Sheepy Kitty

I have been knitting and spinning, but I have also succumbed to the world of dyeing. My family keeps telling me why don't you just dye already- all the time. I was gathering quite the lovely stash of my own dyeing, but I finally started selling some at Sheepy Kitty:


Sheepy Kitty also has a blog that hopefully I will do a better job of keeping up to date. It is really hard for me not to keep my stuff for me, but I have to be realistic. I if I am going to spin and/or knit all the stuff I have, I have not time for anything else.

I thought I had updated this in March, but I just noticed that I my last post was the last day of February. I have been busy, only I feel like I haven't finished anything. I have been stressed out lately with taxes. I don't do taxes for profit- I do it as a favor to my family. To add to that I am self employed and I have to get all that stuff together. Every year I say I am going to do a better job of keeping everything in order, but I seem to forget that before I actually do it.

I have been trying to spindle spin:


I haven't yet finished my navajo plying of this fiber:


Then I have way too many WIP's going on. I had stuck to only working on 1 project at a time so far this year. I recently cast on a few too many projects, the end of the school year is coming up and the kids want to give teachers gift. I have Arianne's sweater going on:

The color is a charcoal and not the washed out color that it is.

Then I am making a Clapotis for one teacher:

Then for another it is a: One Skein Stole (Ravelry link) This is a swatch- I haven't taken a picture of it since I cast on.

Last but not least I started making these felted booties for my nieces baby:


Seaming the bottom to the boot is really difficult, so that is what is keeping the boots from being done. Then I made the adornments from the wrong color so I have to re-knit those.

All but the boots are farther in progress than the pictures. I need to finish something soon!

Stitches West

I am very happy with all that I got at Stitches West:0) Do you see all my goodies. I got 2 sweaters and a tops worth and of yarn from Miss Babs Superwash Merino that is so soft & squishy. I really didn't want to buy much yarn, but I also got an amazing deal on un-dyed sock yarn- so I got that. That was all I bought. I am very proud that is what I limited myself to. I did buy fiber, that is what I am allowing myself- fiber. I have to have fiber to spin right? I bought a baby slipper kit to for my nieces' newborn baby from Pick Up Sticks
I even bought an ear light, my family is teasing me over that one, but they get mad at me for having to watch movies with some light. So now I hope we will both be happy:0)

There where a lot of great Vendors there. I do have a few favorite. But because I am into spinning. My favorites are Urban Faunaand A Verb For Keeping Warm. I feel bad because I only bought one little thing at Urban Fauna, but they are great. Jamie & Blas are really nice people. In San Francisco we only have Urban Fauna or Carolina Homespun. The later is terrible- in so many respects, they act as if they are doing you a favor by gracing you with their presence. I haven't heard one nice thing about them- and I have talked to quite a few people. Sad really. But that is just one reason why Urban Fauna should do well.

Opps I forgot to add the picture of the sock in the last post. I have gone in and edited it. I have been working on sample socks and I have spun some!!!

I do not have the picture of this batt. I have more fiber to make more though. It does sparkle.



Bulky yarn from a batt


dkKnits- this will become a Thorpe link for those on Ravelry

I am knitting, really I am.

I have been working on WIP, only to decide when they are done that I don't like them. I have frogged them and not even taken a picture. I have been sample loom knitting socks, but I can't show those. I finished this sock on the loom, but now for me to make the partner.This is the Chevron Sock pattern listed on the side. The colors are off on this. I need to figure out the lighting!


I am in Stitches mode, I am going to go this year. I am working and stashing money here and there so that I have a budget, only what I have saved, and I don't have to feel guilty about it. I am only going to the market. Maybe next year with experience under my belt I will try the classes. The only problem is classes fill up so you have to book early, I am not that organized. We will see. I am super excited. I am going to stitches.

Free to a good home

She may look sweet and at times she may act sweet, but I am so ready to get rid of her. Oscar loves her and every bratty, terrible, destructive, thing she does- HE LAUGHS!!! I keep telling myself, she has to get better. I mean it can't get any worse. We went away for the weekend, we had a party for my parents 50th Wedding Anniversary and she was home alone- well with the big dog in at night and our other cat. MIL came in and fed them, and to give a little attention if they want it. There are now new tares in our leather couch, blankets where spread around and a few cords where chewed on. I know it was not the big dog or the other cat- countless years of weekends and they have done nothing before. This is little miss naughty's 2nd weekend home alone, 1st out of her room. She was good for a few days after we got home. Then last night she forgot that she was being good. It started with her attacking my spinning, which is normal. Then I put it away and went to knitting, which I also had to put away as she is going to bite a hole through my needles- yes I would move her away. But when she is going to do something, she is going to do it. Then she got inside the couch, generally she does this and tries to attack you from within. But last night she got in and started doing her nail sharping. I could not get her out!!! Finally I gave up and went to bed. The other pets all followed me, as they all love to sleep with me, especially when Oscar stays up late and they get me all to their selves. Someone being the "group" kitty that she is follows. She keeps attacking all the pets and me through the blankets. I kick her out of the room countless times and she pushes the door open and comes on back to repeat her ritual of tormenting each pet and myself. Oscar tries to take her, but in the he ends tells me "Isn't she so sweet, she wants to be with you!"

Ugh, if I had to deal with her before I had kids, I would not have had any kids. None of my puppies or other kittens where like this. If I could only remove the blind fold she put on Oscar! But he loves her and adores her. Sure we will not have any furniture soon, but who cares- he has his little kitty. Well my New Years resolution is to try to to see her like he does, but it sure isn't going to be easy.

On pins and needles- not knitting related.

My oldest baby is having surgery today. It is not one of my kids, but the last of the pets that I had before kids. I was fortunate to have my childhood pet around when I had my children. Poor Tiny had to be put to sleep when Arianne was 4 and Logan was 2. We had 3 dogs prior to having kids. Tiny was the first to go. I need to scan a picture of her as all my photos of her are prints and no digital. Then Oct 2006 we had to put Thunder to sleep.

Tinyka, said like Tiny-Ka as a puppy looked just like Tiny and was her size, is having dental surgery. I know that it is not as bad as some other surgeries, but she is being put to sleep for the surgery and she is 12 years old- which is something for a big dog. I can't help but worry. I can't wait for it to be time for me to pick her up. She had surgery 2 years ago and I made plans to pick her up and to take care of her that evening. I ended up having a work emergency and was not able to pick her up- DH did and had her at home. He called me and told me to hurry home as all she kept doing was standing at the kitchen window staring out. When I got home she cried and cried. I calmed her down and she went to her bed and crashed. Every now and then she would wake up and look for me. As soon as she would see me, she would put her head back down and go to sleep.