New blog idea

I'm taking a page from Carey's book on blog filler. A typical day at work chatting to Carey through IM.

Carey: I'm psychic. Or your dad is. One of us.

Jennifer: That's what we can do on our Friday's off is operate a Psychic Knitters phone line. "I see in your future some frogging to occur...sucks to be you".

Carey: That's a great idea. And we'd always be right!

Jennifer: I know, it's like we're psychic or something.

Carey: That can be our slogan. "Psychic Knitters: It's like we're psychic or something."

Jennifer: That would make a great blog.

Carey: Dangit. Wish we'd a thunk of it sooner.

Jennifer: Me too.

Stash Management

One thing about having your own wheel is stash management. Not only do you need to manage your yarn but the fiber as well. Currently my inventory is residing in the office closest in several containers. It also resides in a laundry basket in the living room, a bag in my bedroom and I'm sure I've managed to put some in the new sewing cabinet I have now. A while back I got a yarn winder and that has help bunches in creating what I call yarn cakes and can quickly become an addiction. First night of ownership I wound up most of my yarn and some that didn't even really need it. Of course winding yarn is a two piece operation, a yarn winder and a swift. Since I don't have the swift, I have to be creative.
Works about how it looks, not so good. It does the job but is rather cumbersome to operate and blocks the hallway access off which isn't good when trying to potty train a toddler. I use my sewing cabinet to attached my yarn winder too and recently has been a chalkboard for Bailey's artwork. I'm just going to have to break down and buy a swift this weekend.
Our recent vacation to Tulsa allowed me to visit the fine stores down there and make some purchases for future projects. The yarn on the left is a 100% wool in colors of dark brown, gray and black that will be used in a new The Boy Hat for James. He like the one I did for him but preferred it to be longer. The yarn on the right is sock yarn called The Frog Prince by Naked Sheep Company and will be used for some fingerless mitts or actually maybe some socks. Although I doubt the second option will occur since I am still trying to finish up the pair of socks I have going on for James. Currently I'm working on the Top Down Cardigan from CosmicPluto for myself out of Bernat Cotton yarn. I wanted something that would take the chill off at work but wouldn't over heat me as the heat was cranked up in our office building. I had started it some time ago but put it down when I need to get a bigger cable and kind of forgot about it. Now that I have only James's sock and the cardigan, I can devote more time finishing those two projects before starting anything else. Well that's at least my plan for now.

Still spinning.....

Still here and still very busy. I will have tons of stuff to show eventually whenever I can catch a minute on the computer.

So what have I been doing lately?? Check out my family blog and you can read all about my recent vacation.

I've learn to Navajo ply and will never ply another way again. I've recently finished a few hats as gifts to a bald headed friend of mine. Currently I'm spinning some alpaca fiber that Carey gave to me last year and it's truly a pleasure to spin. Photos to come soon, I promise.