Almost done!!! Time to play

Well, today is the next to last day of racing. My mother and my husband are coming to the races. I'm really ready for the races to be over. So is our whole office.

I spun some this morning and it felt so good. I have three bobbins full of Sophie. I am going to spin until I have lots of yarn.

We plan to go on a small road trip starting next week. I hope we end up in Las Vegas.

Spin on....................Sheena

Beautiful Yarn!! What to make??

I finished plying the yarn I spun from "Sophie" Wow, it is so pretty. I don't know what to make. I think something felted. I want to make some slippers. Maybe those clog ones. I also think they would make a really nice book bag for Paige. But I would like to dye some. I think I will get busy spinning some more. I have 1lb & 15.5 ounces. Almost 2 pounds. I have more ideas than I have time to make them.

One more full week and the races will be over. A week from Wednsday. I will be glad when it is over, but I will also miss it. Mixed feelings!!! Such is life. I always miss the people I work with, and also just being busy. I also will look forward to having more time to work on my projects and taking knitting and spinning classes.

Ron will be glad when I am home too, only because he wants food. I am the chief cook around there and they always miss my cooking. I miss it too. I can't wait to have time to bake. I also look forward to cooler weather so I can make soup and stews and that kind of stuff.

I am finally getting the short row heel right. I have to keep practicing so I can remember how to do it. I'm afraid if I wait too long, I will forget. I am making Autumn and Rebecca some slipper socks for Christmas. I am freaked out about the stuff from China, so I am making all of my Christmas presents this year. Everything is from China. I might have to use my own yarn just so I know where it came from. MY YARD!! So funny.

Spin on.......................Sheena

almost over.....time for more spinning and knitting!!!

Well, the racing season is almost done. Won't be long until I will be back in spinning and knitting classes. My favorite place to be.

I finished plying the "Sophie" wool I had spun and it is simply gorgeous. It felts like heaven and I can't wait to make something out of it. I want to make some clog slippers. They would be awsome. Also it would be fun to have something made from my own sheep. I really appreciate her more now that I have spun some of her beautiful wool. Ron doesn't like her that much because she is not friendly at all, but she is getting better. It has been a year since we got her, and she is still very skittish. Her baby is too of course because she gets all those signals from her mom. The babies we have are so sweet and friendly, it really makes her look bad.

I hope to get some really great stuff done this winter in knitting. I really need to get busy or give it up.

spin on..............sheena

Half way

Well, today is the half way point. The races are half over. It has been really quiet in the ticket office today. Yesterday I got sent home early. It was nice. I cooked a real dinner for a change. We al enjoyed it. I grilled some steaks, and had some corn on the cob someone brought in for all the workers. Someone else brought in some garden fresh tomatoes. Yumm.... I made a salad too. Very good.

I have been knitting on my socks everyday and am up to the cuff on both. Won't be long now. I really like this yarn. "Island reef" It was dyed by Sue Warren and spun by me. I think I would like to make a sweater of some like this. This is super wash morino so it will be easy care.

I got my eighth bobbin spun of my "Sophie" wool. I can start plying now. Infact I have to start plying because I don't have any more empty bobbins. It should make some nice yarn. I felted some for my granddaughter and it turned out wonderful.

spin on..........Sheena

Pining for grandkids,working, spinning and knitting

Well, the grandkids have flown back home. We miss them already. Ron is really grieving. I guess I have had to "let go" so many times, I am better at it. I really miss all the kids because I use to take care of them all full time. They all miss each other too. It was really fun for them all to be together again.

I am working every day but Tuesday. It is really tough, but knowing there is an ending date helps. I try to knit a little everyday. I am working on a bag by Fiber Trends, and it is going really well.

I have been spinning my wool from "Sophie" It is turning out really nice. I am spinning it kind of bulky, and have knitted up some and felted it. It turned out so wonderful, I hope I can get alot spun up so I can dye some. Then I will make myself a bag. I am trying to spin a little every night. I am so pooped by the time I get home, I don't do much.

spin on........Sheena

off to the races

Well, the races have started and it is pretty exciting around here. The grounds are beautiful with over a million dollars worth of flowers planted. The transformation is amazing!!! I really wish the gardeners would come home with me and do my yard.

I spun up some of "Sophie" and she made beautiful bulky yarn. I am knitting a bag for my granddaughter, Autumn, to keep her rocks in. I am going to felt it to see how it felts. With 11 pounds of it I really need to find something wonderful to do with all this "fluff".

The granddaughters go home next Wednsday so I will truley miss them. I wish I had more time to spend with them, but that's the price I have to pay. If I don't work we can't afford to have them here to play.

We went to the movies the other night and saw the new Harry Potter movie. I wish I had seen the others, it would have made more sense. But I enjoyed it anyway. Makes me want to read the books. I want to start with the first one though, and need to go to a book store and buy it.

Well, summer is drifting away.
spin on...........Sheena

It's Party Time at Del Mar!!!

Well, it won't be long until opening day at Del Mar. The seats are sold out and so is the Coors Light party. This place will be a mad house as of Wedns. July 18th. Everyone is hussling around to get things done. The flowers are being planted and everything steam cleaned to get this place sooooo pretty by opening day.

I wish some of these gardeners would come to my house. They are planting over a million dollars worth of plants everywhere. Very pretty.

on the wooly front!!! I got my Lincoln fleeces back yesterday and they are awsome. I can't believe the miracle they do at Morro Bay fleece works. I really thought Sophie would be a ragged mess to make a rug out of, but OH MY GOODNESS you should see how wonderful them made her fleece.

I also got back a fleece I am sharing with a friend from spinning. It is a black Columbia/Finn cross that is absolutely the most beautiful I have ever had. I wish I had bought the whole fleece. Oh well, I have plenty to spin.

This weekend is the last weekend I will have off for a while. Until Sept. 5Th as a matter of fact. My day off will be on Tuesday after this weekend.

My granddaughters are here from Alabama and they are having a ball. My husband is having a great time entertaining them. They eat Popsicles all day and swim.

That's all for now, let you know how my spinning goes in a couple of days.

spin on........Sheena