05.15.07

Basically a boaring post

Posted in Redwood Living at 10:49 am by Lynette

Gas $3.59

Knitting

I finished knitting the blue rib warmer from the Ashford book of spinning.  I’m pretty good at following patterns but this pattern became a ‘mission’, a mountain to summit, a challange.  The pattern was written on one page, that’s it, just one page. 

It had criptic instuructions like turn the corner, then turn the next corner.  What does that mean?  I was a good little knitter and read thru the whole pattern (It didn’t take long!).  I had neighbors in the next chair at my LYS read thru it, had the two owners read thru it.  Finally I decided to just forge ahead and I hoped it would all come out in the knitting.  Well, as you can see, it did.  So now that I’ve worked a ‘Rib Warmer’ in ‘test yarn I’ll go on to some more expensive yarn, maybe some handspun.

Rabbit/spinning

Since today is Tuesday it is traditionally, in the knitting/spinning world, a spinning day.  We handed off Sylverster Sunday to a well deserving family with a soon to be spinner mom.  I sheared him first, didn’t want to scare her with all that fiber!  I should be spinning up some because I sold the one pair of angora fingerless gloves at the Tall Masted Ships Celebration but I’m been busy with other things.

Dying

I just dyed 5 skeins of sock yarn and have them in the steam pot.  I’m trying a new technique while waiting for delivery of my flat bed knitter.  The flat bed knitter is a Mother’s Day, Birthday & Anniversary gift from the DH and kids.  I’ve reached the age where it is better to tell them what I want and, in this case, just go ahead and buy it. 

Finally, the house.  I’ve had friends ask how the house selling is going.  When talking about it, where we live, the yard, etc.  I start to ask myself, why are we selling it again?  So don’t be surprised if it comes off the market.

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