Ooodles of stuff!

There will be few words and mainly pictures of things spun, created, and knitted. Let me start with the spun.

A tisket a tasket a handspun yarny basket!

Here are the yarns individually inside I'll put the description below the picture.

This I named "Coral Reef" there is approx 125 yards of 3 ply merino wool. I really like the colors in this yarn, and Navajo plying is another thing I have become to really like.

This yarn is from the same dye pot as coral reef. Dyeing is a learning process and ohhhh I'm just learning. The specs of this yarn is a bulky yarn, my mind doesn't want me to remember the yardage of this yarn and I know I didn't write it down. This is also 3 ply yarn.

I don't really know what to think of this yarn, it seemed to have a mind of its own when spinning. I was kind of disappointed with the result at first but now it seems to be growing on me. I have named it "Sailors Delight" there is 183 yards of 2 ply and in merino wool. Colors are light blues with hints of pinks and purples.

This little lovely has no name yet, I believe there is 30-something yards, 1 ounce of yarn. I have 3 more ounces of the same roving. Amanda Cathleen purchased the roving for me somewhere....She'll remember and I'll correct this later. This is also spun up in 3 ply (navajo ply) seeing a trend here with the 3 ply? I'm hooked!

Here is my beloved alpaca that is currently on the wheel. I intend on keeping this yarn and knitting something up for myself. This is planned to be spun up and in (you guessed it) 3 ply.

I blogged a WHILE back about some gloves I was knitting, they have been done and doing an awesome job at keeping my hands warm and toasty. Here are a few pix of them. The pattern was taken from a couple patterns and morphed into my own that I wrote down and I'm sure I'm the only one that can understand it. It was just one pattern to make a universal glove so they both fit either hand, I'm not sure if all glove patterns are like that but thats how mine turned out.

Now there is something that I like to mess around with that. Polymer clay. Nuff said so here's what was created. Yes I named it cause that's the kind of girl I am.... "Rusty limes"

I have worked hard on this post. I must go and get ready for work all. Have a great day!

This counts as neglect

Dear Blog,
I'm sorry for the neglect I have given you. I will act like a responsible blogger and pay the much needed attention to you that is needed. (LIES!)

Okay I'll try to do much better than posting in 3 month spurts. Lets see X-mas happened and new years. Typical holidays filled with spoiled kids and scrumptious fattening foods...good times. I got some fibery goodness from Rick...I love how he went shopping for the items.

One Sat morning we were just getting around and he said to us "Let's go for a drive" umm okay where? I thought we would go to Punxsutawney or wherever. Yea we ended up at my fave store Silverbrook fibers.....last part of the name says it all. We get down there and look and look and I found the baby alpaca and secretly molested it and placed it back on the shelf. He looks at me and says this (which is priceless) "Okay now get out!" WHAT?!?!?!? "I'm going to shop go to the car!"

At least I got what I wanted. He resisted on my persistence of having it before the holidays...he even wrapped it all on his own! I got some very yummy black 7 oz of baby alpaca, which is currently on the wheel being spun. And an addition with a pound of red and black super wash merino. Totally awesome! Okay not only are the kids spoiled I am too. I was very surprised with it.

I'll post pictures of everything sometime this week before I go to work...oh yea I got a new job working at a school. I'm "the lunch lady" Love the job so much better than my old one. I will miss everyone I worked with, but I'll go into visit them.

I'm going to get off here and spin some more of my alpaca....it is indescribably soft!