February 8th, 2010
I’ve completely finished the remaining custom order sets. The blue and brown set:
Completed!
And the brown set:
Also done!
All boxed and ready to go.
It's in the box!
All I have left to complete this order is one more hat. It is on the needles. Then I will move on…. I want to do some multi-color dyeing for a scarves. I MUST work on getting a felted hat perfected! And knit a hat from that yarn I spun at the retreat (there is lots if you would like some!) And I got a bunch of yarn and roving back from Rach-Al-Paca…..yummy! Want some???? DK and worsted yarn, dark brown from Chestina and Jose. Way too many ideas and never enough time.
It is snowing like mad here! I’m refaining from showing pictures as snow pictures seem to be on every news channel and blog lately. But it is lovely – from inside looking out!
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February 3rd, 2010
First – I knit these 2 pair of mittens.
Mittens for charity
They will be finished by another gal in my knitting group. I have a total of 7 pair to turn over to her tomorrow at our monthly meeting.
Last weekend was my spinning guild’s retreat at the Linden Hills mansion. I spun and knit and ate and relaxed. It was awesome. I spun this huge skein from the fiber of Ruby.
Hand spun alpaca yarnThis set was started before the retreat, but I finished the scarf and got the hat to the point of steaming. Brown set of alpaca yarn
After steaming, the hat will get ear flaps added. The mittens need to be felted yet.
While on the retreat, I seamed the wristwarmers and mittens, knit the scarf and started the hat. The hat will be blue with brown stripes.
Blue set of alpaca yarn
The hat will be an ear flap hat. These mittens will also be felted. These 2 sets are part of a custom order.
Here’s my newest addition to my
Etsy store.
Bird nesting material
A suet cage stuffed full of alpaca fiber and alpaca yarn snippets. Ready to give birds the opportunity to have soft warm nests for the babies this spring. $9. Go ahead – spoil your birds!
