Finished mittens

"lanolin? Like sheeps wool?" ~~the anchorman

Finished socks

"lanolin? Like sheeps wool?" ~~the anchorman

Nightingale

Birthday dinner and movie with friends and family

Q socks

I've started on the decreases

Andean chullo hat

Im back working on the skull hat. Only thing left is the applied I-cord (you can barely see it started in the middle of the hat) and tie in all the ends.

Second sock started

Girls day out

Tipytoz

Q decreases complete

Socks in progress

Vendors Wanted!

NaughtyKnits is looking for vendors for the South Spokane Fiber Fest. The Fiber Fest will be held May 7th in Fairfield Washington (a lovely farming community 35 miles south of Spokane).

The Fiber Fest is an opportunity for knitters, crocheters, spinners, and weavers to celebrate the Fiber arts. Attendants will spend the day with fellow fiber crafters and hopefully leave inspired by the fiber arts.

She is looking for a good mix of vendors with goods that would appeal to knitters, spinners, crocheters, and weavers. The event will be marketed online, in print and throughout the Spokane/CDA area. If interested please PM NaughtyKnits on Ravelry.com with a description of your product, your name, email and any questions you may have.

Vegetarian fried rice: 570 calories

Butternut squash dessert

Ingredients:
Butternut squash (microwave)
Pumpkin spices
Sweet n low
Sugar free apricot jam
1/2 container lite cool whip
Dash salt

Blender, chill and eat

My ratios came up with 22 calories per ounce.

The picture is 100 calories

Reading mitts

All done? Took me about 18 hrs, which is a record since they were done in 3 days. The wool was dyed by me. I used grasshopper green and purple in the country colors. The wool is superwash BFL, spun and navajo plyed. I am already working on another pair. The ones I made and dyed last year with elderberry are just too light a color and look dirty after only an hour wearing them, so these will be a great replacement. I might need a neck warmer to match.

Walnut dye bath

It doesn't look like much, yet. It has to cook for 2 hrs, then I will strain it with cheese cloth before adding the wool back in and heating for another 2 hours. It looks promising as my finger are brown from just cutting up the walnut hulls. Wish me luck.

Red Eliina Shawl

Every day

Every day I come home to a ball of yarn placed gently on the dogs bed, by the cat. I wonder what she's trying to tell me.

September dyeing

Superwash BFL

I have veggies!

Cut finger buddies

Latte art

I'm special

The newly oiled wheel

Still needs two parts that I'll have to make myself. There is a wooden spacer missing, and a nylon threaded plug that attaches the bobbin to the flyer.

Can you identify this wheel?

Chullo hat progress

The beginning: andean chullo hat

Winter is coming - no use being in denial.

And my new favorite hot drink is:

16oz hot water
1/2 tsp orange flavored Crystal Light
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 T creamer (powdered)

New felted bag drying

mSpinner and battery

All done!

Ravenblack says, "took nearly to 3:30 but they are done! they look pretty too. thanks guys!"

Cabbage borsch for canning

We cut these babies out of the ground 30 seconds before butchering and canning into soup. This may end up being an all day event.

It's plum time again

The plum trees are dropping their plums again. We've never pruned them, so there is no ability to just pick them and eat them. I usually just shake the tree, and then dodge them as they fall - and then promptly explode when they hit the ground.

No worries, they taste just as good. And - I mostly can jam or plum sauce from them.

Spinning in the park

Interesting results

In this picture, the original color is the gray alpaca/merino superwash. The left green/blue is the same gray yarn dyed with Country Classics mountain aqua. The right black yarn, is the original gray, dyed with Country Classics grasshopper green - not what I expected at all

Angela's apron???

Not sure I can call this an Angelas apron any longer. The only thing so far that I have not modified from the pattern is the cast on of 108 stitches.

Started Angela's Apron

From interweave knits spring 2007

Cloves and Death

You just had to be there.

This weekends spinning

Great camping weekend

Recipe: Mock Root Beer Float II

I have a better way (for me) to make a Root Beer Float.

1 Can A&W Diet Root Beer (0 cal)
1 T Dry Creamer (30 cal)
Ice

Mix the creamer with a little piping hot water in the bottom of your glass. Pour over it ice cold root beer (be careful, it will fizz a lot). Top off with Crushed Ice

Carbs - zero
Calories - 30

Spinning in the car

Superwash merino

Merino/alpaca superwash

740 yards two-ply done on my mSpinner

A day of crafting

mSpinner

First bobbin full. You can't tell here, but there are three sets of colored roving spun onto this one bobbin, with room to spare.

Costco straws

We bought 2500 straws 8 years ago. We are just now using up the last of them. I calculated this cost us .0029 cents per day

We had street tacos from this vendor for lunch today

And another one