9:17:00 PM
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I have decided to change my blog template. I like this one better, it feels like "me". Problem is I am a total beginner at this stuff. Html and computer speak is way out of my league. It's coming slowly but surely. I am having a bit of trouble with the links under the header they don't seem to line up right. The "home" button links to "about" and "about" to "contacts".... crazy stuff like that. I know how to do bits and peices of this but putting it all together is really throwing me. If I could take out the home, about, contact, and FAQ I would. I'm just not sure how and it's driving me INSANE!! Not that I've not been on that road for some time now, but still. Oh well, I'll fiqure it out. Please bear with me until then.
In other news, I have finished a couple of potholders for the swap. They seem a little plain to me. I might find a new pattern, though it's coming down to the wire. I just can't contribute something I'M not totally happy with. I'll post photos here tomorrow and over @ the swap blog to try to get some feedback. I tend to be over critical of myself...and have been told on many occasion that I don't know how to take a compliment(thanks hun:))
We'll see. I do like the colors I chose though. They remind me of the desert and southwest, which is what I was going for so that's in their favor. I ordered yarn from Elann but when it arrived it screamed dishtowels...what'a a girl to do? The yarn speaks and I listen. I'll post Wip's of those soon too. Listen to me...what a tease you say? Well, I can't help my nature ;) Til' tommorow....
11:15:00 PM
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I spun the yarn above with Romney X Wool. This is the first yarn I have ever spun, and I used a top whorl drop spindle that I made with a dowel and a CD and a few other odds and ends. The link to the website with the guidelines for making the CD Spindle is here. As much as I like my CD Spindle I am trying my hand at making my own wooden spindle. When I am finished I will post photos of it.
I think I might have over spun the fiber a bit too much, but I like the look of it. It has a variegated texture which is what usually attracts me to the yarns I purchase. I have read that spinners tend to spin by feel, and if that is so, I may have not done such a bad job after all. The small hank is about 50 yards and the larger is about 130 yards. It only took me a few days to spin both of these. However, I spent all my free time those four days spinning! I have discovered a new outlet for my fiber obsession :)) Now, when I get burnt out on knitting or crochet, I can SPIN!!!! This photo below is the roving I used to spin the yarn above. There was still a bit of VM present, but nothing I couldn't take care of as I drafted. I would recommend spinning by hand to anyone who has not yet done so, I found it extremely relaxing.
Here we have "molly", so named by my "little"(she's not so little any more:p) helper! Here molly is still in pieces, but has since been finished and sewn together. A loves this little cutie, she was fun to crochet and very easy to construct; the hardest part for me was sewing on the appendages. Those little suckers just wouldn't stay put! She was made all from stash yarn, I think it is Caron Simply Soft, or so it feels:) The link for the pattern to make this doll is here. We have still yet to make the matching dress, but it's on my ever growing to-do list.
I have recently gotten some beautiful natural grey 100% Corriedale Top Roving from The Special Tea Shop. I made an oopsie when I placed my bid and thought I was bidding one amount for 2 items and it turned out the amount was for each item. The owner was so nice and instead of sending me 8oz sent almost 16oz. That was was very kind and fair. Her shop on ebay is here, if anyone is interested. This wool is so soft! I love it the way it is, I almost hate to spin it. Haha, yeah right, of course I will. It will make the most wonderful yarn.
9:35:00 AM
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Hi all, My baby girl just lost her fifth tooth, on top, and very noticeable! Ready for the crazy part? A has not turned five yet! She started loosing her four bottom front teeth two weeks before she turned four...i know! They have all come in very fast. She's already 46" tall, too! I feel like I live in an alternate reality, kids just aren't supposed to grow this fast! It's not fair my baby is getting big way too fast! I guess I should have thought about that before I married a 6'3" giant...LOL! And me, a measley 5'3 AND 3/4 "! Oh well, at least he (and soon they) can reach the top shelf for me;)
In other news, I joined a potholder swap! It's my first, and I'm excited. I love knitting potholders. Talk about super fast gratification! I have lots of potholders and tend to give many of them to family, but that never happens until I'm ready to part with them (many, moons). It will be nice to have a quick answer for the Guy when he asks why I am knitting another potholder. :) Now I just need to decide if I'll use the new hand spun Romney wool I just finished or cotton from my stash. Ahh, decisions, decisions!
