summer = crazy busy

Ever since May started it just seems like there is less time in the day even though it's daylight savings time. I've been dyeing some self stripeing yarns and some fibers, going on road trips, trying to get ready for a week long camping event, and gardening! I got some more pics up on flickr, and here is a video of babygurl dancin.

Deeesturbing!!!!

I came across this thought you all need to see it too!

Got it!

OK, so I got flickr as you will notice it's on the sidebar now. I've put up some of the pics that are in previous posts so you can see them better. I'm still working on uploading the others, but I'm getting tired and must watch the Gray's Anatomy 2 hour special tonight!

Warped

The warping board is finished, and has been warped! I used bolts instead of the metal rods because I didn't want to cut the rods, but I think I need to cut the tops off of the bolts on the single side so I can get the yarn off easier. The tops have to stay on the double side so I can get them in and out still.

Now I hope I wound the yarn correctly. I guess I'll find out after I dye it and knit a swatch. :)

I dyed some more angelina fiber along with some other yarns, they turned out much better than the first one. Maybe the heat setting was all it needed.

These are actually the colors they are supposed to be. :)

Apparently blogger won't let me put any more pictures in this post, so tomorrow I am going to learn how to use flicker. I will give the details of the rest of my dyeing then.

Building stuff & Knitting

Last weekend Babygurl and I went out of town for an SCA event, and to visit family in Vermillion SD. It was small but fun. Did I remember the camera? yes! did I take pictures? no, I forgot. I did get one pic of Babygurl and grandma though.

She got to play with the kitties, the new dog, and the bunnies, she even mooed at the cows. I finished the flamingo blanket, and worked on my sock. Between the weekend and Thursday night knitting I got a lot more done!

The heel has been turned and I am now working on the gussets.

Tuesday I went over to Violet's to skein yarn. I got all but 5 pounds done. I still need to find time to dye it all up.

Wednesday I bought all the supplies to make a warping board to make self striping sock yarn. On Thursday I drilled the holes and installed the hardware, yesterday I stained it now I just need to do a coat of polyurethane then...self striping yarn! (assuming I can figure out the warping instructions. ) There will be pictures when it's done.

The rest of yesterday was spent doing laundry, and yard work. I got my tomatoes planted, so I will have delicious home grown ones instead of the unripe city tomatoes the stores try to pass of as good. I still have to plant my peas, and mow the lawn. As soon as Babygurl goes down for a nap, it's yard work time, then maybe I can get more dyeing done.

Where did the time go?

On Monday babygurl decided to take a couple of face plants into stuff (table, ground, things like that) so now her face is all scraped up. It didn't seem to bother her much, and she was back to being silly in no time.

Chillin!

Hello, Dahling!

I managed to get two more batches of dyeing done before I had to go pick Tattoo Husband up from the airport.

Cooling down & another yarn tree blooming

It's supposed to be green and purple, but the green turned out a little more bluey than I wanted. I also dyed a sample of some angelina fiber yesterday, just to see what would happen. The color used was copenhagen blue, I was amazed at the results! You will be too!

This is NOT blue! WTF?!!!

It's still pretty though.




I'm gonna have to try dyeing more of this stuff with other methods and see what I come up with. :)

I got some more roving listed on etsy and hopefully soon more sock yarn and all of the cotton and linen I've done.


Today is S&B night Yay! I get to either work on my sock, or the blanket I can't decide. I'm not allowing myself to work on any new projects until the blanket is done, so maybe that. I guess it will be a surprise!

Yarn trees are sweetly blooming.

Thanks to my friend Violet, who let me use her spiffy new electric skein winder yesterday, I have 2 more batches of yarn dyed! today I did red and blue.

On the stove. & Cooling down.

Some unknown person dumped a bunch of branches in my alley last saturday while we were gone, so I trimmed one up and hung yarn on it, see the yarn trees really are blooming!

the orange and yellow from friday & the blue and red today. Babygurl kept trying to pick my "yarn flowers".