Still Knittin'

I started out making those 'Heel-less Sleeping Socks' from the Vintage Socks book, but I decided to install a heel anyway. I'm going to attempt to do an after-thought heel. I'll let you know how this turns out. I've also been doing a bit of kool-aid dyeing. I haven't had the chance to knit any of my own hand-dyed stuff yet except for test-swatching. Most of it has sold on E-bay. Maybe I'll be greedy and keep a little for myself next time. I'd love to have a little shawl with the blue and green.

The Tot and I had a grand time at the Watermelon Festival yesterday. I think the parade was much better than last year, or maybe I just enjoyed watching it more because the Tot is big enough to chase after candy with the other children now. We don't have so many arts and crafts anymore though. I remember all the stuff they used to have-woodworkers, candle and soap makers, quilters, and lots more. Now it's mostly junk. But still, there were a few booths with some handcrafts and of course there were plenty of places to get some really yummy-bad-for-your-tummy treats. The Tot had her first funnel cake. And alligator on a stick. And lemonade. Oh, and some candy from the parade loot bag.

Alka-seltzer anyone?

Some More Goodies

Yummy hand-dyed wool/nylon blend freshly dried ready to hang aroung and wait on me to decide what to do with it:

Not too bad for a lazy weekend. And I started another pair of socks.....

Fibery Fun

There's not alot going on in the way of knitting this week, but at least I'm getting a little quality time with some yarn. The Tot 'helped' me with a little dyeing the other day, but then after my yarn dried yesterday, the weather got bad and the light wasn't good enough for any pictures. So I wound up a couple more skeins to get ready for dyeing. The Tot has been advised not to help with the skeinwinder. The two wool/nylon blend skeins that are finished are beautiful. I hope I can get good pictures to show them off. It's still just the koolaid dyeing because I haven't got brave enough to try anything else. Also, I think a little more research will be in order before I'm ready to settle on any other type of dyes.

It's coffee time. And Tot waking up time. Fortify me with the coffee first please.

Quickie

I have to throw a quickie project out there every once in a while so I don't get discouraged. Now the Tot has her own pair of hand knit anklet socks that I think will look neat with Crocs. It's also a good use for my left-over sock yarn.

And how does the Tot like her new socks? Yeah, well. Every body can't be born with good taste in socks. Fortunately, she's young enough to be forced into appreciation.

About Those Needles...

I don't care for the stretchy circs. But I've only played with them for two days so I can concede that I just may not be used to them yet. I plan to make an effort to get used to them over the weekend. I have two toe-up socks started on DPN's and I got far enough on one of them last night to switch to the circs. So far, it seems a little fussy, but still, I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. I'll wait until I've played with them over the weekend before I pass final judgement.

Wooly Goodness

I just don't do this stuff justice. It's so soft and squishy and feels so good to spin. Too bad my resulting yarn is crap. It is a little better than some of the other yarn I've done though. Not too badly over-twisted, but not all that evenly spun either. But then, I've only spun about 2 ounces so far, so I still have almost 2 whole pounds left to practice/play with! Yay! I just can't wait 'til my yardage meter arrives so I can play with that too!

Goodies For Me

I got me some new toys!

I just can't wait to try these. They're stretchy circs from Yarn Cubby, but they only come in a US#2. I did the only reasonable thing I could do in such a situation-I ordered some sock yarn more suitable for #2 needles. I should have that in a day or two. I also have a brand new yarn meter on it's way. That's actually a really early birthday gift from The Husband. While I wait on that, there's this:

MMMM! My spinning wheel has been neglected far too long. I plan to fix that over the next few days. There's a little bit of Navajo Churro wool still on one of my spindles that I need to finish spinning, but as soon as I have that done up, this big pile of fluff is next. I haven't spun in a couple of months, so this should be quite a learning experience for me. Again. I couldn't be more excited!

Yummy Yarn

And the best part? It's superwash! It's soo much more fun to dye superwash than something fussy that will felt at the drop of a hat. The multi-colored one is already spoken for-my mom 'needed' it. I think I'm going to e-bay the other two, but I might wait until the rest of the stuff I got to dye comes in.

Happy Independence Day! I hope everybody had a great one!

Shhh!

Mommy's counting, let's haave a little bit of quiet.

No, this isn't a new project. Um, I was just testing some old yarn I cleaned out of the back room. I had to make sure it hadn't gone bad or anything. I just happened to have my Lavish Lace book handy and I thought I'd check to see if this Misti Alpaca Lace would knit up okay if I ever wanted to do something with it. Really.

Besides, what was I supposed to do while the queen was holding court?

The 'sass factor' was off the charts most of the weekend. If you weren't Papa, you were nobody. Sometimes, being nobody is a good thing!

Y'all enjoy your Monday! (especially you slackers that don't have to go in to work today.)