Another quick little project . . .
And these are really little.
Stuff about Knitting, Spinning, Crochet, Tatting, Weaving and Family.
We have had company for the last week - living at the beach makes visiting us attractive. It isn’t a problem and often it is a lot of fun.
This week we had a four year old in residence. He quickly found the knitted stuffed animals and had a blast playing with several of them. These are mostly ones that were recently made and are still in the living room.
He was playing with a hamster in his ABC Mouse game, so I made him a couple of little critters. These are called Mini Pookies by Barbara Prime.
And down the driveway toward the car.
Oops! Wrong side of the car! Who knew? It was their first time in a car, how were they to know there was a driver side and passenger side?
. . . and spent some time watching the scenery.
A little help out of the car and off we go!
Looks like a really nice house.
The views are really nice. We could learn to like it here.
Pretty happy here. Time for a nice group shot.
And our individual glamour shots.
I have recently realized what a wonderful historical archive this blog is and that has caused me to reconsider abandoning it. It was originally started to keep my Mom abreast of what was going on on my side of the country when she moved to the other side after Dad died. Then Facebook came into play and made keeping her current easier even if it was less information - it was quick and easy. So we drifted away from the blog.
Ravelry kind of took over the knitting activity - great place to store a list of projects and spinning etc. But not the detail that the blog contained. I am in the process of moving to another state and in moving my yarn/fiber/fabric stash, I also decided to document, catalog, detail it. I realized I did not remember what fiber was what and what or where it came from and which handspun yarn came from where or what the fiber content was. But the blog knew. The blog knew when I bought it, where I bought it, what the fiber content was, how many ounces, etc. (At least it’s knew more of that than it did not.)
I really loved going back through the history and reading what happened when and what I was working on and what I thought about the process and finished product. I even learned where a lot of things I knit went. Ravelry does not tell those stories.
So, we are going to try reviving the blog. I love knowing the where’s and why’s and who’s of the projects I have done and what I was thinking when starting and while working on them. So here goes:
What am I spinning? I recently woke up my poor wheel that has been neglected for probably ten years. I had to replace a bunch of parts and clean up the rest but it is in working order and making beautiful yarn again. Currently spinning this BFL from Traveling Rhinos Fiber. It is 4.2 ounces and was a gift from my friend Laura. It has been in my stash for a few years but I wasn’t doing much spinning. I split the braid down the middle and spun the first half onto one bobbin. The second half is in process but moving along. I am spinning the singles pretty thin and giving them quite a bit of twist. This is about my third spinning project since I repaired my poor neglected wheel and I am quite enjoying it,