Food, Fiber, Friends and Fun!

I have to admit that I didn't get as much spinning done over the 4 day weekend as I had hoped.

But with good reason. It was a busy busy weekend! Thursday was Thanksgiving!

Dinner for one can still be yummy!

Friday we had craft night.

I can haz mai tailz!

Saturday I went to Cristi's after a fun day at the yarn shop. She gave me the best birthday prezzie!!

4 oz. of hand-dyed Merino wool from Spritely Goods!

Colorway is Mazantia!

I can't wait to spin this up. It bumps up to next on the list!

Sunday Rachel (blogless! boohiss!) hosted a holiday card making party. I took knitting of course as I have no ability in the paper crafting.

mmmm...yummy goodies and good friends!

So lots of friends and food and fun this weekend. A LOT of knitting (ummm...I cast on SEVERAL projects this weekend and finished one - look for it soon) and some new fiber to play with!!!

preeeeety!

Where's the handspun at??

I have to admit that I haven't really been a good spinner this week. With the end of the Tour de Fleece, I have taken a teeny tiny break from my spinning. Not that I am over it, but I needed to catch up on some knitting (I mean I do have something like 3 million WIPs right now), laundry and sleep. I would say I was catching up on housework, as well, but that would be a lie. The house is a wreck of fiber and junk mail. *looks about* Too bad I have all this knitting. Guess it will get cleaned up as I pack it up.


Anyway...no handspun today, so instead I will give you piccies of my babies. About a week ago I snapped these shots of the monsters. They are a little tough to get pics of. My camera makes noise when you turn it on or zoom, so by the time you are ready to snap a shot, they have moved/run/hidden/don't look as cute. Tattoo Boyfriend's camera is a digital SLR, so we are excited to work with that instead of my (perfectly acceptable) Fuji Finepix something or another which isn't as quiet as his. Though his is more fiddly. The only time I have used it was under the influence of buckets of Corona (yes, buckets. A couple of the friends starting buying buckets and sharing around...we participated *sigh*)



First, we have Rozz (no, I usually don't make the bed...I used to, now I have more important things to do, like knit).

I have long known that he loves to burrow under the covers and nap during the day. I frequently find him there tucked under. On this particular day, I came upstairs and he just partly covered up. When I grabbed the camera (and turned it on in the other room), he just looked at me while I took his picture. Isn't he a handsome boy??

About an hour later, I came back upstairs for something or another and snapped this pic of Eva.

Notice she is laying EXACTLY where Rozz had been. Not sure if he left and she got up there or if she pushed him out, but it was amusing to me that she was in the same spot he had been in. Pretty pretty princess that she is.

I don't just dream of socks!

I admit it. I dream about knitting all the time. ALL THE TIME. And the sock nightmare is not the only one I have had about knitting. I have another one for you. Just as recent. And this one I blame on The Panopticon! His recent lace knitting has had me really thinking about some future projects. And he had a mean lace nightmare that I think triggered this one.

I was in a house and there was a young child. This young child was beautiful. And not mine. In this child's possession was a small aquarium with 6 beautiful goldfish. They were actually the multicolored ones. They looked like goldfish, but were purples, blues and black. They were talented fish as well in that they would leap to the surface for their food. I should note that I somehow managed to kill 2 of these fish. Or I thought I had, but they were apparently sleeping. (The inside of my head is a strange place)

This child also had 2 beautiful handknit items. One was a small blanket that someone must have knit for her with love. The other was a lace shawl of some sort. It was large and square. Not really something you would gift to a child for every day use. She also had a small black suitcase full of beautiful little girl clothes. Dresses and shoes. Tops and skirts. She was a girlie girl and adorable.

Yet, this child was of an age that she was fully potty trained and fully aware of pretty much everything. She was precious and precocious. Then I went into the bathroom and realized the had used it. Fine. And tried to flush. Fine. But her beautiful white lace was in the toilet. Fine. It can be cleaned. I go to retrieve the lovely lace, but as I reach the toilet she comes forward and flushes the toilet again. I grab for the lace and struggle to keep it from swirling into the depths. Being destroyed. I paniced. I pulled. This lace was seriously probably the strongest handknit I have EVER encountered for it to have taken all this abuse.

I notice that it is bulky and that her blanket is wrapped in the center of the lace. Apparently this child is evil to the core and trying to destroy all the pretty knitting. (See this is how I know she isn't mine! Mine will be evil, but they will grow up with a respect for knitting. Some people teach their children respect for things like alcohol, guns, the really expensive figurine things - mine will learn knitting respect in the womb!)

I eventually managed to rescue the knitting and there was no damage, but it was stressful and I think I woke up sweating and swearing. I am sure there is some deeper meaning to my dream, but I don't want to even begin to analyze it. All I know is that I am glad there are no evil children destroying knitting in my immediate area.

To help combat the trauma of this telling, here is a picture of my sweet boy, Rozz with Knithulhu. He is, of course, not impressed as he is not allowed to touch the knitting so he just ignores it in favor of sitting in mommy's lap and snuggling.

Isn't he a handsome boy?

WIP Wednesday

It's that time again...First we have the EZ Baby Surprise Jacket. About half way through this one. Maybe I will have it done next week.

Look...Pinwheel grew an arm!!!!
Shhhh...its a secret sock! It is my sock for the Hill Country Yarn Sock Contest. This one is ALMOST (ok - I am almost to the heel) and its partner is sitting next to me looking pink and happy!

Finally - I had to snap a pic of Rozz. I went out back to take the pics with my neighbors pretty flowers (I am useless with plants) and I came back to this. Now, I know my boy well enough to know he runs as soon as the door is opened, so I didn't dare try. But he is just such a sweet boy and I had to share.
Candleflame looks exactly the same as it did the last time and lacey lamb just needs blocking, so they are not worth showing right now.