Just wanted to share the socks I made for my husband during Ravelry’s Ravelympics challenge (which, of course, was during the Olympics):
These are from a discontinued kit I got at KnitPicks.com, called the “sock cocktail”. It has a bunch of different patterns for the sock’s body, heels, toes, and cuffs that you can mix and [...]
This article really speaks to me. The blog it’s in is pretty interesting too; those of you who are fiber artists may enjoy it.
I finally got around to taking pictures and wanted to show what I had been working on all this time (click on the pictures to expand):
This is the yarn I made during that spinning marathon several months ago. I finally got it washed and measured and skeined.
The salmon is from hand-painted merino/mohair roving [...]
I just found out about the Fab Shop Hop. It’s sort of an online game where you can shop at new fabric stores and play for a chance to win prizes. If you want to know more you can check it out here.
A woman who has made her own wedding dress … from wool from her own sheep!
The groom’s vest was woven from the same wool also.
This is so beautiful; I love it!
Been keeping up with the spinning challenge … I’m doing a little every night, and it’s really good for me. I feel like I’m starting to get good at this!
Thought I’d do an Independence days update while I’m here–
Planted: potatoes, garlic, tomatoes
Harvested: tomatoes, carrots, strawberries (just a few, but very good!), chard
Preserved: more [...]
Today is the start of Le Tour de Fleece, a spinning challenge during Le Tour de France.
Here’s Ravelry’s Tour de Fleece challenge!
I got off to a good start. I finished a bobbin of peach wool (merino/mohair), and did a bit of another bobbin of black (Teeswater). I’m planning a sweater in bulky yarn mixed peach/black, [...]
This looks like fun!
Le Tour de Fleece is a spinning challenge done during Le Tour de France (July 4-26). You can pick any challenge you like during that time, from learning to spin to spinning enough yarn for a major project.
My challenge will be to spin every day, I’ll be posting here to let you [...]
It’s been hot and humid here, with no rain for a couple of weeks. We could use some rain.
Planted: corn, more tomato plants, shallots.
Harvested: chard, onions, peas, blackberries, a strawberry here and there.
Froze the peas, also still drying weeds for the bunnies. Have a couple large bags full now.
Today I’m making broth out of chicken [...]
I haven’t posted for a while on what I’m doing, so I thought I would
Planted snow peas today … been repotting some of the many tomato seedlings on my kitchen windowsill … spun some handpainted salmon-colored roving (no, I didn’t paint it, I got it from the farmers’ market last year) … did [...]
The United Nations has declared 2009 the International Year of Natural Fibres! All sorts of events are planned for this year, but one I just heard about that sounded particularly interesting is an international fiber artist competition sponsored by KeepTheFleece.org.
If you’re interested, go take a look! Entries have to be in by August 15th, 2009, [...]
Been busy!
For those of you in the OKC area: I’ve started a group about buying land. Been out looking at some too. That’s a whole other post.
I’m working on a report entitled, “Have a Year-Round Garden in an Hour a Day“. More to come on that later.
Lots of seed starting. I got my tomato plants [...]
Sharon Astyk has something going called the Competence Project, and it looks interesting. The idea is to pick something you want to learn to do and get good at it.
Since I don’t seem to be able to post on her site (this has been going on for a while and has yet to be figured [...]
If you have early voting, go do so to beat the rush! Our early voting opens today at the county courthouse.
Here’s some tips taken from an email I got today from ColorOfChange.org (yeah, they’re probably liberal, but I didn’t get anything like this from our party):
Vote early to beat the lines.
Double-check your polling location before [...]
I love it. It’s a great way to remind myself to get out and do something every day.
Forgot to write about what’s been happening lately, so here goes:
Planted: lettuce, brassicas (broccoli, tyfon, cabbage, pok choi), beets, garlic. Some of the garlics I planted before are coming up!
Another thing that’s happening is that I had saved [...]
The last few days have been a lot of fun.
At the Okiefiber Retreat, I learned about types of wool and when to use what, the difference between woolen and worsted spinning, a bit about basket weaving, and how to do punch and “lockerhook” rugs. I got to see the results of various plant dyes (osage [...]
I’ve brought Shadow out, collected some weeds for the rabbits, composted a bunny bin, brushed a lot of fur off of Shadow (who sits patiently on my lap while I tug the brush through her hair), and now I’m waiting for the guy to come and service our heating system in preparation for the winter. [...]
Just thinking about how things have been going in the news lately, I’m beginning to think that these Independence Days are more important that ever. Anything that makes us more self-reliant, less tied into the global economy and more tied into our local communities, makes us more able to take care of our own and [...]
… other than pontificate about weeds.
Planted: Lakota blue squash, the strawberry plants, and all the rest of the sweet potato slips!
Sweet potatoes are wonderful things. If they grow in your area, grow them. They are so easy to propagate; just cut off a piece of the vine and stick it in water, where it will [...]
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