Fulling and knitting

Well I've been busy knitting chakalakas until I've got the pattern memorized and my hands hurt. The addition to the pair of summer splash is in the colorway Party Time by Lily's Sugar and Cream. Since I've taken this picture I have another completed in the Butter and Cream colorway of EP's Peaches and Cream yarn and one OTN is Lily's Sugar and Cream in Sunkissed (I love this colorway btw) Until I'm finished with these, I'll want to put the cotton down and knit on some wool that gives a bit!

Here are pop's mocs pre-fulling.. when I post the after fulling picture (which has yet to be taken. They're drying right now, stuffed with plastic bags) I'll do a before and after shot with the same coffee mug to give you an idea of how beautifully this Paton's classic merino fulls. Really nice! and very quickly to boot.

DD's classroom teacher will be getting this little number with a gift card to Barnes and Noble. My idea was to put the card in the purse, but they attach it to this rather large card and I don't know how that will work into the scheme I had originally planned.

On the bobbin is some targhee that I've been slowly working on . This particular fleece has tons of VM in it .. too much for my taste, but I learned today from a spinning e-zine (whose name escapes me right now, but there's a link in the sidebar) that it would be time well spent flicking the fibers BEFORE washing to removed the chaff etc...I"ll have to give that a try! Anything to make the spinning part fly and be effortless.







This is my new Kromski kniddy knoddy. Keeping it warm is the fiber that I spun Saturday from the batt I made on the drum carder (Oh some day I'd love one of those!) This is the yarn that I leaned to Navaho ply on. It's a bit tight twist, but hopefully it will be OK. I'm far from wise enough to do this right at the get go. So it's a very small amount but it's so darn cute!

My friend Lea gave me some lovely CVM that she combed and put through her make shift diz. I'll post pictures of that later along with the great top she handdyed called green flash. The rest is for sale on her etsy page.

I'm off to edit yesterday's post to add some pictures. My new spinning buddy Tanya sent me some great shots of Saturday, otherwise you'd just be looking at the animals (which is OK for me too) I leave you with this adorable alpaca to say
nighty night!

Snowed in

We had snow FINALLY. Not as much as predicted, but the weather was enough to keep us home from school [insert happy dance]. Of course DH had to go to work, so I didn't get as much done as I'd like craftwise, but... those are the breaks. I was out shovelling for a couple of hours yesterday. The neighbor on one side shovelled our front walk in the morning when he did his (so sweet) and the guy on the other side ran a pass with his snowblower on practically the whole block (another sweetie) so I went out did the side walk and back to the garage, and then cleaned up the front of all three houses so when (if) it melts the run off will go into the ground instead of freezing on the sidewalk. While I was out the girl 2 doors down came home and got stuck in the snow. When her DP came out they shovelled a spot for the car and then she and I pushed while he drove. It was my first time to finally meet them. Nice young couple, I could like hanging with them, but they're so young and I'm so old!

Well, this post is long overdue. Some pictures of my recently FOs and some spinning stuff.

I forgot to take a picture of the wooden box we decorated for DD's teacher for Valentine's day. But I did take a picture of the bookmark I made for her reading teacher.


Pattern: Monthly Bookmark KAL February Bookmark
Yarn: Paton's Grace
Color: Viola
Needle size: 5
Bead: Glass Heart

I hope she likes it!


This is the cloth that I received from my exchange partner in the Love2Knit_Dishcloth group. Thanks Dorleska. We got our partner's names in January and had to mail the cloth out by Feb 1st but weren't supposed to open until Valentine's Day. I was a good girl and waited.


Here are the slippers I made DD for her birthday (last Friday) I just finished them yesterday and felted them. Actually they are still a bit damp so she'll have to wait a bit before she can use them. She chose the color combo and I really love it... nice and bright for a dreary winter.


Pattern: Knitting at Knoon family of slippers
Wool: Peace Fleece
Colors: Perestroika Pink with Firebird orange
Needle Size: 11

I've said before how much I love this yarn, but I really do. I can't get enough of it. And as you can see it felts beautifully!!!!!!!

And finally, a picture of how my dyed rolags are coming spun. I'm very pleased with this wool and will definitely buy this fleece again. Fluffy is turning out so well. Now I need to decide what she will become! I'm thinking maybe a hat and mittens for ME! (that's a switch, I've yet to finish a project that's earmarked for myself.

Last night we decorated the valentine cookies for DD's school party that was supposed to be Wednesday. I thought it would be today because as of last night they hadn't cancelled school. But perhaps it will be Friday.

We may try to venture out this afternoon, although I'm a bit afraid of taking the van out of the garage for fear that it will get stuck in the snow in the alley. They haven't plowed there yet. DD's little girl bowling party is tmrw afternoon and I have to buy the stuff for the goody bags. She has a half day at school tomorrow. If I don't go now, we may wait until I drop her at school in the morning. I hate to leave things for the last minute though.

Wishing you warmth and fun crafting.