Happy Father's Day!!!

Be sure to hug a dad today!

The stupid jerk was the only one who made me cry at my wedding. I chose the least sentimental song that could still be considered a father/daughter dance song to keep me from crying. And then what does he do. He leans in and whispers "I'm so proud of you, honey." Seriously, it is making me cry even now.

Knitty!!!

The summer Knitty is live. Woot! And not even 15 minutes later I have found several things I love and one thing that I absolutely must make. In honor of my own Gigi, a Gigi to knit. I believe I need one of these in every color. I might start with black so I can wear it to work.

Can I also mention how much I love that most Knitty sweater patterns go up to like 3X. This big girl is feeling the knitting love.

Mmmm Science

Science/Math and yarn makes me all Warm and Nerdy inside.

I got an award

Thank you Crystal!

Here are the "rules" of passing it along: "SHARE THE LOVE!!! Share this award with all those blogs out there that you love. All the people who make you smile. All those that make you laugh. All those that make your day. All those that leave uplifting comments on your blog. **All I ask, is that you include a link to this post with the award and ask your recipient to do the same**"

So here are the blogs that keep me comin' back for more! No obligation to post it on your blog at all, just an acknowledgement!

Backyard Academy
Gnat on a Windshield
Bittersweet
Goodness Gracious
I'm a Craft Artist
Purling Sprite
Random Meanderings
Roman Sock
Storm Moon Knits
Tree and Leaf

Yard Sales are awesome

Because you find awesome things for really really cheap. I decided to get up early this Saturday as I saw some really good signs driving home from work on Friday. Well I didn't get up early. But I did go. Of course it was nearly unbearably hot. It was worth it to buy something just so I could go stand in the shade in their garages where they had fans. But I did find one yard sale. They had a square/rectangle lap loom weaving snap together set. They also had a wooden hexagonal loom. Neither had a price. So I asked and the lady said I could have them both for 50 cents. Woot. Of course I have no idea how to use them. I am also having some difficulty finding stuff online. So we shall see what I do with them.

I have friends

This post was going to be all about the wonderful people I have met through knitting groups. And how I have gone out of my comfort zone by seeking out friends outside of work. I was seeking out people where I didn't have the common thread of working in the same place.

As I was typing, I realized that all of my friends outside of work are fiber people. I then realized I was comparing Apples to Apples. Yeah, there are some new places I have to go to. But seeing someone there knitting is an instant ice breaker. I can pull out my knitting and start comparing projects. In fact, pretty much any time I pull out my knitting in public I get some comments or people talk to me about it. My favorites are when people look a little nostalgic and talk about their grandma/aunt/treasured person who used to knit/crochet/cross stitch. It also appears that most any handcraft evokes memories of all the others.

So this post will instead say thank you to all those of the fibery persuasion out there who have helped me grow, learn, teach and enjoy what I do.










From my Fiber Guild









To new friends from Ravelry


Some Stitchin' and Bitchin'

Library Knit Night and the occasional Knitten' Kitten meeting.

I'm Dyeing to Show You

My new goodies. Wow...that was bad...I apologize I will...well, actually I don't make any promises about not using bad puns that I can't keep. Moving on to better things.

New yarn at Linda's. She has them set out for customers to give them a try. I hesitantly tried the Cestari cotton sock yarn. Hoping not to resurrect memories of that first sock that shall not be talked about. But I am becoming quite enamored with it. I am thinking a simple pair of ribbed socks. Nothing too complicated since it still is part cotton (75% cotton, 25% wool).






Now for the reason for the dyeing joke. Aimee kindly invited me over for a dye party since she has invested in several types of lovely dyes. I had a blast and came home with several lovely things to spin and knit.
Remember the pink and grey roving. I don't remember if I actually posted it or not. I wasn't thrilled. I had tried out some fabric dyes on some roving. The pink and grey you see is corridale roving (again from Linda's). I meant it to be those colors. Well I hoped the grey would be more black. Well, I tried to do a dark purple black mix on some Alpaca. It picked up absolutely none of the blue in the purple and turned out the exact same color. Bleh. I wanted purple and black.

So I brought it along to see what could be done. We overdyed it with a purple. I am thrilled with how it turned out. I ranges from almost a magenta color to a dark-bluish purple. I have decided to call it Reserected Alpaca.






This lovely bump of turquoise and brown is amazing. It is Corridale (I love Linda's shop, but I think I need to explore online to get some more variety) But I don't have a name for it. But I love it and will make something fabulous of the yarn that I someday spin from it.



I also love this. More Corridale. Have you ever heard of Lime & Violet? They are quite hilarious bloggers and podcasters in the knitting/fiber world. Of course, their name has inspired many colorways of yarn and fiber. It doesn't help that these colors look fabulous together. I have decided to try and be a bit witty and have named this roving "A Green Citrus Fruit and Miss Beauregarde". **giggle** Miss Beauregarde is from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. She likes to chew gum.

Finally, the yarn. I bought this...well, I'll let you guess. I had to return a magazine. Get off my back!!! I swear I can stop going anytime...well...unless we have our guild meeting there. And I do have to go purchase my wheel eventually...Anyway. At least it was on the clearance rack. $1.75 for 200 yds of bare wool sport weight 2 ply. Rockin'! I have named this colorway "Tequila Sunrise" The red turned out more pink than was the original plan. But I am very excited to see how this knits up. I'm thinking socks or a lightweight shawl. Any ideas. I have three skeins dyed up in the same colorway.