One Delivered, One to go.

A rug for someone I work with. She was saying that she needed some nice throw rugs. She's very happy with this one. One more to go.
I took this outside on a Saturday morning about 5 or 6 o'clock. I was surprised it came out so well. I thought the flash would really wash it out.

A scarf for a co-worker in Misti Alpaca fingering weight (sock weight) yarn. [see more on Ravelry JeannieF]
This was a thank you gift. She knows why.


While this isn't the best picture I've ever taken, it accurately shows the color of the yarn I'm using for these socks. This is the Back to Basics pattern from Knitty.com. It's a nice pattern -I only have been working on these for so long because of my own "stuff." You can read back through the archives and see why.
Now I'm on the final stretch -knitting the cuffs. They're toe up and will almost be ready to wear when I bind off. Just a few tails to weave in. ' Can't Wait!

The Rest of the Basket From the 2008 East Mountain Fiber Farm & Studio Tour

This great basket -a hit with felines and human.



Two gift cards - yummm!



This beautiful cutting board. There was no information as to where it is from. It's finely crafted and smooth as silk.

Fabulous Alpaca Socks Natural Fiber Creations by Enchanted Sky Alpacas

Milagro Moon's always exquisite Alpaca yarn and FABULOUS Soap. If you all haven't used this soap -you are missing out.

Handspun Jacob yarn from Deb Haden at Cuesta Farm. I think ...Sorry, I'm just not sure! It's gorgeous, though.

Beautiful Mohair and Wool in a teal-y, gray color from Gayle Bone at Square Hole Ranch,
McIntosh, NM. gogobone59@q.com on the label. Handspun and dyed.


Yarn and Angel from Bethe Orrell at Good Fibrations.
Hand dyed. Grown from her sheep and goats and spun by hand.


Mohair to spin from - I don't remember! Oh, No! And there was more, I spun some up already.

And last but not least - a camel down filled pot holder - wonderful!
From Camel- Lot, I believe.

I won't scare you with the picture of me in the Sun hat that was included. The hat's great - the picture was too scary.

If I missed something or someone in these last two posts, I apologize!

This year's Tour is scheduled for 5/30/09. If you haven't been on the tour you must not miss it this year. It's a short drive to Edgewood to Good Fibrations to pick up a Tour map and then two days' worth of fun driving in the country and seeing the farms and animals. The weather should be cooler than Albuquerque and it's a family and children friendly event. All the stops are free to look although 'most everyone has products to sell. There are a few stops that will have food and drinks, but take water with you anyway.

Dress for walking in mountain desert terrain. Comfortable clothes and shoes.
Go to Good Fibrations home page and click the calendar for the latest information

Pictures from East Mountain Farm & Fiber Tour

Now I know these are so late going up. However, since our consciousnesses have been focused on being "frugal" lately, I thought this would be something you could all drool over and enjoy without spending any money.

I won the Door Prize Basket! Wow, it is fabulous!

So the following pictures are closeups of what's in here. Most of these places are in Edgewood
or close around there.




A sweet Alpaca bear from Natural Fiber Creations -Enchanted Sky Alpacas.
enchantedskyalpacas.com











A wonderful basket - the kitties Had to inspect it.
















Beautiful, yummy camel down from Bev & Bill's Camel-Lot Ranch in Sandia Park, NM.

















Wonderful Goodies from The Cutting Edge salon.


















More pictures in the next post.

About Time and New Starts

About time I start posting again. I am stuck on a pair of socks, my brother's Christmas sweater and a rug. This first month has been about fits and starts of cleaning out and clearing up, and starting to finish UFO's to get ready to give away or sell or ??

I started teaching my classes the last week of January and so far, so good.
My students are all very nice and have grasped the stitches and techniques so far.

That's all for now. More soon -with pictures. :0)

Friday Flurry of Finished Fiber

So -I haven't been to knitting groups or anywhere other than Taos for weeks. I have, however, been knitting and crocheting.

Here are all the things I've finished except a light sage colored rug for a wedding present. I'll get that picture this weekend.

Hat w/attached scarf for Seattle charity. Hat for DD's schoolmate minus braids on top and earflaps. It's done and ready for pick-up.




Sirocco coral cotton-linen towel/dresser scarf and crocheted hat (DD and Furball modelling) for Sarah-on-the-bus.

In the meantime here's a wedding present rug I made 'way back. I used navy because that's what I had and the recipient Loved it. The sage one is just like it but I used a smaller hook so it's a little more dense and smaller circumference -3 ft., instead of more.

Orbs in the Stereo! and Knitting.

What is that!???!!!
ORBS IN THE STEREO!!!!! Speedy and Furball are on the case! Sniffing out pesky Orbs at a moment's notice.


No, not really.... Here are 2 of the pictures we took the day my kitties decided to visit my son's apartment. He lives just down the sidewalk from my apartment.
Bear, Speedy, and Furball followed me over. They came in, looked around, and generally made themselves at home while I visited with DS, his dad, and my daughter.
When I got ready to go home we started looking around for the kitties. Speedy and Furball were clustered around the stereo. We were calling for Bear and heard him, but thought maybe he had crawled in to the closet in the bedroom. (They love that closet for some reason.)His meowing was muffled and sounded far away.

We finally looked paid attention to Speedy when he started pawing at the door of the stereo cabinet.
DD grabbed the camera and took pictures. We really didn't notice the eye glow till we looked at them later.

Below is the one of Bear peering out -"You can't see me- I'm - I'm hiding. Shh..."


Boy, I love my cats. Sometimes they are Too Funny.

Knitting news:

Progress!

In the Ravelry Olympics category

"I TRIPPED, I FELL, I DIDN'T GET UP":

(I totally made that up)

I made a LOT of progress on the back of my brother's sweater. 18 inches out of 25 inches when the neck shaping starts.


I also made progress on a Baby Surprise Jacket due in October. In fact it's almost done. I'm past row 80. Hooray! I can really see it coming together.

I even had an evening of help organizing and de-stashing - of course during the Olympics. Thank you, Lynne and Melissa. What a boost that was.

That's all for now.
Happy knitting.

Radio for a New Earth

Ok - I'm coming out of the closet. For those who don't know me well, I am metaphysical.
There - I'm out.
Deal.
In case you hadn't realized yet, new age is now mainstream. You don't have to be woo,woo to participate. Look at Oprah's programs with Eckhart Tolle.

There is a new radio station being birthed on the internet:
Maia Radio Talk Radio for a New World -metaphysics and new age and all. I can't wait!!!
Look at the gorgeous web page!
http://www.maiaradio.com/index.html

I've been listening to the podcast Stargate to a New Earth. Maia Radio is "a child" of this podcast.
For those of you who are sensing that something's different, something is changing in the world, dive in - listen to the podcast and keep checking in to the Maia site.

In other news, I'm through the ribbing on the Aud sweater and starting to lag in my Olympic Sprint. But I'm through the ribbing. ;-) Now the stockinette sprint for infinity + inches to the armhole decreases.


Below, the daring duo in all their furry glory hanging out by the carder, looking out the door early on a weekend morning -lazing until the flutter of sparrow wings launches them into hunting mode.

Furball left........................Bear right





Bear surveying the kingdom from the second floor, peering out through the walkway bars.




Speedy - he's the largest and the most chicken of the three. "I'm a ninja-cat. I'm not coming in.....
I'm,... I'm,..... a ninja cat. You can't see me!"





"See? You can't see me." Just then someone upstairs came out on the walkway. "AaaaaHHHHH!!!!!! Let me in! Let me in the door!!!!!! I see people!!!!!"

Sunday, Sunday....

Today is the day I try to do all the home chores that fall away when I teach. When my classes are in session I expend a lot of energy for teaching what I love.When I come home and am faced with never ending picking up and vacuuming and laundry - hauled to another destination and hours spent waiting for dryers that don't de-fuzz- I just Don't have the oomph to do it on Saturdays.

This morning I woke up at a glorious 9:00 am! I don't know the last time I actually slept so late.
My usual time is 5am. :0)

The plan for today is to switch the living room around and vacuum mightily. then start to get my room organized so that this week I can get my stash under control and all put away. As that is happening, I need to cook for the week if I'm going to take lunches to work and have easy dinners when I get home.

I'm acquiring a loom this next weekend and need to make room for it and my Total Gym (yes, I have one and I really like using it.). The TG has had an extended stay in my son's apartment and now it's time to bring it home.

I have noticed a marked lack of strength and energy that I can directly attribute to a lack of exercise and sedentary work environment. When I'm actually doing my work it's very physical involving carrying heavy equipment and standing for hours shooting video, but in between, there is so much time just sitting whether I'm researching or writing or whatever, that it's taking a toll.

We all know what we're supposed to do - eat sensibly, get exercise, drink more fluids, sleep on a schedule. What we give up on so often is the effort it takes to get back to a balance. We forget how much better we will feel if we just DO It.

So today, I going to JUST DO IT. The end for now.
Have a great day, week etc. Happy Knitting.