It's been a long time

Life has a funny way of getting in the way. My husband's been going through some pretty insane medical trials. We still don't know what's wrong, but he seems to be getting better.

I have been knitting, but I don't have any pictures. I do have pictures of my Babe spinning wheel though. :)

I've been spinning and am finally starting to get yarn that actually looks like yarn. I gave a skein of about 100 yards to my SIL the other day. Finn sheep has been wonderful to practice on. I've also spun 4 oz. of Amy's hand-dyed roving. I absolutely adore Amy's yarn and her roving. Go buy some! She is awesome to work with. In fact, she just did a custom order for some UK color sock yarn for my husband. I was going to surprise him with them for Christmas, but I was so excited that I just had to tell him.

I've also been spending a lot of time at Yarns and Fabrications. My SIL is working there now and absolutely loves it. We're taking a quilting class together and it's going well. I'll post pictures of the finished quilt when I'm done.

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What!?! A spinning wheel? Really???

Pretty soon a Babe's Production Double Treadle in white is going to be residing with us.

I'm pretty much in shock. Mike and I have wanted a spinning wheel for over a year now. I've read so many posts on Knitter's Review about the pros and cons of different wheels. We would love a Lendrum or a Fricke, but unfortunately that's just out of our price range right now. The Babe met all of our requirements: Affordable, double-treadle, comes with bobbins and a lazy kate, generally good reviews for being a wheel constructed with PVC pipes. I'm sure this will just be our first wheel, but...wow...a first wheel! Now, to make sure our actual spinning passion matches that of our wanting to spin passion.

Pictures as soon as it gets here!

The PinkLady Bag by Designs by Shelley in Lamb's Pride Worsted pre-felting

James Blunt CD included for scale and to show my new favorite CD. My closest friend, D, had me listen to this CD one night and I was instantly obsessed.

The Pink Lady Bag post felting

This is a hairy beast of a purse. The mohair in the Lamb's Pride fluffed out when I felted it. It looks like a little lamb. I'm in love with it!

Grumperina's Odessa in Knit Picks Andean Silk - Sangria.

This pattern was a joy to knit. I've never knit with beads before, but it was a blast and there is now hope for my previously cast aside beads.

I've been looking for a job for almost two weeks now. It's been difficult, but it has given me quite a bit of time to knit as I'm sure you can tell.

It's almost a sock

Sock in progress shot.
I'm winging this sock. Mike really likes the farrow rib pattern so, after much searching with no results, I decided I would have to do it myself. I cast on 72 sts and worked the farrow rib pattern down to the heel. I'm continuing the farrow rib pattern down the top of the foot.

Fair Isle Take One

Last night I decided that it was absolutely silly to continue being afraid of Fair Isle knitting...well, any colorwork basically.

I went to the Philosopher's Wool site and watched the video then took the pattern for the sample bag and changed it a bit and knit this hat. It was a great experience and I really can't wait to knit more Fair Isle patterns.

Silly life...getting in the way

The past few months have been difficult to say the least. It's been a struggle to find time and/or energy to knit. This is a knitting blog, so I won't bore you with all the details, but my marriage is not very stable at the moment. We're going to do the whole counseling thing and I really hope that it works out, but at this point it's very unsure.

However, I have been doing some knitting and here is pictoral proof.












From left to right: Ribbed scarf in Knit Picks Elegance - Fawn, My So Called Scarf in Yarn Bee Mosaic Twist - Blue Lagoon, and Farrow Rib Socks in Knit Picks Essentials - Fawn

I'm working on a rolled brim hat to go with the My So Called Scarf. I contemplated whether I wanted to do the hat that matches it, but I decided against it. Thank you to everyone who offered to send me the pattern though!