I knit this for a friend who’s birthday is next week.

I think he’ll love it.

Modeled by my very own mini Jayne.

First off..I actually finished something…

This is that roving that I dyed with food coloring and then spun and navajo plied. The funkiness of the colors just screamed make me a funky tassel. So I did.

Secondly…today was a spinning and weaving day at Rose Path weaving in Lindale. I uploaded all my photos here, but I’ll share a few here.

LOOOMSS!!! I so want to take up weaving, but I don’t have the room for a loom.

This is Willie. He’s an angora goat and he likes to nibble fingers. He came to visit with to twin kids Amos and Andy.

Lookie what I bought!!

Lantern Moon basket

Peace Fleece roving

Row counter bracelet made by Michelle (she’s the local Kromski dealer - guess who has a new wheel on layaway )’

I love spinning days!!

I knit a couple of hats for the Dulaan Project in the past week or so. I think it’s a wonderful project and when I get paid I’ll mail these hats on so they can be distributed. It was Norma that brought my attention to the project so …Thanks Norma!!!

Now…the hats…

This one is an extremely bulky commercial yarn that I have no idea what it is, but it is extremely thick.

This one I made from some remnants of my own handspun yarn. I used double strands of yarn and the orange and yellow are a merino/romney blend and the stuff you see that’s dark (its actually blue, red, yellow and orange) is cormo. This hat came out nice and thick and cushy and will warm someone’s head up real nicely I think.

I used the 42 stitch hat pattern for the basis of both of them. I just added a ribbed fold up brim on the charcoal one to add a little to it. One of these hats with a bulky yarn can be knitted up in no time at all.

I’m off for now. I have to take The Liam to the doctor. This morning he woke up coughing and wheezing. It almost sounded like an asthma attack, but he doesn’t have asthma. He would cough and gag and then on his inhale he had an extremely strong wheeze. It was actually the wheeze that I heard that woke me up. I gave him some water to drink and he stopped coughing and then went to sleep in my bed til nearly 10:30 this morning. Hopefully it’s nothing serious. Right now he seems ok except for an occasional “clear your throat” type cough.

Have a nice day everyone!!

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Specs:
Cobweb Shawl by Emma Crew from magknits
Handspun Merino Superwash wool from Verna (she sent roving..I spun the yarn)
Size 9 circs (Silvalume - I think)

There’s a couple more photos here and they are actually more true to the color. It’s lavendar.

I have a bit of the yarn left and I think I’m going to see if I can make Branching Out from the leftovers. It may not work out, but it will be good practice.

I think I’m addicted to lace now. A wonderful lady.. DeAnn (shawl goddess!!) posted on the Knitters Review Forums that she had some lace patterns free to a good home and I pm’d her and she’s sending them to me!!! My needles are ready to go!!

While I was gone on the trip I got a wonderful RAOK from Cindy.

Sorry for the crappy photo, but aren’t they lovely!! I can’t ever have enough stitch markers!

OH..happy news about the Pi Shawl. I was surely going to run out of yarn. Yarn that was so lovingly gifted to me by Jen. I was all depressed because I really wanted to finish the shawl. So anyway..lamenting the fact that I would have to buy some more…but didn’t want to pay the full price..(hey..I like the good stuff, but I’m cheap) I searched around the internet. What did I find?? A sale Baby!!! OH yeah! $3 off per ball. Just so you know, 5 more lovely balls are on their way to me so that I can finish the shawl. Last time I checked they had just departed Massachusetts.

Oh..and I’m working on a hat for the Dulaan Project. Norma inspired me. So I picked up some of my leftover handspun stuff and started knitting this morning. Photo upon completion.

(what’s with the linkage in this post??)