Showing posts with label handspun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handspun. Show all posts

Friday, January 15, 2010

Roving and Plans


Finally Spun Up.


I've been really busy.:o) Tonight I'll ply this and try to get pictures of the yarn tomorrow. I think I'm going to make this into a cowl or scarf for me. I still have a few ounces of roving left over. I have a fairy mobile in my head that I think would be beautiful in this colorway.

That might be a nice Imbolc or Valentine's Day suprise for the children.

Since I won't be able to use the farm to run with my agritourism ideas I had to come up with a different way to go.

I chose massage therapy. I've worked with this modality on a few different occasions. I searched and found a school that I LOVE in Wichita Falls and I start Monday morning. The people there are very much my kind of people. The owners have bees and llamas. They are both herbalists. They believe in Holistic methods, and they've been involved with some of the longest running Clinics in Texas. I loved everything they had to say. It was a true breath of fresh air after the attitudes and misconceptions that I ran into at all of the other schools I looked into.

I also only have to go three days a week for the first half of it. That's nice because it will give me ample time to adjust us to this schedule. Kiska is the only one who will be in daycare. I will be taking Ronan just to see what he thinks. I got very lucky and the Comanche Nation reopened the daycare here in my small town and they have revamped it to a place that I can feel comfortable leaving my children.

It isn't Steiner inspired, but at least it isn't for long. I always forget how jarring the colors, sounds, and smells are in your standard daycare. It is still hard to get over. It feels so institutional.

I know. I'm spoiled and picky...lol. But at least I found a place that I can tolerate. I will be finished in mid August and then I should be able to either work out of my home or at least be able to dictate my own schedule.

It doesn't hurt that Healing is something I love.




Saturday, December 19, 2009

Prom Corsage predrafted


The predrafted roving that's just begging for the wheel.




The soft wooly mound of goodness.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Spinning Bliss



Rainbow Merino/Silk before plying.
         


I had a lot of fun today. As soon as I opened the package I knew that I would go crazy if I didn't get to the spinning wheel soon. I managed to calm myself by debating the pros and cons of the different methods that I could use with it. :o) I finally decided to spin for gradient, and my son Tyler thought that it would be best to go ahead and ply without care. I really like the result. I haven't decided which pattern I'm going to use. I think that a cowl will be the perfect fit for this yarn.

 I was actually scared to begin spinning it. That familiar fear that works hard to keep me from trying. This roving was so beautiful that even though it inspired the fear, it also conquered it.:o)

 I'm scared to gift my daughter with something so fine. I know that my novice attempts at the  spinning wheel  translate into a yarn that isn't as strong as it could be. She can be so hard on things, not that she's careless, she's just a busy 8 year old. She loves beautiful things though, and so far she's worked really hard to care for anything I've made her.

I will decide on a pattern and begin tonight. I hope to be almost finished when WIP Wednesday comes around.;o)


Finished Yarn waiting for Auri's new Cowl.


Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Today's Handwork


Auriana's Purse





Blood Orange Merino Roving from Slackford Studio.





Handspun and Plied.





Knit and waiting to be sewn together.





Happy to be in the hands of a little girl.