Nikol gave me this lovely yarn that I’ve been coveting forever. There are five skeins that are lace weight, each with around 400 yards. I love the color way she chose for this and am thumbing through my patterns to find the right one to compliment her dyeing. This was such a kind and thoughtful jesture after losing Sophie. Thank you so much Nikol. : )
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Yesterday we had quite a shock. I was a hour and a half away from home working on a project with friend and Frank was cheering on his nephew doing a 100 mile mountain bike race, when we got a call that our sweet clown of a dog Sophie had been hit by a car. Apparently, the gate to our back yard had not latched the night before after we had mowed and Sophie, being the ever friendly and scent driven bassett hound/ lab mix, or as I like to call her, a bassador, decided to go on a tour of the neighborhood. Accidents are so hard to deal with and Sophie will be dearly missed. She made me laugh constantly with her goofy sense of humor and playfulness. My heart aches . . .
I thought I should let the cats have a bit of air time as well . . .
I’m finally getting some of the items I mentioned earlier as getting finished in the month of June (hmmmm, blogging about them on July 26th and not getting pictures of them posted till the month of August . . . do you see a pattern of habits here?)
All are made with yarn that I dyed and spun.
The first is a baby sweater using the Debbie Bliss pattern Ribbed Baby Jacket from Prima online. I used approximately 390 yards for the 0-3 month size and used US #5 needles.
Secondly , two hats using the pattern Squiggly from Mashpit’s Knits. Each hat used approximately 63 yards using US #10.5 needles. This pattern is great for those little odds and ends of leftover, bulkier yarn.
And lastly, a pair of mittens using the pattern Plaid Mittens from the Blue Blog. I used approximately 110 yards and US #10.5 needles.
I’m slow, but I do get things posted (most of the time) . . .
Our monthly Spinsters’ group met at Marilyn’s home in Topeka and we were joined by some of the Topeka Crochet Guild as well. Marilyn had made cd drop spindles and Nikol brought spindles and fiber for the crochet gang to try. Of the three resident cats, only Lily decided that we were worth investigating much and wandered about amongst us. The other two decided that life was much better on the screened in porch.
Jessica showing Nancy the ins and outs of drop spindle.
Nikol’s spindles
Our lovely hostess, Marilyn (love her apron).
Ever up for a challenge, Nikol tackles Kathy’s (the crocheter) wheel.
Lily gives her blessing to my wheel.
Marilyn’s other sweet kitties.
Hmmm, I didn’t do quite as well as I had hoped in wiping my UFO slate clean. Weddings, graduations, a terrible cold and life seem to get in the way (I know, I know, cry me a river). I did get several things done though — a pair of mittens from fiber that I dyed and spun and a baby sweater that was also my own dyed fiber and hand spun. Then, there’s the hand spun yarn. When I had a free minute, that seemed to be what I was drawn to. As the weather gets warm, knitting usually loses its’ appeal to me, but spinning, ah, that’s another story.
I’ve been spinning so much I haven’t had time to post . . .
. . . or at least that’s the excuse I’m going to use!
