Tuesday FO

Another FO to share. 100 yards of Merino/Silk top from Lisa Souza Dyeworks in Colorway Skydrama. This is my first successful Navajo ply and I must say that I'm thrilled with it. It's the best yarn I've made so far.

Wind in the Mountain

This weekend I got to finish up spinning n' plying a 2 ply lace weight yarn that I have named Wind in the Mountain. It is so soft and silky, spun from BFL/Silk. This fiber from CorguHillFarm came in five little 1.5 oz braids in complementing colors. I spun two mini braids and ended up with about 300 yards of lace weight yarn.

Wind in the Mountain

I'm having a great yarn day

Thanks to the studentknitter for recommending eatsleepknit.com 

I went to check out some yarn prices for some lace projects. Yes, I have been bitten by the lace bug ;) I managed to find some malabrigo lace for $9 a skein. Of course I bought three skeins!

Velvet grapes

applewood

black forest

Then I also helped someone with a destash on ravelry. I bought some Fiddlesticks Knitting Zephyr Laceweight Wool-Silk.

Mushroom

Charcoal

Coffee Induced Late Night Update

Last weekend I picked up Abby Franquemont's Respect the Spindle. This book is so awesome. Reading this book has given me a lot of insight and there are some great techniques that I am definitely putting to use. I can't even put into words how much this book helps. Maybe a picture would help!

Amur Maple BFL and Silk

I bought some Christmas goodies on Knitpicks today. I most certainly qualified for free shipping. I couldn't resist the sock yarn. I don't know what it is about sock yarn, but I really love it. I guess I just really like making socks.

Stroll Tonal Canopy

Stroll Tonal Foliage

These socks are gonna be wicked awesome! I also got half the stuff from my Christmas list, just so I didn't break the bank completely.

By the way, I think I'm gonna ask Santa for a camera for Christmas. I really need to be able to take better pictures for this blog and my future Etsy store.

Night Night All! Have a lovely Friday! I'm having a date night with my boyfriend, which gives me a perfect excuse to wear my new little black dress :D

Keeping Up

I relapsed. I think I picked the worst time to quit smoking. I have anxiety about being around people I don't know, and school started yesterday :(

I had a psychotic fit Monday night and ended up smoking. Then the whole quitting smoking thing went out the window.

I will keep trying, maybe labor day weekend when I have three days and I can be alone.

I haven't been knitting a whole lot. I've been doing more frogging than actual knitting :(

I'm planning on trying again at 2 at a time socks. I divided one 100g ball into two, just to make life easier.

I haven't decided on a pattern yet.

I was working on a quitting smoking scarf, it was a beautiful pattern, but the person who made it did not include the edge stitches on the chart. It was a triangle scarf, from the tip up, but without edge stitches, it made it impossible for me to figure out :(

Things are not going my way at the moment, but I will just go with the tides.

My head is spinning

Ever since I was a little girl I have been mesmerized by women using spinning wheels. They are so elegant and have such a rich history. I have never spun my own yarn, but I am confident enough to give it a try.

Being a starving college student, it goes without saying, that I cannot really afford to purchase a spinning wheel right now. I came up with some alternatives to start spinning. First I am going to try my hand (literally) at the drop spindle. I've done my research and purchase a Louet top whorl spindle kit for beginners. I also purchased some extra wool    roving in a lovely fuschia color to experiment with as well.

The funny thing is, I mentioned my idea for spinning my own yarn and my lack of money to purchase a wheel on my Facebook page. Next thing I know, my step-dad is offering to build me my own wheel! Honestly, I couldn't believe it. Don't get me wrong, he is a nice guy. I get along with him better now that I'm not living with my mother and him. We had some misunderstandings when he entered our (mine and my mother's) lives when I was in high school. Now we are cool, and I am very appreciative of his thoughtfulness and I'm very happy that he would offer to make me something like that.

That being said, I am very excited to be starting some spinning, whether it be by hand or on a wheel. New adventures!

Also, I got to see my mom this weekend. She lives in Oregon and I live in California, so we don't see each other as much as I know we would like to. My boyfriend and I took a day trip to meet her at my grandma's hospital. I got to give them their late birthday presents and it went really well. Both of them are doing really good and it felt really good to spend time with them.

Saturday night I saw Inception with my boyfriend and close friend. I highly recommend the movie. I found it very interesting and visually stimulating and very well acted.

That's all for now. Good Night.

Beating the Heat

True Blood is rocking my world right now. I've completely immersed myself in this fictional vampire drama. I'm in love with all the characters and the setting. I find it completely refreshing and wonderful.

In the real world, I have been trying to keep myself cool. It's been really hot lately, and I'm doing my best not to loose my cool if you catch my meaning. I've also been working on some various projects to keep myself busy.

I'm working on a lapghan made from four strands of Paton's soft boucle yarn. It's pretty simple, I'm using size 50 needles and working plain stockinette stitch. The yarn adds a great texture and makes it look more complex than it actually is.

I'm also working on a ribbed neck tube for my mother. I made it from the same worsted weight yarn that I made her cabled slouchy beret out of. Nothing like a bunch matching accessories right?

And, I am starting to work on another slouchy beret, one of many that I hope to sell on etsy. I'm not really sure how that works, but I will figure it out and maybe make some extra money!

I hope you all are having a fabulous week =)