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
Monday, May 28, 2007
Thursday, May 17, 2007
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
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
Thursday, May 10, 2007
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
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
Thursday, May 3, 2007
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
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
Monday, April 23, 2007
First Day Back to Work
Wow , what a fun day. We have a new computer program and it looks like it will be great once we learn to navigate around in it. This is such a cool system. I can't wait until I am more comfortable using it. Right now my head is swimming with over loaded information.
My friend Sue came up last Friday and took some great pictures of my babies. Go to her blog www.loveinterwoven.blogspot.com to see them. They are SO sweet. It was great fun to share them with a friend and I really love having them. My husband is getting really attached too.
It rained again last night, what's the deal??? Is this February? I guess the weather is all messed up. Or maybe this is "April Showers bring May flowers." Let's hope so, because it is a really cold spring as far as I can see.
I hope to have some knitting time tonight even though I got home late. I will be earlier tomorrow, so no sweat.
Spin on.......Sheena
My friend Sue came up last Friday and took some great pictures of my babies. Go to her blog www.loveinterwoven.blogspot.com to see them. They are SO sweet. It was great fun to share them with a friend and I really love having them. My husband is getting really attached too.
It rained again last night, what's the deal??? Is this February? I guess the weather is all messed up. Or maybe this is "April Showers bring May flowers." Let's hope so, because it is a really cold spring as far as I can see.
I hope to have some knitting time tonight even though I got home late. I will be earlier tomorrow, so no sweat.
Spin on.......Sheena
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Back to work tomorrow
Today is my last day off for a while. I spent most of it at church and then visiting with my sister-in law. She came up to see her mother who lives here with us. She has been ill, and really enjoyed her daughters visit. I hope she will bring her grandchildren up to feed the lambs. She fed one and seemed to enjoy it.
I finally did the heel of the socks I am knitting. It was just what I wanted to learn how to do. It is a toe-up sock, with the heel done just like the one you do for a top-down sock. I can't seem to master the short row heel, but will keep trying.
I finished the yarn I was making from my fleece from Freckles, my Columbia sheep. I think I will knit some hand warmers with it. I only have 3 ounces, but there is more where that came from. I'm thinking about sending it off to be processed. I really am learning to appreciate yarn and all the work that goes into making it.
I love having the sheep and making yarn from the fleece that I sheared with my own hands. What a trip. I'll be working now until September so I really don't have time to finish all of it.
I made the coolest recipe for breakfast this morning. It is called French Toast made easy. I got the recipe from my friend Karalyn. It was one of her grandmothers. My husband and my mother loved it. So did I. It is one of those things you make the night before and then bake it in the morning. Yummy!!!
Looks like we might get more rain. I sure hope so, we need it. We planted two trees in the yard today. I know they would like some rain. They are Mountain Ash trees that a friend gave me. They have been in a bucket for two years. I bet they will really enjoy stretching their legs. Ha ha. They will give much needed shade in the future. Also, today is Earth Day, so perfect timing.
Spin-on.....Sheena
I finally did the heel of the socks I am knitting. It was just what I wanted to learn how to do. It is a toe-up sock, with the heel done just like the one you do for a top-down sock. I can't seem to master the short row heel, but will keep trying.
I finished the yarn I was making from my fleece from Freckles, my Columbia sheep. I think I will knit some hand warmers with it. I only have 3 ounces, but there is more where that came from. I'm thinking about sending it off to be processed. I really am learning to appreciate yarn and all the work that goes into making it.
I love having the sheep and making yarn from the fleece that I sheared with my own hands. What a trip. I'll be working now until September so I really don't have time to finish all of it.
I made the coolest recipe for breakfast this morning. It is called French Toast made easy. I got the recipe from my friend Karalyn. It was one of her grandmothers. My husband and my mother loved it. So did I. It is one of those things you make the night before and then bake it in the morning. Yummy!!!
Looks like we might get more rain. I sure hope so, we need it. We planted two trees in the yard today. I know they would like some rain. They are Mountain Ash trees that a friend gave me. They have been in a bucket for two years. I bet they will really enjoy stretching their legs. Ha ha. They will give much needed shade in the future. Also, today is Earth Day, so perfect timing.
Spin-on.....Sheena
Monday, April 16, 2007
Washing a Fleece!!! What fun!
Today I washed some of the fleece that I sheared a couple of weeks ago. I have wanted to send it off to be processed, but had to wash some just to play with it. I have six and a half pounds of White Columbia and four and a half pounds of Black/grey Lincoln. Both are beautiful for there own reasons. And both are from yearlings. This is the first Shearing for the Columbia (Freckles ) Anyway, I washed about a pound of each and have it drying now. I can't wait to play with it.
We have been out of school for two weeks for Spring Break. We go back to class this week. I can't wait. I miss my friends and love my knitting and spinning classes. We are very fortunate to have such a wonderful Adult Education program here in San Diego.
This is the last week I will be home full time. I go back to work the first of next week. I will work at the Del Mar Race Track and then at the San Diego County Fair. It is great fun. Both jobs are a real kick for me. I love the work and I really love being with all the people.
Not much knitting today, but I am spinning on that Cashmere and silk that is half done. It is slow going. I can't seem to stay with it. I will try some more tonight just because I want it done.
Spin On......Sheena
We have been out of school for two weeks for Spring Break. We go back to class this week. I can't wait. I miss my friends and love my knitting and spinning classes. We are very fortunate to have such a wonderful Adult Education program here in San Diego.
This is the last week I will be home full time. I go back to work the first of next week. I will work at the Del Mar Race Track and then at the San Diego County Fair. It is great fun. Both jobs are a real kick for me. I love the work and I really love being with all the people.
Not much knitting today, but I am spinning on that Cashmere and silk that is half done. It is slow going. I can't seem to stay with it. I will try some more tonight just because I want it done.
Spin On......Sheena
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