It's over at last!!! I'll miss it!

The fair is finally over. It was great fun and we had a successful run. We had so many beautiful things to display. My favorite was a cross stitch picture of two imigrants holding hands. They were sweet and done very well. I don't do that kind of needlework, but do admire it.

I started a lacey scarf while at the fair, and am about half done. I also did a little spinning. Some with the drop spindle, and some on my Ashford traveler. I had it in the motor home. The trouble was, by the time we went to the motor home, I was too pooped to pop.

I slept until 7 this morning and it felt really good to wake up in my own bed. I went outside to see all my critters and talk to the sheep. My grandchildren are here and they got baby chicks so I had to visit them too. They have named them all. They are very sweet.

I am planning on starting a bag for knitting. You know, knit a bag to carry knitting in. Isn't that the best???? I can't wait to start. I am going to felt it and then needle felt on it. It will be the best!!! I know I will have time to knit at the races.

I start working at the Del Mar Race Track on Monday. Can't wait to get back. It is such a different job and very fun. I really enjoy both jobs, they are both fun, but again, very different. I will miss the Fair, especially all the people. I feel like I have made some great friends.

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

Half way through....9 more days.

We are over half way through with the Fair. It will soon be behind us. It has been fun and stressful. I miss all my friends and my other life. I haven't knit much, but have been learning alot.

The lady who owns Bonita Knitting Store came to judge a contest at the Fair. She is so nice and brought a feather and fan pattern and I have been trying to knit it. It took me about 9 startovers and I finally got it. I am so dense when it comes to hand knit patterns. I just keep trying though. I am more stubborn than the knitting.

I have been spinning on my drop spindle every chance I get and am getting better at it every day.

Spin on.......Sheena

Fair Time!!!

Well the San Diego County Fair will open on June 8th. We are almost ready. Just a few finishing touches and the food to take in. On Wednesday we will be taking in all the yummy baked goods and cookies and candy and decorated cakes. Can't wait, it is usually very exciting. We will have it all Judged on Thursday and then Friday.....opeing day!

It has been alot of work and we are short staffed, but are getting the job done. Everyone is really tired and Karalyn has been diagnosed with High blood pressure. I hope it isn't because of the fair. We really do have fun, well atleast I do. I sometimes think we are just plain stupid for working so hard and then thinking it is fun.

Hope to see all my friends and family at the Fair. I will take lots of yarn and my spinning wheel with me in my motor home. I am also taking my drop spindle in case I have a chance to practise it.

Spin on.......Sheena

Last long week-end

Well, today it the last day of rest. I had a Birthday Party for my Mother-in-law yesterday. She turned 89 and we all had great food and lots of fun. I am just messing around and resting today.

My daughter went to the Spirit West Coast week-end at Del Mar. She took my motor home. I will be taking it to the Fair in a couple of weeks, so she gives it the dry run for me. They had a great time and had lots of tales to tell.

My beautiful yarn is too fine to knit with the #3's that I want to knit with. My spinning teacher said to knit with smaller needles. The only problem with that, is that I think if I need to knit with smaller needles I might as well do them on the knitting machine. I think I will try that, let you know later.

I think I will start trying to spin some of the LLama I got from Ruth. She had it blended with about 10% morino wool. It helps it bind together and spins alot easier. Luscious stuff.

Spin on.....Sheena

yummy yarn

I finished spinning and plying the "Island Reef" I got from Sue. It is simple the best I've spun so far. I don't know if it is because of the super wash Merino, or if it is because the colors are so beautiful. Whatever the reason......I love it. IT will become my next pair of socks.

I have been spinning like crazy and plying up all the singles I have before I get to working at the Fair full time. I have so many loose ends to wind up and am trying to get everything ready to ignore it for a time. Including set up time, it will be about 5 or 6 weeks of solid work. I really do love it and look forward to it.

I carded up all the wool from my Lincoln lamb that I had washed up. It is ready to spin. I will probably take it to the fair with me to spin in the evenings. I love that time. And by the time the fair is over I will have it ready to ply. I am sending the rest off to be processed and hope I will get it back in the fall, when I will be ready to work on it. I just don't have time to do it right now, and can't wait. I still have stuff in my closet from last year that never got done, so I won't make that mistake again.

I have been playing hard, and now it's time to get to work!!!

spin on.....Sheena

Socks all Done

I finally finished those socks. They turned out really nice. I like doing this heel because it made sense to me. They look really big, but that is because I have really big feet. They actually fit me. I will start another pair this weekend, before I forget how or loose the magazine article I got the dirrections from.

Today is my last day at the Race track ticket office. Next week we start working for the Fair. I know I won't have much time for spinning or knitting for a while. I do take my spinning wheel to the Fair with me so I can spin after a long hard day at the Fair.

On the spinning subject, I have started spinning some beautiful superwash morino that I bought. It was dyed by Sue from www.loveinterwoven.com. It is so beautiful. I have half of it done and hope to have the rest spun by this weekend. Then I can ply it and start that new pair of socks. It is so pretty, all green and blue and yellow. Very nice.

At class this week we all tried each others wheels and it was very interesting to try other wheels. I am looking at the Victoria as a new wheel to take places since my traveler is getting heavier and heavier. I haven't tried one yet, but it is one of the lightest I have found.

Spin on........Sheena

Long week...............

It has been a long 12 days. That is how long I have worked without a day off. We will be off this weekend. I am really looking forward to sleeping in and just taking it easy. Of course I will be busy, because I have signed up for a rug class and I am going to shear my last sheep. She is the gown up mama sheep and we saved her till last because she is not very friendly. My daughter-in-law is going to help me. She is great with animals and usually is alot of help.

With the new internet program at work, we don't seem to be as busy as we were last year. The phones go on next monday, so we should be busier.

I keep working on my socks, but don't seem to be getting anywhere. I have to finish them so I can start on something else. I love the flap heel done from the toe up. It was easy and I did it!!!

I'm tired and need to go to bed. Night all.
spin on.....sheena