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Laura planted the seed and Camilla Valley Farm added the fertilizer…now I’m looking at my stash in a whole new light! There is a Knitters Loom on my craft shelf that has been gathering dust since my fist attempts at weaving were taken out by some moths (so far they appear to be *knock on [...]

On Sunday (at least I think it was Sunday) I finished spinning up my Corriedale singles and yesterday afternoon the kids were polite enough to have a 2 hour nap AT THE SAME TIME(!!!!!!!!) which gave me an opportunity to ply up 3 (!!!!!!) bobbins AND I was able to finish spinning up the brown [...]

He is wondering if any of my fibermates would be interested in playing 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons? He likes to run his games bi-weekly on Saturday nights with the dice starting to roll about 7:30pm-ish (or whenever we can get the kids in bed) and it then goes to 11 or 12 (if we [...]

Have you seen the Bus conversion That Wooly Wormhead and her Man are doing? It’s super cool and has my brain going a wee bit into overdrive! This project of theirs has me thinking how much fun it would be to boot around the country side attending all sorts of fiber festivals in a converted [...]

As of about 5 minutes ago I spun up the last of my Corriedale singles. I’m going to let the single sit on the bobbin for a day or two then it’s step 2: Plying and I have still not decided how many plies I want my final yarn to have.

I was convinced that my bad mail mojo was back when my skates didn’t arrive on Friday, instead they made their appearance just after lunch today. (please excuse the crummy cell phone photo) I present my VooDoo Kittens, purchased from RollerGirl (who has some great and very helpful staff). Since taking the photo I have [...]

Abi has a low grade temperature and was puking last night so our grand plans of a playdate with her friend and planting the veggie garden today have been put on hold. She is presently camped out on the couch watching Dark Crystal, drinking some orange juice. I am going to be going outside in [...]

This past year has made with the Crazy and I have felt this Crazy more acutely than I normally would because my normal oasis of calming fibery sedation has been limited. I’m lucky if I can get in 2-3 hours of either spinning or knitting a week and it’s really starting to show, I’m becoming [...]

My Fleece are here, My fleece are HERE, MY! FLEECE! ARE! HERE!!!!!!!!!! A rather confused looking PostLady knocked on my door yesterday afternoon and handed me a large but very light box…have a gander at what was inside: The Reserve Grand Champion Breed: Corriedale Sale weight: 7.89 lbs Weight after processing: 5.11lbs I thought this [...]

Right so I’m *this* close to being done with the spinning the singles for my Corriedale sweater and then it’s a date with Plyville! Of course finding some time for uninterrupted spinning is proving a challenge, ABi wants to “help” by trying to push the wheel to go faster and Liam keeps trying to stick [...]