Annoucement!!!!

Well, it has been just over a week and I haven't even made my big announcement. A week ago Friday, D~ , d~ & I went to the local auction and you won't believe what I was able to bring home. A Studio of Handcrafts loom [solid oak, 8 harnes), matching bench, a LeClerc 'Dorothy' table loom, Schacht warping mill and a Schacht 14 yard warping board. Here is the floor loom & bench in it's new home in my cozy studio.


The bench was filled with all sorts of great stuff too! There were 12 shuttles of various styles. From wonderful 12" end-delivery shuttles from Schacht (complete with pirns!) to 6" flat shuttles from LeClerc, and all sorts in between. In addition to all the shuttles there was multiple tape measures, sissors, tools and even some of the former owners notes and patterns.

Here is the table loom.
The warping mill and board are still in the garage, hoping to find a place in the studio. My cozy spot is tight on space but I'll find a home for them don't worry.



We did go to the auction last Friday but the box I was interested in went over my budget. It was OK, in the end I was able to purchase some great clip on halogen lamps that will work great on the loom(s).

On the Needles: Still working on those socks--haven't had much knitting time.
On the Wheel: Plying the Corriedale.

The Saturday after the auction we woke to this! We had almost 3".



Here is the house from the driveway.

What's on and off.......

It's the end of the weekend---ugh!

I wish I wasn't going to work tomorrow, but no such luck. It is back to the old schedule & routine. Our weekend at the ridge has been fast and furious but let's not dwell on the that--I'm just glad it's all over and we are back to normal next week.

Here is what has just come off the wheel.

This is 4 oz. of Bluefaced Leicester that was dyed by my neighbor Val [I spun it up for her]. It was her first time at the dye pot, didn't she do a great job?!!

Off the needles!

Here is d~'s hat that I was trying feverishly to complete by Christmas, and I did {whew!}. He was very surprised to find it under the tree!

What is currently on the wheel!

This is corriedale pencil roving in the colorway Berry Pie [discontinued] dyed by my friend Teyani when she was at Crown Mountain Farms. Teyani is an incredible spinner & knitter. Hop on over to her blog and see the beautiful stuff she makes!

I love how it is spinning up. I am going to try navajo plying with this and use it in 2 different hat patterns I have.

One pattern is from Classis Elite Yarns, it's called Cabled Hat . The other pattern is one from Elizabeth Zimmermann called the Spiral Hat. I found that pattern in her book 'The Opinionated Knitter'.

The spinning of both Val's & Berry Pie was done with my new Woolee Winder I got for Christmas from d~.

I LOVE IT!

It has increased my production by a ton!

Have a great week!!

The adventure begins!

Ok, so I can now say I'm a blogger--scarey thought for me. My Hubby (a.k.a. D~) has talked to me about starting a blog several times but I just thought who would want to read about what I'm doing? Also, I think I had been too chicken to do it. Besides, I have a full time job (many actually but we can get to that later) plus I'm a Wife and a Mom! When I do sit down to spin or knit, I feel really guilty that I'm not doing some chore that needs to be done or what ever. So here I sit, wondering what else I can write?

What's on the wheel? Wool for a 1x1 knitted cap for our son (a.k.a. d~), for Christmas. The wool is a combed blend (by me) of a white Gotland/Merino cross (very soft lamb) & a dark gray Border Leicester. Once I really get the hang of this I'll post pics but until then, you'll just have to take my word for it.

What's on the needles (besides the cap)? An alpaca vest for D~, I've been working on this for over a year but I'm going to finish it so I can wrap it up for Christmas--yes he knows about it so there is the no surprise element but he'll enjoy it just the same. I have to say that this alpaca was the very first fleece I ever got. D~ purchased it for me when I first started spinning (2005). I came home from work and there was this bag of beautiful white alpaca sitting in the garage. I was so excited! MY FIRST FLEECE! So I told him he would get the first garment from that fleece--and he is, it's just taking me awhile to get it done.

The adventure has begun, you better hang on, it could be a wild ride!