm on it.
Hey! Remember when i dyed my hair red and John told me I looked like the bastard child of Bozo and Ronald McDonald? I did.
but then, it was mostly ok because he took a leftover burger, split it and stuffed it and cooked it for me again and it was amazing?
I remember that too. Life really is a trade off isn't it?
School starts tomorrow. I just needed to say it again so i could really start to believe it because I think this summer fell in a wormhole or something.
The topper is that my husband has finally brought one of my schemes to life and built me an electric spinner. Now the reason I even wanted one is because I don't have a lace flyer for my wheel and this way I can spin R.E.A.L.L.Y.F.A.S.T. (PUHLUS, it was all for a total of $25.) (Sorry, if you read my Rav post. i said $15, but in true John fashion, he reminded me of the $10.00 bag of hardware he bought. I feel like that doesn't count because money he paid is like free, but he disagrees)
Like a full bobbin of singles (for two ply sock yarn so pretty thin) in 65 minutes.
I'll be back with a lot of knitting and some spinning on the new wheel. Apparently i jumped the gun starting to blog without getting in the swing of doing it more like daily (or even weekly for the love of God).
School starts tomorrow which means I am already breathing a sigh of relief that we've finished getting ready and going through the first weeks of football practice. Someone made first string offensive guard (not me) and even though I would rather he do something safer like chess or something, this is really what he loves so I'm on it.
Hey! Remember when i dyed my hair red and John told me I looked like the bastard child of Bozo and Ronald McDonald? I did.
but then, it was mostly ok because he took a leftover burger, split it and stuffed it and cooked it for me again and it was amazing?
I remember that too. Life really is a trade off isn't it?
School starts tomorrow. I just needed to say it again so i could really start to believe it because I think this summer fell in a wormhole or something.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Beech down!
When you live in "the woods" or what used to be woods before the 60's. Our neighborhood is full of Oak and beech (mostly) trees that are 100+ feet tall. that means when a storm comes, they self-prune (which means they actually drop so many huge branches that our insurance companies hold their breath.
One of our beech trees dropped a bigggggggggggg branch, but there was no damage.
And yes, that is my mini-van. What of it?
I haven't had much time to be creative this week. A new Feather Duster has been knitted but not blocked. Hopefully soon on that.
I know i say this every year, but when does school start again? Our "still at home" kids are 17, 14, and 13. having three full size apes sitting around the house and hoovering out the refrigerator for 12 weeks seems long. But, still the best summer I can remember.
One of our beech trees dropped a bigggggggggggg branch, but there was no damage.
And yes, that is my mini-van. What of it?
I haven't had much time to be creative this week. A new Feather Duster has been knitted but not blocked. Hopefully soon on that.
I know i say this every year, but when does school start again? Our "still at home" kids are 17, 14, and 13. having three full size apes sitting around the house and hoovering out the refrigerator for 12 weeks seems long. But, still the best summer I can remember.
Friday, August 5, 2011
No tears today
At all. In fact, I have a photo of the sock yarn blankie to share. This is totally made up of sock yarn leftovers. Some of them have been gifted to me, and somhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gife were sent to me by the lovely and fabulous Cookie. If you don't read her blog, why the hell not . .
Which reminds me, why the heck didn't anyone tell me how AWESOME Sons of Anarchy is? Wow, it's so well written, and kind bullshit, but still SO enthralling.
But back to the sock yarn blanket. Basically, every once in awhile, I just knithttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif a few rows of squares onto this blanket. And I did promise to go ahead and post a photo once in awhile.
it's the width of our King sized bed, and I hpoe to make it the length eventually. It's perfect football game knitting (and believe it or not, practice starts in less than a month!
I'm down to 26 rows on the Feather Duster (which I made WAY bigger than the pattern). Come back and see it!
Which reminds me, why the heck didn't anyone tell me how AWESOME Sons of Anarchy is? Wow, it's so well written, and kind bullshit, but still SO enthralling.
But back to the sock yarn blanket. Basically, every once in awhile, I just knithttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif a few rows of squares onto this blanket. And I did promise to go ahead and post a photo once in awhile.
it's the width of our King sized bed, and I hpoe to make it the length eventually. It's perfect football game knitting (and believe it or not, practice starts in less than a month!
I'm down to 26 rows on the Feather Duster (which I made WAY bigger than the pattern). Come back and see it!
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