Secret Pal Package Goodies!

I was having a pretty crappy day, shouting at children, grumping at husbands. But when I got home, there was a fat package waiting for me on the kitchen table. It was from my Secret Pal!!!!! YIPPEE! Fibre goodness!

Inside I found some brandy beans, yum, a peace angel as well as a tiny fireplace cross-stitch kit. Very cute. But the best was the hand painted roving! She had read that I had a spindle, but couldn't draft to save my life...I guess she had faith that I could figure it out, so I had to try. After consulting many Youtube tutorials, and finding out how to pre-draft, behold my first attempts at spinning!

Not too bad, and good thing I like thick-thin yarn (haha). Now, what to make from it??? Oh, and she also included another very funky 3-D card. Love it! Thank you so much!!!!!

Happy Imbolc!

I know that I'm a day late, but the season is still the same. Actually, with the warm temp yesterday, you could almost believe that winter wouldn't last forever.



Today, after school the kids and I are going to make candles and Bridey cakes...just little things, but enough. I wanted to clear off the mantle to make it into an altar, but not yet. *sigh*



I have to frog the sweater I'm making - grrrrr. Stupid provisional cast on!

Beautiful Scavenger Hunt Yarn & Craftster Swap Handspun!

Just wanted to share some of the beautiful yarn that I received in the mail in the last week or two. Firstly, this gorgeousness is from Shelby for the Secret Pal Scavenger Hunt that I won...it is so lovely and soft and made up of all my fave colours! Now to decide what I am going to knit it into?????

These two fantastically beautiful skeins came from Faren in the Craftster Ongoing Wish Swap round 41! There is 600 yards total here! I don't know what I'm going to make - but definitely some colourwork is in order here!

This ball of sweetness is also from a Craftster OWS but from round 42 from Pinup Mummy. I adore thick and thin and colours are fun - the girls have claimed it!

Thank you so much ladies for spoiling me this week...my stash of homespun has increased from zero to heaven in a matter of a few days!!!!

Beautiful, Yummy Yarn @ StashUp

Found this etsy shop through PhatFiber and I thought I would share the yumminess! The colourway of the merino above is called Ex Marinus. Isn't to die for???? This is one of those skeins that you just leave lying in a basket so enjoy the artistry of the handpainting instead of knitting it up...

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5197827

Tiny and Giant Knits

I found these fab images online and wanted to share with any knitting nuts that may be reading this blog. First off, are these tiny sweaters made by crazy lady (in the nicest sense of the word)Althea Crome at http://www.bugknits.com/ ... also check out her gloves! These are made at 1:144 scale!!! That's her finger they are sitting on!!!!!!!!!!

On the opposite side of things, check out this GIANT knitting by Bauke Knottnerus http://baukeknottnerus.nl/...I don't know what he used for the "yarn" but I love it!

Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2009, as the old year fades away...

It has been a hard yet fruitful one and I hope that the next will be a creative, fulfilling one for one and all!

Enjoy it...