Woolarina
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
surprises in the post
So I apparently got myself a subscription to a design magazine sometime in the hazy last couple of months. POPLife Magazine. Looks interesting!
Finally some photos, in backwards order of completeness...
Cupcakes. YUM! How fancy a way to make myself NOT pig out on cake when we have cake in the house! I only eat one at a time! Except for monday, when I had a cupcake for breakfast (didn't share, either, tsk tsk), a cupcake at lunch, and then went to a meeting where we had a slice of cake to celebrate summer birthdays! Oops. Yay for cake. (At least I walked to the meeting, huh?!)
Here's another of the superbulky merino series. Loving them! That is all. 230 or so yards?
I wish I had a window in my bathroom that let in better light... this scarf is super fun colors and superfun yarn. I am just not sure how long to make it.
(From one of these skeins)
I got a couple pounds of superwash fiber with the last batch of yarn... I'm looking forward to some handspun socks this winter! :)
Okay, off to do some laundry and packing and whatnot in preparation for the beach! Wonder how many projects I can finish? I'll reveal next week! On the list to bring:
- red brook farms cabled mitt (will finish at least up to thumbs fer sure; they go fast)
- orange pumpkin hat - baby sized, 70% done already
- pinwheel blanket- will get through maybe another couple of mini-skein colors? (so dull!)
- superbulky mitts - one to go; super fast. Need needles from baby flap hat
- baby flap hat - ran out of yarn! need to spin more in another color, or go with the random flow.
will bring extra yarn for:
- superbulky adult hat (hopefully < 75 yards or one skein?)
- a scarf. Must knit scarves, no matter how dull!
- mitts. really, can't have enough!
Finally some photos, in backwards order of completeness...
Cupcakes. YUM! How fancy a way to make myself NOT pig out on cake when we have cake in the house! I only eat one at a time! Except for monday, when I had a cupcake for breakfast (didn't share, either, tsk tsk), a cupcake at lunch, and then went to a meeting where we had a slice of cake to celebrate summer birthdays! Oops. Yay for cake. (At least I walked to the meeting, huh?!)
Here's another of the superbulky merino series. Loving them! That is all. 230 or so yards?
I wish I had a window in my bathroom that let in better light... this scarf is super fun colors and superfun yarn. I am just not sure how long to make it.
(From one of these skeins)I got a couple pounds of superwash fiber with the last batch of yarn... I'm looking forward to some handspun socks this winter! :)
Okay, off to do some laundry and packing and whatnot in preparation for the beach! Wonder how many projects I can finish? I'll reveal next week! On the list to bring:
- red brook farms cabled mitt (will finish at least up to thumbs fer sure; they go fast)
- orange pumpkin hat - baby sized, 70% done already
- pinwheel blanket- will get through maybe another couple of mini-skein colors? (so dull!)
- superbulky mitts - one to go; super fast. Need needles from baby flap hat
- baby flap hat - ran out of yarn! need to spin more in another color, or go with the random flow.
will bring extra yarn for:
- superbulky adult hat (hopefully < 75 yards or one skein?)
- a scarf. Must knit scarves, no matter how dull!
- mitts. really, can't have enough!
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
bravo, blogger
for confusing me ever more with your google interfacing. And enticing me to *switch now!* but not really ever letting me. Argh. You suck! One of these days I will get my act together and switch my blog to something less frustrating!
Crafting for Crafty (Bastards) is coming along slowly. Mitts and hats and scarves are being knit, too much of it using some great new handspun I really hoped to sell. I just can't stop knitting it though! Ah well.
The Stitches gig fell through, and I am so very relieved! There are many more options for me this fall, if I get my act together soon enough! Also, Stitches coincided with a trip to Montreal I wanted to take, so now I won't have to stress it! YAY!
Next time: fun yarn and FO's! my camera has been in hiding this past week.
Also, beach knitting. We'll be at Rehoboth for three days this weekend! Yippee!! :) No yarn buying, unfortunately, unless I magically finish all my projects! (ha ha!)
Crafting for Crafty (Bastards) is coming along slowly. Mitts and hats and scarves are being knit, too much of it using some great new handspun I really hoped to sell. I just can't stop knitting it though! Ah well.
The Stitches gig fell through, and I am so very relieved! There are many more options for me this fall, if I get my act together soon enough! Also, Stitches coincided with a trip to Montreal I wanted to take, so now I won't have to stress it! YAY!
Next time: fun yarn and FO's! my camera has been in hiding this past week.
Also, beach knitting. We'll be at Rehoboth for three days this weekend! Yippee!! :) No yarn buying, unfortunately, unless I magically finish all my projects! (ha ha!)
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
disappearing act
Where did my life in the last ten days go?! It's all a blur. I think today is a random sort of day, and won't make any sense.
This is for you, lolly! My building/complex has changed a lot since we moved in three years ago. Some better, some worse. Worse is that doggies (much as I love em!) have stunk up our hallway. And leaks and whatnot have made the entry pretty gross. Better is this sign just stuck up on our front door... yay for renewable energy! Hopefully our rent won't increase insanely (again) this year!
Next up is the new addition to the family. A plying head and monster bobbin! Can hold up to 8 ounces of yarn! (Haven't yet tested it *that* much!) I think this means that I will keep my louet forever, instead of jumping on the lendrum bandwagon. But really, I *heart* my louet!
Then... last weekend we explored a very small bit of Virginia wine country. I'm a Maryland girl at heart, and abhor crossing that river, but, I gotta say, it was quite nice. We went to Windham Winery, in Purcellville. It was going to be the first stop of a few local vineyards, but we actually spent the entire afternoon there! I got a LOT of knitting done, and may have reaked out some friends with my FOUR projects I brought along (one almost done hat, in progress pinwheel, yarn for mitts, yarn for baby hat)..
We had a lovely picnic by this pond.. the people behind us actually had brought a whole portable gas grill and were cooking! We just ate and drank and slept and talked and laughed the day away.
They had this lovely lab, Lucy... she mostly sat under us while we ate, hoping for something more than bread crumbs!
I knit my pinwheel til I ran out of yarn... I need to go back to using these colors to dye, or I won't have enough sock scraps to finish! (Using leftovers from what I sell here... this blanket will someday match someone's socks!)
This is for you, lolly! My building/complex has changed a lot since we moved in three years ago. Some better, some worse. Worse is that doggies (much as I love em!) have stunk up our hallway. And leaks and whatnot have made the entry pretty gross. Better is this sign just stuck up on our front door... yay for renewable energy! Hopefully our rent won't increase insanely (again) this year!
Next up is the new addition to the family. A plying head and monster bobbin! Can hold up to 8 ounces of yarn! (Haven't yet tested it *that* much!) I think this means that I will keep my louet forever, instead of jumping on the lendrum bandwagon. But really, I *heart* my louet!
Then... last weekend we explored a very small bit of Virginia wine country. I'm a Maryland girl at heart, and abhor crossing that river, but, I gotta say, it was quite nice. We went to Windham Winery, in Purcellville. It was going to be the first stop of a few local vineyards, but we actually spent the entire afternoon there! I got a LOT of knitting done, and may have reaked out some friends with my FOUR projects I brought along (one almost done hat, in progress pinwheel, yarn for mitts, yarn for baby hat)..
We had a lovely picnic by this pond.. the people behind us actually had brought a whole portable gas grill and were cooking! We just ate and drank and slept and talked and laughed the day away.
They had this lovely lab, Lucy... she mostly sat under us while we ate, hoping for something more than bread crumbs!
I knit my pinwheel til I ran out of yarn... I need to go back to using these colors to dye, or I won't have enough sock scraps to finish! (Using leftovers from what I sell here... this blanket will someday match someone's socks!)
Friday, August 04, 2006
seeking graphic designers!
After many many unsuccessful go-arounds, Kate and I have come to the conclusion that we stink at drawing, laying out, etc.
Also, we are relatively broke, after some HUGE investments for fall craft fairs (seriously, there will be SO MUCH great stuff at our booths this fall!)
We are looking to trade yarn (sock or handspun) for graphic design services! Do you draw? Do you have any idea how on earth these photoshop/adobe whatsit programs work? Do you need yarn? A new scarf/hat/mittens? Do you know someone who could help us?!
We have some general ideas of what we want for postcards, business cards, and whatnot, but need someone to do the designs for us! I don't imagine this first bit would take more than an hour or two of time- we're looking for something basic and quick and have images mostly ready to go for this.
We're also looking for someone who is handy at drawing to update our ballerina sheep logo.
Please let us know if you or anyone you know could help!! Danke schoen!
Also, we are relatively broke, after some HUGE investments for fall craft fairs (seriously, there will be SO MUCH great stuff at our booths this fall!)
We are looking to trade yarn (sock or handspun) for graphic design services! Do you draw? Do you have any idea how on earth these photoshop/adobe whatsit programs work? Do you need yarn? A new scarf/hat/mittens? Do you know someone who could help us?!
We have some general ideas of what we want for postcards, business cards, and whatnot, but need someone to do the designs for us! I don't imagine this first bit would take more than an hour or two of time- we're looking for something basic and quick and have images mostly ready to go for this.
We're also looking for someone who is handy at drawing to update our ballerina sheep logo.
Please let us know if you or anyone you know could help!! Danke schoen!
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
100 degree knitting
Man it is hot!
Here is some cuteness for cooler weather... hope we all don't melt first! ;)
Baby hat made from handspun leftover bits. I am flying through my bump of merino roving faster than I can dye it! Love the merino!
More of the same handspun... mitts for cooler days (or for when the AC is cranked down to 60!)
Pinwheel blanket, using sock yarn scraps leftover from dyeing. I am nearly out of yarns incorporating lime and yellow, so need to decide what to go to next! maybe I'll dye some solid lime!
I spun this yarn last Sunday. It's a silk-merino mix. I don't exactly love silk, and thought the end-product looked AWFUL - underspun in bits, overspun in other bits. I didn't want to sell it, so thought I'd make some mitts. But OH MY GOSH I am in love with the silk-merino! So damned soft and lovely!!! I am not sure I will be able to part with the finished mitts! I do have another skein still, but.... ;)
Here is some cuteness for cooler weather... hope we all don't melt first! ;)
Baby hat made from handspun leftover bits. I am flying through my bump of merino roving faster than I can dye it! Love the merino!
More of the same handspun... mitts for cooler days (or for when the AC is cranked down to 60!)
Pinwheel blanket, using sock yarn scraps leftover from dyeing. I am nearly out of yarns incorporating lime and yellow, so need to decide what to go to next! maybe I'll dye some solid lime!
I spun this yarn last Sunday. It's a silk-merino mix. I don't exactly love silk, and thought the end-product looked AWFUL - underspun in bits, overspun in other bits. I didn't want to sell it, so thought I'd make some mitts. But OH MY GOSH I am in love with the silk-merino! So damned soft and lovely!!! I am not sure I will be able to part with the finished mitts! I do have another skein still, but.... ;)
