Friday Felines

What is better than a ground floor window with a huge shelf to sit on in the summer?

They are siblings, can you tell? Look at those faces!

VideoCast Episode 11

Episode 11
Sunday, March 25, 2012


Updates & Housekeeping

• Welcome newbies, if you are returning, thanks!!
• Dyeing
• Knitting Budget


String Theory

o Three Waters Farm
o Giggle Jelly
o Loop


Heresy

o Slab Soap Company


Delusional Jabber

• TV
o Touch


Closing

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Friday Felines

I wish I got the camera a moment earlier, they were perfectly spaced out. Tuna Juice!

VideoCast Episode 10

Episode 10
Sunday, March 18, 2012


Updates & Housekeeping

• Welcome newbies, if you are returning, thanks!!
• Dyeing – Set up dye studio, documented dyeing
• WIPs Last In – First Out
o First Up Achilles HEAL

Revelations

• Baby Blanket
o Ran out of yarn
• Achilles HEAL
• Spinning
o Wheel – Merino/Nylon dyed by me
 Wanted to finish spindles – yeah right.
 Micron Count Info – correction from last episode
• Merino Fine <20, Medium 20-23, strong 23-25
• BLF 24-28

String Theory

o Hand Spun
o Three Waters Farm Shipment
o Into the Whirled Shipment

Scrolls

• Sockupied Winter 2012 $4.99 (was $14.95 last Spring) Now previous issues are also $4.99
o Adobe AIR is required, but its free
o 6 Patterns
o Focus on Cat Bordhi
o 4 Toe Up Cast ons
o Must have knitting knotions

Heresy

• March Knitters Guild Meeting - Beth Brown-Reinsel – knittingtraditions.com
o Swedish Pattern – Morning Glory Mittens
• Silk Hankies Class
o Sugar Scrub
o Silk Hankies


Delusional Jabber

• Threadless T-Shirts
• Reading
o MP3 in car – Clash of Kings book 2 of the Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin
o Book at night – Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
o Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• TV
o Spartucus – Caught Up
o Castle – Watched a lot!
o Psych – saw Pilot episode
o The Walking Dead – AMC
• Truck – Fuel pump – works great now
• Writing Class – DONE! Got a 97% on the final, changed one answer at the last minute!
• Flowers



Closing


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Friday Felines

I kept wondering why the kittie cube was crushed ... apparently she prefers this to the actual cat bed ...

Spring Ahead

Life is moving. We have more sunlight and warmer temperatures! There is light at the end of the tunnel!

I picked my next spin. Its a merino/nylon roving that I dyed. Here is it pre-pre-drafted.


Here is some of it pre-drafted.


And here is the beginning of it spun.


I also made a recent purchase from Three Waters Farm. I was surprised at the packaging, usually roving comes in a large envelope.


Its just as lovely as I expected, if not moreso.



I'm not one for the long winded goodbye posts. The podcast has been delayed until next week because my faithful companion departed us this past Friday. She was a ripe old age, so it was mixed blessings, but it still breaks my heart. Here she is a few years ago when she was still full of life, my beloved Kenya.


Please give your furry kids extra love today and always, they don't live long enough, but they make such a difference in our lives!

Friday Felines

"I'm a health conscious cat, I care about my weight." - Riley

Into the Fiber Stash

I pulled out my fiber stash today to figure out what my next spin will be.

I'm thinking one of the merino/nylon that I dyed, its the purple, blue and black in the lower right corner.

Finished Yarn!

I finished plying my yarn this weekend. I thought one bobbin had more than the other. Here's the plied yarn and what was left over.


Here's a close up of the plied yarn on the bobbin.


And here it is after washing and thwacking.


It is beautiful. I cannot believe I MADE this. It actually came out quite even as far as weight. Its a little over-plied, but I knew that as I was doing it. I LOVE it!


I got about 475 yds out of the roving. That was a surprise too!

VideoCast Episode 9

Episode 9
Friday, March 2, 2012


Updates & Housekeeping

• Welcome newbies, if you are returning, thanks!!
• New Betta fish


Revelations

• Baby Blanket
• Achilles HEAL
• Spinning
o Wheel
o Spindle
o Trindle


String Theory

o Blue Faced Leister


Scrolls

• Hand Dyeing Yarn & Fleece


Heresy

• Signed up for Silk Hankies Class


Delusional Jabber

• Reading
o MP3 in car – Clash of Kings book 2 of the Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin
o Book at night – Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• TV
o Spartucus – Need to catch up!!!
o The Walking Dead – AMC
• Writing Class – 1 lesson to go and the final


Closing

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Friday Felines

How much wider can those eyes get before they fall out of his head??