Hello - my name is Cindy and I have been obsessed with all things fiber-related for several years. I can't seem to get this addiction under control. Tell me about Sneak Ups....I'm there.....Show me a pretty spindle....I'm on a waiting list.....Hint about grey screens.....I'll stalk it.....Whisper about lovely batts......I'm ready to wallow in them! I'm now thinking of ways to rearrange/reorganize my knitting room because-GUESS WHAT? It's kind of crowed in there!
This lovely double whorl spindle is made of turquoise and amazonite and is from Zebisisdesigns on etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5977063§ion_id=5560028 - She sent along a lovely blended bit of fiber that is as beautiful as it is buttery.
I'm thinking fiber addition is a good thing!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Random Acts of Fiberness
There's been little time for blogging - the school year and my class schedule are both in a death spiral and our lives have been wacky busy as usual. Our busy-ness, however, has not prevented some cool fiberlicious things from squeezing their way into the chaos. First, there was Kat's Random Wednesday package that randomly arrived containing a lovely bit of fluff. You can read about Random Wednesday at her blog. Kat's etsy shop is paper and yarn - she's a generous crafter & wonderful plurk-friend!
Next to not so randomly arrive was a SWAP package from my Cindy Knitters group on Ravelry. CynthiaW from British Columbia certainly knows how to spoil folks! Doesn't all this look wonderful?
Those yarns are Mission Falls (2 skeins of md. blue), Perl Grey (multi-colored), and Berroco Cotton Twist (the exquisite teal). She also included chocolates, post-its, chap stick, hand lotion, stitch markers, a little dinner bell (ala Canada), and these warm and comfy clogs-
- hand made by CynthiaW.
Janice, Stacey, and I are planning to attend the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival in May. I'm saving my dollars for some special purchases, but there was a recent Loopy Ewe sneak-up where I fell down....just a little. Several days later, these arrived at my house:
Fleece Artist Nyoni Special in Bronze
(to be uploaded as soon as DSL stops being wonky)
Sheep Paints in Frozen River
That same day, moosie arrived...major squeee! Moosie is a spindle made from shed moose antlers. I signed up to be part of a "herd" last year and was thrilled when I got Sheila's email saying it was time to choose. The Bosworths also make lovely wooden spindles - and they're going to be vendors at MSW.
....and awhile back, Janice got lucky while stalking the lovely, but elusive Wollmeise. Here's my portion of the booty, Johannisbeer und Brennessel, minus the Hertzblut which was traded for Wilder Mohn.
...and lastly, the Mystic Rose KAL began on Friday. I have the first clue printed and my yarn (Wollmeise Lace Garn in Dornroschen) ready to roll. Here's the swatch - this was knitted on US 5s, but I'll do the shawl on US 4s for a tighter stockinette fabric.
(TBP later)
Yep, I'm read to roll - as soon as I finish this last BIG paper. Pausing for a blog update was a nice distraction. Now it's time to put the fibery goodness aside and finish the task at hand. When I'm done, there will lots of fiberiness to occupy my mind!
Next to not so randomly arrive was a SWAP package from my Cindy Knitters group on Ravelry. CynthiaW from British Columbia certainly knows how to spoil folks! Doesn't all this look wonderful?
Those yarns are Mission Falls (2 skeins of md. blue), Perl Grey (multi-colored), and Berroco Cotton Twist (the exquisite teal). She also included chocolates, post-its, chap stick, hand lotion, stitch markers, a little dinner bell (ala Canada), and these warm and comfy clogs-
- hand made by CynthiaW.
Janice, Stacey, and I are planning to attend the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival in May. I'm saving my dollars for some special purchases, but there was a recent Loopy Ewe sneak-up where I fell down....just a little. Several days later, these arrived at my house:
Fleece Artist Nyoni Special in Bronze
(to be uploaded as soon as DSL stops being wonky)
Sheep Paints in Frozen River
That same day, moosie arrived...major squeee! Moosie is a spindle made from shed moose antlers. I signed up to be part of a "herd" last year and was thrilled when I got Sheila's email saying it was time to choose. The Bosworths also make lovely wooden spindles - and they're going to be vendors at MSW.
....and awhile back, Janice got lucky while stalking the lovely, but elusive Wollmeise. Here's my portion of the booty, Johannisbeer und Brennessel, minus the Hertzblut which was traded for Wilder Mohn.
...and lastly, the Mystic Rose KAL began on Friday. I have the first clue printed and my yarn (Wollmeise Lace Garn in Dornroschen) ready to roll. Here's the swatch - this was knitted on US 5s, but I'll do the shawl on US 4s for a tighter stockinette fabric.
(TBP later)
Yep, I'm read to roll - as soon as I finish this last BIG paper. Pausing for a blog update was a nice distraction. Now it's time to put the fibery goodness aside and finish the task at hand. When I'm done, there will lots of fiberiness to occupy my mind!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Moosie has landed!
Here's Moosie - fresh from the Bosworth's at Journey Wheel. She's cream colored with little flecks of green, nibbles, some stabilized crackles and in addition to being a work of art, she spins LIKE ALL GET OUT! Can you see why I lurves it so?
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Saturday Spinning at Denise Needles HQ
So it's March and I'm still doing this a lot:
and this too - spoiled creature!
However yesterday, Saturday -the very last day of Febraury - I found a little time to do this:
Several of the Central Virginia Girls' group from Ravelry, plus Judy's friend Michelle from New York, gathered at the Denise Needles HQ for an afternoon of tea, cookies, chatting, and spinning. Here are some of the highlights -
This is the HQ for Denise Interchangeable Needles and a lovely room for spinning!
Let's all check in, shall we?
Emily - our lovely and gracious hostess!
Judy - (first steeked vest and bobbin!)...huh...did you want me to crop this photo? Oops!
Michelle - spinning & February Lady sweater
Spinning demo-
Stacey -finally breaks out of the house and enjoys an afternoon of spinning fun!
Cindy (duh....that's me!)
I didn't take note of what everyone was spinning, so if you want to know more, post here and I'll find out and get back to you.
We surely had lots of fun, but missed Janice who had to go to a rehearsal instead of having fun with us. We missed her so much, we decided to meet at her house next time - lol! See what happens when you're not around? Do you think we should tell her or just show up one afternoon?
Keep knitting.....and spinning!
and this too - spoiled creature!
However yesterday, Saturday -the very last day of Febraury - I found a little time to do this:
Several of the Central Virginia Girls' group from Ravelry, plus Judy's friend Michelle from New York, gathered at the Denise Needles HQ for an afternoon of tea, cookies, chatting, and spinning. Here are some of the highlights -
This is the HQ for Denise Interchangeable Needles and a lovely room for spinning!
Let's all check in, shall we?
Emily - our lovely and gracious hostess!
Judy - (first steeked vest and bobbin!)...huh...did you want me to crop this photo? Oops!
Michelle - spinning & February Lady sweater
Spinning demo-
Stacey -finally breaks out of the house and enjoys an afternoon of spinning fun!
Cindy (duh....that's me!)
We surely had lots of fun, but missed Janice who had to go to a rehearsal instead of having fun with us. We missed her so much, we decided to meet at her house next time - lol! See what happens when you're not around? Do you think we should tell her or just show up one afternoon?
Keep knitting.....and spinning!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Yummy Batt
When FlawfulFibers' Julie plurked that she was drooling over batts, I knew I was in trouble.....more "One Night Stand" batts from Sugarbees Studios. This one is named Liam. I gave Janice one of these for Christmas, but secretly wanted to keep it - now I've added this beauty to my fiber stash. I'm gonna stop now......seriously....I mean it....really......
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Crap-ton of Fuzziness
....crap-ton, as in boatload or any other synonym you'd like to insert there - I'm big into synonyms! Anyway, today I went out to Stony Mountain Fiber to get a birthday present for one of my students - the one with the alpacas. You see, last week I let her play around with a spindle at school and she seemed to take to it AND she has a birthday coming up, so a trip to Stony Mountain was necessary to find just the right gift. Here it is:
That's an Ashford spindle, lavender & black bits of Cormo, and Lee Raven's "Spin It" book. I hope she'll like it!
....and because Stony Mountain is not exactly close, and you can never tell when there might be a fiber shortage, I got a little for me, too:
That's also cormo, except in eggplant and tan, with a little firestar thrown in for good measure. I'm really excited about what this could turn into....yums! The white roving is from Stony Mountain Fiber's own sheep, mixed with some bamboo - sure to spin up soft & buttery!
I arrived home to find a BIG package shoved into my mailbox. The package was BIG because it contained a $50.00 gift certificate's worth of yummy fuzziness from Julie at Flawful Fibers and Yarns. Here's what I found when I opened it up:
Starting at the top and moving clockwise we have: 80/20 Merino-Silk in Velvet-n-Roses; Superwash BFL in Ignited; 60/40 Merino-Bamboo in Feline(aka Tabby); and some extra bit of Superwash BFL & a lovely skein of boucle' Romney/Perendale called Insomnia. Major SQUEEEEEEE day! I think I now have enough fiber in my stash to outlast the recession. Must stop lurking/lusting/longing at/over/for all the lucious fuzzy fiber I find...and find the time needed to spin it into yummy yarn! Now that's something to look forward to!
That's an Ashford spindle, lavender & black bits of Cormo, and Lee Raven's "Spin It" book. I hope she'll like it!
....and because Stony Mountain is not exactly close, and you can never tell when there might be a fiber shortage, I got a little for me, too:
That's also cormo, except in eggplant and tan, with a little firestar thrown in for good measure. I'm really excited about what this could turn into....yums! The white roving is from Stony Mountain Fiber's own sheep, mixed with some bamboo - sure to spin up soft & buttery!
I arrived home to find a BIG package shoved into my mailbox. The package was BIG because it contained a $50.00 gift certificate's worth of yummy fuzziness from Julie at Flawful Fibers and Yarns. Here's what I found when I opened it up:
Starting at the top and moving clockwise we have: 80/20 Merino-Silk in Velvet-n-Roses; Superwash BFL in Ignited; 60/40 Merino-Bamboo in Feline(aka Tabby); and some extra bit of Superwash BFL & a lovely skein of boucle' Romney/Perendale called Insomnia. Major SQUEEEEEEE day! I think I now have enough fiber in my stash to outlast the recession. Must stop lurking/lusting/longing at/over/for all the lucious fuzzy fiber I find...and find the time needed to spin it into yummy yarn! Now that's something to look forward to!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
No Birthday Knitting/Spinning for Me
Why you ask? See that book? It's rather hefty in size and about ten times its weight in content....American School Law....it's full of the entire history of America's Pubic Schools and answers many questions of why we do things the way we do them - it's the LAW, that's why. Anyway, that particular book is forcing me to make hard choices. Do I finish knitting Beth's mitten?
...or do I keep practicing my spinning, so I don't lose my groove? (not that it's a very established groove, but I have made a little progress!) So far, spinning is winning simply because I don't have to really think about anything while I spin. Knitting requires that I recall my place in the pattern and then, concentrate on what I'm doing. I'm afraid poor Beth's hands will have to be cold for a little longer!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the aforementioned book has become my constant companion. There have however been a few knitting related SQUEEEEE moments, so here they are:
New knitting TOTE...literally....our school secretary got a bag like this for Christmas and when I saw it, I screamed, "KNITTING BAG!" When we went to see my in-law's after Christmas, we visited the Totes Outlet - and score! I can also use it for my laptop if it ever needs a fancy ride.
I somehow managed to be chosen in a WendyKnits random drawing. I got to select one of her patterns as a prize and chose the Asparagus Cable socks. It arrived with this beautiful Neighborhood Fiber Company yarn. These might be for the multi-tasking boy picture below....talking on the phone while texting his gf....oh please - oh well .
Here's a little new fuzziness from TLE - aided by a $25.00 gift certificate. This is 'TealWe Meet' merino/soysilk by Tempted....love the colors!
See this cat?
He's provided yet another distraction from knitting/spinning. Apparently something had his head in its mouth because poor Halloween kitty has an abcess on his neck AND on the top of his head. Thankfully, he's on the mend, but hates the twice daily moist, hot towel therapy. In addition, he's become a house cat. He's too creaky to run fast enough to escape sneaking animals and his arthritis prevents him from leaping or climbing trees very effectively - so inside he is.
Oh yeah - I almost forgot - it's my birthday. Here's my present:
What can I say? We sort of needed a vacuum cleaner....sort of....hope I don't hurt myself because it looks kind of scary, don't you think? omg. :~/
Where's my margarita?
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