HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Taking a little time to do a little red spinning on this special day!

 Happy Valentine's  Day - Everyone!

RAIN...RAIN..GO AWAY!

 The rain is really coming down, but just a few days ago, this pair of geese came up on my shore to munch on some creeping jenny. They spotted me and off they went.

                         
The Spice  - fluffy batts, gone before, I could list them for sale. But....

Spicy Apple is now available at http://www.giffordables.etsy.com/

Fluffy batts of Masham, corrie, llama, kid mohair, alpaca, and angelina.

Off to batten down the hatches!  It's really coming down, and it's hailing!

See you - all soon!

MORE SNOW!

The snow continues to fall, but nothing will stop this little guy from getting his seeds, and cracked corn.

The big games is tomorrow, should be a good one!

Think I'll have a nice hot cuppa tea, do a little spinning, and watch a good movie, while the snow continues to fall outside my window.

Have a good weekend everyone!

ICE - WHAT'S SPINNING

 The lake - finally froze over, last night. The geese like to huddle around a dark, thin area of new ice, hoping that daylight will open up - a patch of water for them. Most fly south, but a small flock always seem to stay around all winter.

 Yesterday - I cleaned out kitchen cupboards, washed, and put out the new bathroom towels, ect. It's funny, but the urge to get everything in tip-top shape for the Holidays, always seems to come over me.
                                       Could it be a possible MOM visit? Hmmm.....

 Let's not forget - that ever important break time. I decided to spin some of the super sparkly roving. I spun some of my kettle dyed roving, adding lot's and lot's, of glitter as I spun. I really enjoyed just watching the sparkle, spiral on thickly, as I spun. It will be interesting to see the finished yarn.

    KNITTING?

Every year, my mom receives at least - one pair of hand knit slippers. This pattern really intrigued me.  Simple pattern to knit, while watching TV. I'm going to try to get the other one done today, and finish the seams.  I will definitely be knitting more of these cozy slippers. 

Spinning through the Snowstorm

This is the second time around for this Circle Shrug. The first time I started to knit the pattern, it was too big. So I decreased the amount of cast on stitches, this time around.

The yarn I am using is - three skeins of Cascade 220 that I had in my stash, in a pale pink and grey tone. Not really what I had in mind for this project, but with some over-dyeing the yarn turned out more like the color palette that I would choose. So far I'm liking it and it is a easy knit.

Snow started coming down early this morning. Still snowing and supposed to continue into the night and tomorrow. So I'm cooking, cleaning, and spinning into the day.


Do not see any Ice Fishermen out today. Too much blowing snow and wind.

Finished spinning the wool / alpaca blend and turned out nice and woolen.

Finished 2 ply wt. 4 oz. and 228 yds.

Off into the wool cave it goes to join the others.

It's a nice Little Wheel

I'm thinning the herd! This is a nice little wheel, but sits all alone unused. So to share the spinning love, I'm offering this Ashford Traditional spinning wheel for sale.

Comes with two bobbins - $250.00 (plus shipping) - Paypal. Click photo, hit all sizes to see an enlarged picture. Wheel has SOLD