Yarn along..

Hoe some weeds..

Stoke the campfire..

Knit some teeth..

Summer in the garden.

~ Pattern: Hitchhiker by Martina Behm via Ravelry ~

Finished reading:

Another interesting perspective of life on Harborside, Maine

with Helen and Scott Nearing.  

Melissa Coleman's memoir has been my favorite so far:

Going to have to pick it up and read it again after reading Jean's book.

Wishing you "the good life"..

lazy summer days full of knitting and reading.

~

Joining Ginny

Catching up..

(Pattern: Sawtooth Shawlette via Ravelry)

The two ounce challenge has been finished..

The garden is in..

Getting back to the wheel..

I've missed it.

 A friend and I volunteered through our LYS to demonstrate spinning for a farm who was 

shearing sheep at a school downtown. 

We were told to report to the local news station instead.

(**what??**)

They sheared.  We spun.

Three cheers for Pittsburgh's Roving Art Cart!!

Getting back to the dye pots..

This one is for me.

One Hitchhiker coming up!

~

Yarn Along..

Hand dyed Pile-O-Fluff..

..tucked in my bag for some Easter spinning at the cabin.

Cabin window complete with Easter bunting.

Tossed the drop spindle in my pack and hiked to our favorite spot on the river.

Sun!

River spun.

River otter and porcupine.

This fiber is part of a two ounce challenge for my spinning group.

Spin two ounces on the drop spindle and make something with it.

Cast on this week for a small shawlette..

Will post the pattern once I have a bit more done.

Library love:

Reading this to curb spring wanderlust.

~

Joining Ginny..

The good and the not so good...

March..

Still snowing big pretty flakes..

Good: Started a new knitting project.

Not so good:  Funeral clothes.

Good:  Kitty surfing the sun while warming the new 

knitting project.

Not so good:  Weekend of flu ..

~Thank goodness for kitty snugs~

Good: Knitting project back on track after..

Not so good:  ripping out FIVE rows (400 stitches each) once

discovering I was knitting on the wrong side.  Kitty

decided to give me a hand while all 400 stitches were off the needles....

I am SO ready for April..

How about you??

~

Weaving..

Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending

a weaving workshop.

It was sponsored our local spinning and weaving guild.

Introduction to weaving on a four harness loom..

 Learning new words, calculating, threading, treadling...

Then weaving a pattern..

where this..

Turned into this.. 

Plain weave and twill.

It was an amazing day

and

FUN!

The amount of talent and knowledge in this body of fine folks

will never cease to amaze me.  

My sincere thanks to you all who took the time to 

teach us,

mentor us, 

encourage us,

laugh with us,

and 

share your love of the fiber arts...

I am grateful for you ~

Yarn Along..

Reading and enjoying

Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting by Ann Hood

Knitting up some hand dyed, hand spun merino/silk

LOVE it all the way around ~ dreamy to spin

and wonderful to knit.  The silk makes it super soft

and gives the colors depth.

From the dye pot:

"Scottish Heather" 

and

"Jellies" have flown the nest.

Loving "Joette'..

Starting a shawl class at the LYS this week featuring a 

design from the shop owner.  

Looking foreword to sharing it with you next week!  

Have a most wonderful week!

Happy Knitting..

Joining Ginny.

~

Saturday..

 Spinning a bit of hand dyed merino/silk from the LYS..

"Caribbean Sunrise" is fresh from the dye pot...

Just in time for a forecast of significant snow this weekend.

"Dyna".. as in memories of sitting in a shopping cart

as a kid on a hot summers day, backs of the legs sticking to the seat of the shopping cart, while wearing a jumpsuit with bows tied at the shoulders, clutching a pack of DYNAMINTS.

Do they still make those??

Finished the "Turkish Bed Socks" from Churchmouse Yarns and Teas.

This was the only flattering picture of my size TEN foot ..

I love the socks!

Perfect in the Dansko shoes.

Wishing you a most wonderful Saturday!

~