Sunshine, Pure Laziness and Fun

We've had sun and warm temps for a few days. Wow, I can't tell you how good it is to get outdoors in a Tshirt! I even saw capri pants today. Shame on the dumbass wearer (and yes I do know her. She's a mom at number 5's school and she IS a big dumbass) for wearing white capris in April. My mom came with me to drop of lunch for number five.

Never fear, the earthquake didn't even wake us so apparently it couldn't have been much of a shake.

I've been spinning more Suffolk. I'm pretty sure that's what it is. I really have to tease it apart to spin it but it's been so worth it and it makes a really nice sock yarn. I don't think I would like a sweater made of this unless it was more like an outerwear thing, but socks are turning out beautifully.

Here is the spinning for the second batch of this wool.


I was too lazy to take my Mystic Light off the needles and stretch it for a photo. Sorry! Clue number 4 is almost complete and unless the last clue is like five rows, I will definitely run out of yarn. I don't know how that happened because I had about 100 yds more than the pattern was supposed to take, but I did go up a needle size, so maybe that's why. Here it is in a big jumble. Impressive right?

Well it WILL be when it's all done and blocked. The silk is really pretty and red and warm and I'm not sure what I'll do with this shawl when it's completed. There is patterned knitting on the back (which is new for me) and I struggled a bit with it at first, but then I got the hang of it and what it was doing to the pattern and now I'm fine.

I'm also working on a pair of heavy socks made of the blue handdyed Shetland. This is the second batch I dyed. Because I don't know how much yarn I have left, I wound it into one big cake, knit one sock foot on the center pull part and now I'm knitting the second sock foot from the tail on the outside. I figured I'll switch back and forth and knit a few rows of rib on each until I run out of yarn. That explanation probably didn't make sense, but basically I'm knitting a sock from either end to make sure I use up ALLLLLLL my handspun. That shit's like gold to a spinner.


Late Night Yarn Party tonight! I'm going to stop and pick up caffeine on the way so I can make it until midnight! I'm also bringing the little cheesecake squares. I watched Maria Shriver on Oprah the other day and have resolved to make an effort to stop feeling like a failure if I'm not Martha Stewart. Those little cheesecake thingies are as yummy as anything I could make myself and all I have to do is plunk down my money and they're done! And i'm NOT a failure. Shutup Aholes.

If lace were cocaine, I'd need rehab

Welp, I've signed up for another lace Knitalong. It starts on April 18th. It's called Mystery Lace. At least I have plans to knit from stash!

Speaking of lace, I've finished Clue 2 of The Secret of Bad Nauheim.


I'm very happy with how it's turning out.

In other news. I have this little mental benchmark for spring. when the first flower in my yard shows up, I feel like it's really spring. Well guess the heck what!!!!



You see that? That, folks, is a SNOWDROP!!! I planted it last year in an attempt to fill in the woodsy back yard. See we live in the woods and our backyard is so very shady that we can't even grow grass. Our neighbors tried two years ago to buy a shade mix and have a pro do it and they got like less than 10% grass in the shady parts. Anywho, last year I started to work on splitting things and trying to fill in the back yard here. This year the work will continue so stay tuned for that. HAPPY SPRINGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!

Oh and PLUS, the second clue for Mystic Light is out. I'll be working on that today

Can you say Equinox!

Well i dont have much knitting to show. I'm still working on the same old (gray) spinning, but I have passed the halfway mark. I am on the ribbing on my first Tiny Toes sock, and I have not worked on Wings of a Dream because i am afraid to start the second wing. THERE NOW I HAVE CONFESSED. I AM AFRAID!



Whew that was freeing. And now some poetry:


Ode to the Daffodil Nubbins I Found in my Yard Today

Today Spring is born
bringing with it many riches,
which is why I'm so glad
to see you sons of bitches