That is the best news! They went home yesterday- I talked to him today and he said it feels good to be home. Now, if his incision keeps healing like it should, he gets to stay put for a few weeks, then he goes back up to Johns Hopkins to do another round of the experimental vaccine that is showing promising results for pancreatic cancer patients. I’m just thrilled to pieces that they are home and can’t wait to go down and see them. (though I had a talk with Cookies and Cream and they said they didn’t want to go back home, they want to stay here. that could be a problem…)
For those of you in the area, next weekend Sept 26 and 27, there is an open house at an alpaca farm in Unionville. Details on this flyer. I will be the knitter demonstrating, and my friend Heidi will be the spinner. So currently, I am starting a triangular shawl in one of their yarns- pictures as it grows.
In spinning- I’ve got some of that beautiful bamboo on my bobbin.
I’m spinning this fairly fine, and it will be plied with some dark chocolately dyed wool top that Chimera dyed for me. On the other wheel, I have some roving from Kid Hollow.
Its a mohair/merino/border leicester blend. I can’t remember what Pat called it, so I’ve renamed it Iced Cotton Candy. Here is the first bobbin:
I decided to try and spin it light and lofty, so the 2-ply I come up with should be somewhat bulky. Hopefully, I’ll get there soon.
As usual, the goats are being sweet and cute. Let’s see what we’ve got here…Oh! I finished a baby hat the other day, and sent my chief photographer outside with it:
You can’t see it in this shot, but the hat has little squiggles at the top. I’ll get some proper pictures of it, and start listing stuff on etsy and the website.
I got a message from Zeilingers today. They said my rovings would be ready to bring to the Fall Fiber Festival at Mount Pelier. On the message she said, “I can’t wait for you to see your rovings, they are so gorgeous!” Now I’m really excited. You never really know when you send them in how they’ll look…
Fall seems to be starting a tad early, and some leaves are already falling. The goats love that- the leaves are like goatie potato chips:
Elphaba and her little baby Enigma are so close:
And lets see, Greta is as good as new, and so very sweet:
Now I’ve got you all caught up. You guys have a great weekend!
That’s fantastic news about Steve (and Greta 🙂 ). Being home makes such a difference!
Oh good news! Wonderful.
leaves like potato chips? hmmmm, now there’s a thought.
The countdown is starting…Tomorrow is October first and Rhinebeck is ticklishly within reach!!!!!!! teeheeheeheee