It was just one of those days when there was nothing else to do. Peanut butter cocoa krispie treats. I think I’ve eaten half of them already. I feel better.
I navajo plied the other half of the Dusk roving I got from Black Bunny Fiber. It went much better than the first half, though I [...]
Archive for January, 2009
I need desserts…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bella's mittens, cute goatie pix, dessert desperation, handspun yarn on January 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Whew- shearing day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cute goatie pix, shearing day on January 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Monday was a long, cold day. But it’s done, and I have 13 new laundry baskets of mohair to prove it. Though I didn’t take pictures of those. I took pictures of naked goaties!
Here is Jonathan, shearer extraordinaire, with Fiyero.
And here is Fiyero afterwards:
They look a little funny- its that strip of mohair down their [...]
It’s shearing day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cute kitteh pix, shearing day on January 26, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Jonathan the shearer should be here any minute. So I really need to gather my laundry baskets (for fleeces- I love laundry baskets) and get ready for this. Saturday I was down at Kid Hollow Farm helping with shearing- they have so many goats. We got about half done, I stayed for dinner (Steve is [...]
Happy Obama Day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged central virginia fiber mill, itteh bitteh kitteh, lack of progress, political hope on January 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Here’s to a wonderful new future!
Mill update- we made roving tonight! We’re playing with a borderleicester fleece. The adjustments on the roving machine are still fiddly- but its getting better and better. Over the weekend I washed a corriedale fleece, then today one of Izzy’s and one of Elphie’s- I’m hoping to blend them soon [...]
We made fluff!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged central virginia fiber mill, cute goatie pix, cute kitteh pix, pms brownies on January 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Wait. Not that kind of fluff. This kind of fluff:
On the right are some batts made from merino. The batt of the left is half merino, half a blend of mohair and alpaca. The first thing I played with was the picker. All the medieval torture device looking parts of it are now hidden behind [...]
Creme Brulee says “Ouch”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged central virginia fiber mill, cute bunneh pix, pms chocolate desperation, spinning on January 13, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Creme Brulee got neutered today. I picked him up this afternoon, and he’s not feeling his best.
I’ll tell you more about his vet tomorrow- she is wonderful. CJ is there right now, and will be spayed tomorrow morning, and come back tomorrow afternoon. I’ll miss her dreadfully tonight.
I finally took the plunge and tried navajo [...]
The yarn spoke, but the swatch LIED
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bella's mittens, Black Bunny Fibers, cute goatie pix, francis revisited, goatie plottings, yummy christmas tree on January 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sigh. To be fair, I only did 2 inches- so its really my fault. I knew going in my gauge was slightly off, but in the sweater it ended up being 3.25 inches where it should have been 4. This sweater works with negative ease, but I didn’t think over 6 inches was a good [...]
When the yarn speaks
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cute goatie pix, francis revisited, uppity yarn on January 4, 2009 | 9 Comments »
It’s best to listen. Especially when the yarn is extremely adamant, as it was in this case.
Wednesday night I had gone to my lys (local yarn store). That in itself is pretty exciting since she just opened in the fall. Pins & Needles is in Ruckersville, VA, about 30 minutes from home. (for you city [...]
Happy 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cute bunneh pix, cute goatie pix, cute kitteh pix, happy 2009 on January 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The goaties say its going to be fantastic. Any year that starts with a tree has got to be good…
I expect that tree will be nothing but trunk by tomorrow morning. They smell soooo good right now.
CJ also thinks it will be a great year- if she can just escape all that love…
Puff and the [...]
