A Lesson Learned

You spin faster on a spinning wheel--WAY faster.

All of last week, when I had my roving and the drop spindle was working (at camp), I probably didn't make much more than 50 feet...I'm bad at guessing measurements, but you get the idea.

In the 3 days it's been since I got back, I have spun all of the roving I got and am on the heel of the first sock!

Speaking of, here's my progress:
I'm on the heel, done with the Fair Isle Dancing Ladies. I can't wait to see them all done...I'm already planning on what a second pair could be!

D'ja Miss Me?

Camp was tons of fun....my brother can't wait until next year (we did the session together).
I did get some knitting and spinning done while I was there, though....

One color.... and the other
This is the roving I got in the mail. Not exactly the colors I wanted, but according to some of the counselors in camp, they matched for fall colors. Well, now I have a logical reason to go to the Fold: get colors that match and which I like. Normally, I wouldn't go for these colors, but I can say these were my practice socks.
At camp, they do many arts and crafts.....

My Camp Bowl
My roving fit into this bowl perfectly!
I also did some tie-dyeing!

MY TIE-DYED YARN!
Yes, you are looking at DYED YARN!!! The lady who helped with the tie-dyeing said that she had only dyed 100% cotton things, nothing 100% wool. She was willing to try it, however, and I began to dye the skein dark green. Yes, I started out with dark green, but a lot of the dye came out during the rinsing. It worked for my purpose, though.
And what was my purpose?

Well, one of the counselors is getting married in the fall, so I figured that, as a wedding gift/thank-you-for-being-my-counselor gift, I made a pot holder-one side was white, the other green, since green was her favorite color. I didn't think to take a picture of it (and I finished it the same day we left camp, so my camera was packed anyway, but you can imagine it.

On the way home on a bus where they take a bunch of kids halfway home so they can catch flights or their parents don't have to drive so far (does that make sense??), I made this headband for a camper who had been in my cabin-she had fallen in love with the green yarn, calling it Yarny.....something I would do!

Just A Quick Note

Hi,
We ordered Sandalwood and Cranberry; they were out of Blue Noil.....I'm leaving VERY soon, see you in 2 weeks!

Happy Birthday Dad!

OK, this is a couple days late, but better late than never, right?
My dad is so cool. He's one of those people who always, no matter what, finds the good side of things.
He also acts like a little kid in a candy store whenever he is within the vicinity of any sort of project store (think Home Depot and Hobby Lobby).
When my dad was a kid (when the dinosaurs roamed the earth, or so he says), he used to catch copperheads (yes, that type of copperheads) and crayfish in the creek/forest behind his house. He also played catch with his cat. I can just imagine the poor thing yowling as it went from person to person. He claims the cat never felt any ill will toward him.
I can't believe he lived past 20.
My dad is a project man. Currently, his project is creating a water table that shows what happens to runoff during a storm. (I should mention he's a floodplain manager) He wants to have a day called rain day. Well, that's my project dad for you.
Love you, Daddy!

Hey All!

I have chosen the fiber I would like to use for my socks....well, sort of.
You see, I know what I want the main color to be: Blue Noils (the Merino Superwash), from The Fold. However, I don't know much about color, and I'm horrible at matching color. I would like to buy all of the fiber from the same source, and to save DM a trip, I'm going to attempt to order it via phone. What colors do you see at this cool little shop that would match my pale blue?
My starting colors was Cranberry, Rosequartz, Sandalwood, and English Garden. I'm also considering Sage or Laurel. (To view those, click on the link above, go to fibers, then Mulitcolored Merino.)
Do any of them match to you? I would like to have (preferably) a warm color as the dancing ladies on the socks, but if the green matches with the blue, so be it!