Number 50!

This is the 50th post of this blog! Hooray!
OK, enough of my weird number delights. Here's some pictures:

This is the first sleeve on the baby sweater...the last place I was knitting this at, I didn't have a measuring tape, so instead of just knitting till the cows came home and frog later, I decided to stop knitting until I got home and found the measuring tape. Guess what: I was only at 3 inches. Wonderful.

And what do we have here?
Above is the yarn for the cuff, toe and heel of my most recent socks. The diamond thingies on the side there are part of the cuff for one sock. Unfortuantley, the needles I need are making the baby sweater. That is definetly top on the list of knitting things to do!

Below is the yellow yarn I am spinning for the rest of the sock.I split the 4 ounce roving into 3 parts. I will spin a 1/3 of the roving onto different bobbins, then use a fourth bobbin to ply (spin) them together. I tried with the blue to spin 1/2 onto one bobbin, and 2/3 onto another bobbin, and make the latter bobbin into a center-pull ball. That didn't work--I lost the center-pull, as it got too tangled inside the ball. Hope the different way works!

I hope that the next time I post, you will be seeing a completed sleeve, and maybe some finished summer homework!

Oh, yeah: I did get all blue ribbons- as well as one class champion, the doll clothes (dark purple ribbon), and one reserved champion, my outfit (pale purple ribbon).

The Fair Is Coming! The Fair Is Coming!

Next week, anyway.

Yes, there are little explanations for each item which will be at the fair. I also will be with each item as they are being judged, so the judges could ask questions if they wanted to. You will be getting the shorter version, as some of it would not exactly apply to this blog, or you already know what I'm talking about, so I might as well not waste your time over it.

However, I thought you would like to see what I'm entering!

First up: Ceramics!
I am just entering one item in ceramics, not the possible 2 (one with a pattern, one handmade) The duck is a present for my grandma, for her birthday. The vase is what I am entering into the fair.
Originally, it was just a white clay vase. I added the designs and color. See the white part on the left side of the vase (the right part of your screen)? That's where I didn't put enough paint. Next time, I will probably be more careful as to how much paint I put on.
Next is a textbook on entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is having your own business. I got around 10 activities done in here, that ought to be worth something! :)And now, the yarny entries!
You already know the outfit for the Heritage Arts class....
Aaaaand now, the fiber class!
I wrote the patterns for these doll clothes-a poncho, a shirt, 2 skirts, and 2 pairs of slippers/socks. My American Girl Doll is modeling the outfits. I wrote the patterns and I have them all typed up and nice....perhaps when I figure out how to put a PDF file onto the blog, I'll make the patterns public!

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!

Hi,

Earlier, I couldn't get any text down to a second line, and now it's working. Weird.

OK, here's the pictures I promised:

This is my spinning wheel, my Lendrum. The yarn on it now is just plain white merino, nothing fancy.

This skirt is not sewn up yet, I'll keep you posted.

And now, the yarns of the day.........

That will be the Subway Sweater. The bottom (skirt) will be...

This yarn! Please excuse the bad picture. It really does look good!

Both are very soft cotton. I was told that knitting with Touche yarn (the light blue) is similar to knitting with silk. This is going to be fun! I will keep you posted, but no promises on how often. It's the last month of school, so I'll be busy, busy, busy!

And Now, Information To Prove I Have Not Disappered Off The Face Of The Earth

No, I do not have any pictures for you today. Sorry!
I am, however, planning to have lots of pictures to show you tomorrow:
-Doll Skirt
-YARN!
-Spinning Wheel (at the request of my DA, or darling aunt)
See ya tomorrow--for real this time!

NOOOOOOO!!!

Sadly, there wasn't enough yarn to finish the skirt if it stays the length it is now, so I'm going to frog it and make it slightly shorter.
I'm going to a play for school tonight, so I have plenty of time to work on it! (Not during the actual play, of course, but think of all of the minutes as the orchestra is warming up, the intermission........) See you tomorrow!

And Now, Back To Our Feature Presentation...

Well, here it is...
The skirt is a past project.....the shirt is the thing I made on just one bus trip. It looks low, but any higher and the shirt doesn't fit over her head. I guess that's why the companies always make doll clothes with a zipper or velcro.
I'm working on a skirt to match...
Yup, that's all I did.
And I might have to frog (rip-it, rip-it) all out.....I'm not sure if I have enough of this type of yarn. Oh, well. It'll keep me busy until I get my yarn for my other projects.
TTFN!