KACBW 2013 #1

Knitting and Crochet Blog Week Post #1

The initial post for the Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013 was to choose the "house" that best suites you.  I chose the Bee because the description is The House of Bee: Bees are busy and industrious, but can flit from one interesting project to the next as bright and shiny things capture their interest.

I am constantly starting new projects as my whim takes me.  I rarely finish anything, or I finish it much, much later.  I love to start things and find patterns and am all about the "oh shiny".

That's one of the things I love about knitting ... it doesn't go stale.  It doesn't have to be finished right away ... though it is helpful if you do.

Its all about fun and what you are doing.  I love that I can do whatever I want, whenever I want, as my fancy entices me.

Friday Felines

I love me a good warm cat on the couch in the winter.  What's better than TWO cats!  Give me a couch, warm down comforter, a cat ... or two and good TV in the evening and I'm happy!

Friday Felines

She's not a morning cat.  I get it, I'm not a morning person ...

Plying

I started plying some yarn today.  I finished the singles this afternoon.  Many say you should let the singles sit on the bobbins for a while before plying, but I was in the mood to continue, so who cares!  Plus it usually takes me a little bit to get into a rhythm, so the beginning bit I usually cut off the final yarn anyway.

This is one of the bobbins of singles.  I am just doing a regular two-ply.

Here's what is plied so far.  Sorry for the not so great photos, but its dark at about 8:30pm.

Why I wash

They say you don't have to wash Alpaca before spinning, because it doesn't have grease or lanolin.  Well, what is does have is what any barnyard animal will ... dirt and ick.  This is Alpaca after the SECOND rinse!

Friday Felines

The new best seat in the house.  I get a little nervous when Riley sits in it, he's a big boy and this window seat is held on by suction cups ...

WIP Wednesday

This is the Montego mystery shawl.  It is looking awesome and I can't wait to finish the mystery.  I am currently on clue #1.  Clue #2 has also been released, but I have a bit of time to catch up, Clue #3 is due out on 2/22.

The yarn I dyed myself and I am very happy with it.  I wanted a pale tonal that would not detract from a lace pattern.  I am really impressed with what I dyed up.