Sheepy Kitty

I have been knitting and spinning, but I have also succumbed to the world of dyeing. My family keeps telling me why don't you just dye already- all the time. I was gathering quite the lovely stash of my own dyeing, but I finally started selling some at Sheepy Kitty:


Sheepy Kitty also has a blog that hopefully I will do a better job of keeping up to date. It is really hard for me not to keep my stuff for me, but I have to be realistic. I if I am going to spin and/or knit all the stuff I have, I have not time for anything else.

I thought I had updated this in March, but I just noticed that I my last post was the last day of February. I have been busy, only I feel like I haven't finished anything. I have been stressed out lately with taxes. I don't do taxes for profit- I do it as a favor to my family. To add to that I am self employed and I have to get all that stuff together. Every year I say I am going to do a better job of keeping everything in order, but I seem to forget that before I actually do it.

I have been trying to spindle spin:


I haven't yet finished my navajo plying of this fiber:


Then I have way too many WIP's going on. I had stuck to only working on 1 project at a time so far this year. I recently cast on a few too many projects, the end of the school year is coming up and the kids want to give teachers gift. I have Arianne's sweater going on:

The color is a charcoal and not the washed out color that it is.

Then I am making a Clapotis for one teacher:

Then for another it is a: One Skein Stole (Ravelry link) This is a swatch- I haven't taken a picture of it since I cast on.

Last but not least I started making these felted booties for my nieces baby:


Seaming the bottom to the boot is really difficult, so that is what is keeping the boots from being done. Then I made the adornments from the wrong color so I have to re-knit those.

All but the boots are farther in progress than the pictures. I need to finish something soon!

Stitches West

I am very happy with all that I got at Stitches West:0) Do you see all my goodies. I got 2 sweaters and a tops worth and of yarn from Miss Babs Superwash Merino that is so soft & squishy. I really didn't want to buy much yarn, but I also got an amazing deal on un-dyed sock yarn- so I got that. That was all I bought. I am very proud that is what I limited myself to. I did buy fiber, that is what I am allowing myself- fiber. I have to have fiber to spin right? I bought a baby slipper kit to for my nieces' newborn baby from Pick Up Sticks
I even bought an ear light, my family is teasing me over that one, but they get mad at me for having to watch movies with some light. So now I hope we will both be happy:0)

There where a lot of great Vendors there. I do have a few favorite. But because I am into spinning. My favorites are Urban Faunaand A Verb For Keeping Warm. I feel bad because I only bought one little thing at Urban Fauna, but they are great. Jamie & Blas are really nice people. In San Francisco we only have Urban Fauna or Carolina Homespun. The later is terrible- in so many respects, they act as if they are doing you a favor by gracing you with their presence. I haven't heard one nice thing about them- and I have talked to quite a few people. Sad really. But that is just one reason why Urban Fauna should do well.

Opps I forgot to add the picture of the sock in the last post. I have gone in and edited it. I have been working on sample socks and I have spun some!!!

I do not have the picture of this batt. I have more fiber to make more though. It does sparkle.



Bulky yarn from a batt


dkKnits- this will become a Thorpe link for those on Ravelry

I am knitting, really I am.

I have been working on WIP, only to decide when they are done that I don't like them. I have frogged them and not even taken a picture. I have been sample loom knitting socks, but I can't show those. I finished this sock on the loom, but now for me to make the partner.This is the Chevron Sock pattern listed on the side. The colors are off on this. I need to figure out the lighting!


I am in Stitches mode, I am going to go this year. I am working and stashing money here and there so that I have a budget, only what I have saved, and I don't have to feel guilty about it. I am only going to the market. Maybe next year with experience under my belt I will try the classes. The only problem is classes fill up so you have to book early, I am not that organized. We will see. I am super excited. I am going to stitches.