The haul from work

Although we were not exchanging gifts, one of my staff brought them for everyone.

I've decided I like resin

Here is my newest necklace in progress. The outside ring is a computer part, the inside rings are aluminum knitting needles who sacrificed their lives for me.


And here is the finished necklace.

Traveling woman

Cabbage ramen on a winter's day

Only 90 calories

Our new coffee maker!

Types of fiber I'm interested in

Ecospun (plastic bottles)
Ingeo (corn)
Tencel (wood pulp)
Seacell (wood/seaweed)
There are two types of seacell, pure and active. Active contains silver in the fiber.
Sasawashi (paper and a japanese herb)
Silver
Soy silk (tofu byproduct)
Faux cashmere (nylon)
Bamboo

I smell pork

Misnomer?

How was it determined that soysilk, faux cashmere and faux angora are vegetarian or vegan? I don't know anyone that eats wool. In fact, wool is a renewable resource and considered "green". Hmmmmm.

The tacky wobbling tree

Traveling Woman Shawl

The start to my Traveling Woman shawl. Its being knitted in my handspun, navajo plyed BFL I bought at Canby 2 years ago. I split the colors up and spun each, one at a time, so that I would get a rainbow effect.

Knitting a usb thumb drive cozy

Using a toe up cast on of 6.

Skirt

I never wore this skirt because the flower was pink. So I colored it black (looks purple) so that I would wear. Much cuter

Disneyland countdown

Single ply bfl

I dyed this up a couple days ago. The black and red I mixed up reacted to the wool, and would not wash out (washed and dried 4 times) I ended up hand combing those sections out. So my singles are not as even as I wanted, but passable. Should have it navajo plyed by tonight or mid tomorrow.

Bath time

tag smells like skunk and sage is just plain pissed off

Handspun, hand dyed BFL

Not sure of the yardage. Between 900 and 1000 yards, 2-ply. Hand dyed with Wiltons. Superwash BFL.

1000 yard single ply fingering weight soy silk

It doesn't look like much yet

These are the knee high socks I'm working on. The yarn is my own handspun 2-ply merino/alpaca. I'd like to take credit for the color, but I bought the roving 2 yrs ago at canby. Its from the same person whose roving was turned into my husbands camo socks. Its a dream to knit with. I have over 1000 yards for this project. I'm also using my new signature needles for the first time. Love the stiletto tips, but wish they were more slippery (like my steel needles). I can't wait for circulars, since I can't totally see using them for knitting lace. Btw: thanks honey for the needles !

Busy Weekend

Finished spinning and plying hand dyed BFL (two ply), spun up 1000 yards of soy silk and dyed up some new BFL - so it will be ready to spin later this week.

Will get pictures post soon.

New boots

Donations

Craft Corps

New socks for me

Toe up with leaf pattern on top. Made from my handspun (70/30 merino/alpaca navajo plyed)
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Finished!

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Nasty?

Nope, quince butter in the making. Yummy!!!!
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When cats rule the world!

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Isn't it pretty?

The toe unraveled.
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Franken-Mittens

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Sock yarn

See that little blob of yarn sitting on top of the larger skein? I spun that a year ago, then ran out before finishing my husbands socks. The skein sitting under it was spun this month. I can barely tell a difference, can you? Does this make me an accomplished spinner? Now I can finish his socks, finally!
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Picasa: My new toy

Look at these cool collages I can create now !!!

Just because

Just because gifts are the best. Thanks Honey!!!

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100% Soy Silk Handspun

I spun this soy silk up for my mom. She bought this roving in alaska while on vacation. There is about 620yards of fingering weight. I didn't hate spinning it, but definitely different than wool. Will make a great shawl or scarf. I have another 4.5 oz to spin up.
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Wool dyeing in the woods

Wool in Elderberry Dye

The finished wool: from left, lichen, lichen, elderberry, rose hip/flower, beets.

The leftovers from making the dye.

Two pots of lichen dye

The dye

The alum mordanted wool

The rose hip/yellow flower dyeing wool

Interstate fair

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Finished lace cowl

I finished my lace cowl and added vintage buttons. I think the picture is crap. Maybe my husband will help me take better pictures of it, on me.
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Franklin Habit

I took the franklin habit class at paradise fibers today, this is what I knit.
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Tumeric dyed

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I had a Martha Stewart day

I've been listening to Caston, a podcast about knitting. Today I listened to two episodes (only 75 more to go) while adding the sleeves (finally) to my Camden sweater.

Later, I canned sweet and dill pickles, then made a wonderful dinner of corn on the cob (from the neighbor), bacon wrapped asparagus, and Caesar salad.

Pretty great day.

The offending dog

I think the skunk won.

Cats, you gotta luv them

This is what happens when your cat get a hold of your ball of yarn. Karla's cat LUVED the Dead Baby yarn and chewed it up good!

Garden of Alla

Percy