this moment...snow...lots of snow...

this moment - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor, and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. Thank you soulemama

this moment...a finished scarf!

this moment - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor, and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. Thank you soulemama

this moment...frost

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this moment

this moment - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor, and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. Thank you soulemama

Harmony

So today is our wedding anniversary. My husband and I have been married for 17 years! Wow!

I thought it fitting to show this piece of art we were given a while back. It shows a man playing a musical instrument and a woman weaving. While some may look at it that the woman is doing all the work while the man is relaxing... I see it as two people doing what they love the most. Which pretty much sums up the two of us.

My husband loves to make music. He is a guitar player mostly, but can play other instruments. He doesn't really play the flute or whatever it is that this guy is playing. (He likes to releax too)


I love to work with fiber. I love to knit, spin, crochet. Where as I don't weave (yet) I am very interested to add this to my growing love of all things fiber.


Another aspect of this that is totally me is the fact that this thing is really dusty! (Ha! I never claimed to be a good housekeeper)

Anyway, Happy Anniversary my dear husband! I love you and hope for 17+ more years to be with you doing what we both love.

this moment...strumming in the backyard

this moment - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor, and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. Thank you soulemama

ps: this is my very talented husband!

Yarn and kittens....2 of my favorite things!

Don't you wish it could really rain balls of yarn? And the kittens. CUTE I tell you CUTE!

ok so it's for cat food. I still love it.

PS - I changed the look of the blog just one more time...looking at it with 2 blue balls just made me laugh. Ya know?

;-)

the weekending....

It seems I have come down with a cold this past week. So this weekend I thought I would take it easy a bit and do some mindless spinning.


It would also appear I was pretty productive for not feeling too swift. I managed to finish spinning up some Merino/Bamboo/Nylon (4 oz to be exact), plying it and washing it too. I just love bobbin to finished shots, don't you?

Looks like ice cream! And it's so soft!

Next I finished up some sample spinning. This is only about 2 oz of mixed wool from Spinners Hill. It is so lovely though

I even did some dying! I will save that for tomorrow. I am not sure blogger will let me add any more photos today.

What a gorgeous fall weekend this has been. I hope you are all out enjoying the weather while it lasts.

PS - I changed the look of the blog. I like this more simple look.

this moment....yarn sometimes can be so darn sexy!

this moment - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor, and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. Thank you soulemama


ps: it's Malabrigo Sock! My new favorite yarn. Color is Turner. YUM!

this moment...something amazing and new and yes it does say Kromski. :-)

this moment - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor, and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. Thank you soulemama

I'm just knocking them out...aren't I?

This is another Sock Head Hat that I made for a friend. This pattern is perfect for Collinette Jitterbug (the old yardage) There is just the right amount for this hat with just a little tiny bit left over. I hear the new Jitterbug has more yardage so you can at least make a pair of socks out of it.

Although I did make a pair of socks out of the old yardage. They weren't very tall socks. I see myself making a lot of these as I have a few skeins of this.

I can't believe how I am actually finishing up stuff. I am itching to start another sweater so I can wear this fall and winter. But I promised the husband a scarf. So nothing new, well except the scarf...until that's done.

Oh and I have started it by the way...

this moment...a finished sweater just in time!

this moment - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor, and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. Thank you soulemama

this moment....another cute cat picture

this moment - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor, and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. Thank you soulemama

Business time...

Where oh where have I been? I must do better than post once a week!

I am very proud of myself. I am getting stuff done. My UFO's that is. But I think I will spread them out so I can have some blog fodder for the next couple of posts.

I gave you a sneak peak of a hat design I was working on. Well I finished it up!

I present: Theodosia

I am teaching classes at my favorite lys and shop owner Susan said we needed a beginner stranded knitting class. So I thought something with a bulky weight yarn would help get the job done fast.

I came up with the name Theodosia because the scrolly work on it reminded me of Victorian scroll work. So what do you do? Google those words and then narrow it down to a list of popular Victorian girl names. There you have it. The yarn is Berroco Pure Merino and it is super soft. This pattern will only be available through the yarn shop though as a kit for now.

I liked it so much I decided to make another one going the opposite way with the colors.

I haven't gotten very far....

this moment....i'm a gamer...

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this moment...respect the spider

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enjoy your weekend!

this moment...creativity! (my own design)

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This moment...serenity

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This moment.... I love my tools

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I love this pattern!

Okay, so I really should be coming up with a fairisle hat pattern for a class I am teaching in September, but I was caught up in this beautiful pattern called the Aestlight Shaw by the very talented Gudrun from Shetland Trader.

The construction of this has my interest piqued. I can't stop knitting on it or thinking about knitting on it while I am at work.

It doesn't help that the yarn is gorgeous too that I am using. The yarn is from Carrie gosh do I love her yarns! It also doesn't help that she is close by.

I did get a tiny bit of progress on my fairisle hat though... wanna see?

Yep! I took a picture of the yarn. Now what to do with it...

this moment....my favorite shoes

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Shawls Shawls Shawls!

I love them. They always fit and you don't have to worry about gauge too much....

I finished up 2 shawls this past week and I really think I need to branch out some. They look similar, but are really totally different.

First up is a pattern I saw in Ravelry which is called "The Age of Brass and Steam Kerchief"

You may recognize this yarn from my last "this moment" post. It's a discontinued yarn from Schaefer Yarn Company called Little Lola. It is 100% merino and super super soft. It will be used more as a scarf than a shawl as it really isn't that big. I love the yarn over details and instead of yarn overs for the center increases it is made with "make ones". It's nice to try a new style out every now and then.

Next up is a shawl that I have designed my self! It is called "Hither To"

I used Aslan Trends Santa Fe Sock yarn for this. I really liked the colors and the yarn, but while knitting it I thought this isn't really great yarn for socks. It really is much nicer for a shawl. I don't know if my feet would like it. This is a simple shawl with a stockinette body and a border of yarn overs. See what I mean about the similarities? I just finished a shawl last month that was also like this. Really now, it's time to move on Beth!

I am not sure what is up next. I have another sockhead hat in the works and a sock to finish. Not to mention my sweater. The sweater is just going to have to wait. It's too dang hot.

this moment....

this moment - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor, and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. Thank you soulemama

It's summer....

and my blogging has been kept to a minimum. Sorry! I have been doing some stealth knitting though. I have come up with a pattern for a cute triangular kerchief like shawl. Here is a little sneak peak:

It still needs to be blocked, photographed and typed up.

Yes, so summer has been really busy for me and for everyone else I am sure. We went to Ithaca last weekend and hung out with some friends. Which was totally fun and very relaxing. The hostess is also a knitter so we did a little yarn shopping. I picked up some spinning fiber from Knitting Etc. I got this :

On the package was a label from the dyer. It's from:
http://www.wildharefiber.com/. It's pretty isn't it? We then went over to Susan's Spinning Bunny Susan was so warm and friendly! I wish we had gone to see her first! Her yarns and fiber are amazing. My friend Lisa got me this: How nice was that of her! VERY! I brought her down a spindle and taught her to spin. She also bought some fiber. I have brought someone else over to the dark side..... and it's good.

Lastly we went to see the Flaming Lips and the Black Keys on Friday night. WOW. They were INCREDIBLE! I love Wayne Coyne. Hard. He is so awesome.

this moment...

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And THANK YOU ALL for the comments last week! I have never had so many!

this moment...

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this moment....it's hot!

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Happy 4th of July!

Forcast: HOT HOT HOT!

Have a wonderful holiday!

this moment.....it's all about orange

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thank you soulemama

Simple Things

I finished my Simple Things Shawl on Tuesday. This is such a cute shawl pattern and it's simple too. Hence the name..

I really like how the picture came out above. Its all soft and fuzzy, like the shawl.

Here is a better picture though:


I used Araucania Ranco Multy. This pattern is perfect for variegated yarn. It let's the yarn talk and not the pattern.

I also made some yarn!

I hand dyed the roving (which was a natural brown color) and it came out a deep plum. Its BFL and very soft. I got around 170 yards of a worsted weight. Which seems to be the only weight I can spin...This will become a nice hat or cowl.

Now I got to get crackin on a picture for tomorrow! (it's "this moment") and I got nothin.

this moment....i am looking forward to an almost finished shawl

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thank you soulemama

this moment....

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Another one finished!

I finished the second hat. Just like I promised. I am not sure I am in love with this hat yet. It came out kinda big. That is why the lovely Heda is modeling it and not me. I may toss it in the wash and see what happens. I may wait until winter when I would actually wear it. We shall see.

The pattern was fun to knit. Here is the back shot:


I would make this again, but I suppose I would use different yarn. This one is kinda "nubby" Also I would go down a needle size. Should have checked my gauge....

Also, I have posted the recipe for the French Breakfast Puffs. I added it to my post below. It is an old family favorite recipe. Hope you enjoy!

French Breakfast Puffs

Or we just call them Puffs around here.
I made 24 of these last night. There is one left.....
Would you like the recipe?

June 16th edit to add recipe:

Bake at 350 degrees
Serves 12

1/3 c shortening
1/2 c sugar
1 egg
1-1/2 c sifted flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 c milk
1/3 c melted margarine
1/2 c sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon

Grease 12 muffin cups. Mix thoroughly shortening, sugar, egg. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and add alternately with milk. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake 20-25 min. until golden brown. Immediately roll first in melted margarine then mixture of sugar and cinnamon.

I would double this batch because 12 just won't last long.
Enjoy!

this moment - dramatic skies at 9 pm....

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thank you soulemama

One down and one to go

Yay for me! I got one done!

I started this hat in November. LAST YEAR! Sigh....

It was worth it though. I frogged it once and that was a good thing too. I love how it came out. Just in time for summer too! I did a lot of the knitting for this while watching Lost on Hulu. Perfect TV knitting project.

Now to finish the other hat. Who knows, I may even have that done before the weekends.