Wool Magic....

I got really lucky the other day, found this sweater at the thrift store, it is the most beautiful wool, in my favorite color, it was only 4 dollars, but best of all...

It was made in Scotland, a place I so fell in love with, would go back to and live there forever.

It came home and promptly got washed and turned into the most wonderful felt I have ever seen. A super handsome scots man could wear this felt while running over the hills and through the heather in a cold scottish rain and never get wet, I know, I pictured it all in my head... he looked like my husband, who has a little scots in him, lucky me.

It got cut up,
and needle felted with some gorgeous wool from my sis,

and is now this, himself says its weird, maybe I don't like him after all.

Meet Bonanza, I love him, he is named this because when something really cool happens that you sorta weren't expecting to work out, you just have to yell out Bonanza!! I learned this a long time ago in Germany.



My boys do love this guy, they both said he needed to be a vacuum attachment to make cleaning more fun. They are weird.

He is happy to be outside, but the wind mussed his hair a bit.
Just had to give a shout out to cotton, organic, hand-dyed, impossibly soft and squishy goodness, just a simple scarf with crochet trim, I tried to make it fancier, but this is what it wanted to be. Yep, yarn speaks to me, if your thinking this girl has lost her mind, well that train left the station a really long time ago!

Her sweater, plus opinions please

So, my neice requested a cardigan sweater in grey or green, was hoping that this would fit the bill for her. Its made of Ultra Alpaca, just a really great yarn, 50 wool and 50 alpaca, both these fibers bring out the best in each other, and it makes up into a fabric that you dont have to baby, you can just stuff the sweater into a back pack and head to the beach, it can take it. The style is my own, dont do this to be clever, just not clever enough to read a sweater pattern most times, they are just one big story problem!

Am anxious to hear if its to her liking....

Now, if I could please have some thoughts from whomever is willing to give them to me, am thinking of opening an etsy shop, what I need to know is, does anyone like these following things and do you think they would sell???

This is made from Itata, merino, silk, bamboo. One of my favorite yarns, great color, great feel.

This is made from eco wool, have fallen for this yarn too, in the que for making the shalom cardi, when we get in back in stock and after i decipher the pattern (story problem solving).

This baby is pure italian cashmere, needs to be touched, it doens't weigh anything, and is softer than air.

Now this one, Art Yarns silk rhapsody, I have no words for it, it is just beautiful, really, and it has a sheen, and is so soft, 50 silk 50 kid mohair, amazing.

This is a sweater made for my mum for her birthday, itata yarn again, this is not my pattern, its called Featherweight cardigan by Hanna Fettig, have made two, really fun knit.

Another gift for mum, lace shrug out of merisoft wool, feels like cotton puffs, kind of a funky style, himself does not understand this style, he thinks its weird, but I think fishing is weird, so were even.

So throw back some opinions at me please, it would be great to be able to support my obsession a little with maybe selling some things! Thanks!

All about color....

So, my lovely niece told me about a color, bedford gray, that she had used, I had never seen it, but knowing what amazing taste she had, went and had it mixed without knowing what it was, its beautiful, won't tell how bad this bath was before, NOTHING worked, think it works now. It needed some funky art, was going to buy some, then realized, gosh, think I can do something wierd, forget how much fun painting is. The gorgeous vase on the counter is from the same amazing neice....

Nature know just the right shades, this is my most favorite posession, my tree, it is just perfect.

This is the most perfect shade of blue, dragonscale mitts from purlbee, sort of love them, the pattern is just so pretty and old fashioned. Need to finish the second.....cause there is more yarn waiting to be mitts too!

Make the mountain come to you.....

So, himself and I finally had a day off at the same time, wow, we were going to go for a drive, get out of town for awhile and see something pretty, I was really anxious to go, then he got sick, then I got sick, I love having my kids come home to visit, but why do they always come home ill? Since we couldn't actually go see any of this in person I decided to create my own virtual world.

These are all the pumpkins we would have seen.

And a basket of apples and pears that we would have brought home.

And a little squirrel that we would have laughed at, having a vivid imagination comes in handy at times like these.

Some one wanted to take the squirrel to work today, I said no, he needed to be here for company for me.Maybe not as fun as the real thing but it made him smile, mission accomplished.

Sorta Dr. Seuss

Cast this on last night, kinda knew the direction I wanted to go in, started knitting, threw it in the washer, and waa laa, it was just what i wanted it to be.

My sis happened to call this morn, and since she is the intended victim for this odd little thing, finished while we were gabbing, didn't know it would have a pansy on the back till I heard her voice. Now, the question would be, does one really need a oversized pod-ish pin holder, quess the anwer would be no, but just maybe the answer could be yes too.

The last of the peppers, they are really giving it their best for this last hurrah, habanerros, when they go red it is the best shade of that color ever.

when you should be someplace else....

So sometimes life feels like your on a really bad taxi ride with a driver that just wont listen to where you want to go, I am supposed to be far, far away now with my sis and her family that I love very much, but instead, am here..... so after some serious wallowing, started thinking, what do you do when someone sends you a flurry of beautiful snowflakes?

You make some earrings that sparkle like crazy that remind you of winter in Germany.

You send your sis a field of snow back, alpaca, so soft, funny thing is its not stretchy when its dry, but when wet, will stretch like mad, so am just thinking how come when little alpacas out in the wild get rained on, why dont they get all stretchy too....

Put in the same box some cowls, its a simple design, but my own, beige one is merino that feel like silk, striped one is silk and wool that feels like both.

Another Noro wool, silk blend, bigger yarn, more subtle colors, and a organic hand dyed cotton from peru, feels like a cloud.

And this one, yak down, once my sister and I were talking about raising musk ox for their fur, well, my yard is too small, and even though yaks and musk oxen are different, I feel they must be related some how, so this is for her, super soft and a little springy, almost makes you want a yak to cuddle with on the couch, almost.

And then maybe you wallow somemore and think forward to when you will be able to go and step into her life and be with her family and meet all girls she works with and enjoys so much, and then grab the cat and knit.

Dont do's and do's while you are avoiding swine flu

So, for all three of you avid followers who actually read my blog, thought I'd post just a tip or two about how to spend your time when you are waiting out something like sf, and being so thankful it hasn't been worse than it has....

Do not by any means waste any time dusting, it will just come back, worse than before, instead...

think about what you are going to make with the yarn your son brought you back from Chile before he contracted said dreaded sf...

Take this pretty floss and cheap bracelet from hancocks and after spending two hours wrapping it and approx. ten dollars, end up with something you could buy at cost plus for two.

Dont clean out this cubby, it has been like this since September, it will be like this till the my children go back to school, when the doors are shut, no one knows the evil that lays within...

Do pick a tomato, the first big one, and put it on a bagel and eat it.

Dont bring in the laundry, it will be there tomorrow morning, and it will smell like fresh morning dew....

Do appreciate something someone gave to you a while ago, I love this little bag, my sister gave it to me.

Dont clean up the mess on the table, the juice will get drunk, the hat will get worn, and maybe at some point the sweater will get knitted.

Do make a purse, really happy with this, especially the little turtle buttons, found them at maiwa in canada.

Most of all just be happy that I am sitting here avoiding all the work around me and doing lots of things I enjoy!!!