Happy Mothers Day! oiy.....

My father once said, you never know about the weather up here in Central New York. Heck it even snowed on Mothers Day before!

Well now I believe him.

Sniffle sniffle.... my pretty lilacs! They are covered in snow! I was going to cut some for my mother. I still will, but can you believe it? It was just 80 degrees last week.


I put away my winter boots even....

Well we know this too shall pass...

This Moment.....I want to wear my near complete sweater

{this moment via soulemama} - 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' int the comments for all to find and see.

Tragic.....

So I had a bit of a mishap yesterday at my spinning guild meeting.

I broke my favorite spindle. My Golding...... (insert sad face here)

How did I do this? Oh, it's good.... real good....

I freakin sat on it. Can you believe it?

Can you see the crack? To the left? No? Well here, lemme show you another picture:

Now can you see it? Groan............ So what would you say if you just sat on your spindle? Well the first thing that came to mind and my lips was a very loud "SHIT!"

Moving on..... cause I got to. Before I sat on the above spindle, I took a trip to Lowe's on Saturday for one thing and ended up getting the one thing and the makings for this:



Pretty nifty eh? Oh and it spins like a dream....

This moment - I am loving my cats' eye lashes...

{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.

Prairie Rose Lace Shawl....

Is done. I have to say I really really really (3 reallys) enjoyed knitting this shawl. I even did the whole thing with out a lifeline! Wow! And CRAZY!

However........yeah but..... and uh, well....

I don't like the color. PEWP!

But all is not lost. I decided to send it off to a new home.

Mary Max. LOVES IT! And that's all that matters. I work with Mary. She is my friend at work. She KNITS! She totally gets the knitting thing. So she appreciates it.

Here is the ever popular "un-blocked" shot. Or as Jennifer (Holiday Yarns) likes to call "boiled ass" cause lets face it... unblocked lace looks like, well... boiled ass right?

but is sure blocks out purty....

Well, I guess I need to make one for myself now....but not now, now.

I have gone back to finishing up my light blue sweater. I may not finish it by the end of April, but I sure as heck am giving it a good shot.

This moment - the boy rocks the cello

{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.

Pretty Yarn Day!!!!

I figured I shouldn't tease you with the bobbin shot from Friday...now it's time to come through with the goods

Dang, sometimes handspun is just so.... yummy!

It all started with this braid of super wash merino. As I un-braided it I noticed the dyer dyed the braid only. I was a little nervous as this is commissioned work. Do you see? There is a lot of white in this:

I needn't worry though. My friend loved it. This is 4 oz. by the way. I have another 4 to go.

I have decided to be random with my pretty yarn days so as not to feel the pressure and obligation of coming up with something on a specific day. So check back often, who knows when the next pretty yarn day will be!