It's Here!

Well, I received my spindle today.... we'll see how this spinning thing goes. :)

The fiber is really soft & pretty, Annie also sent along a couple of fiber samples, instructions, & a couple of treats.

The spindle is a pretty thing, and seems to spin good. Although I have no experience & nothing to compare it to.

I've pulled all of the fiber apart into smaller strips, my attempt at pre-drafting! LOL

And I've started spinning "something".... I'm not sure how much twist I'm supposed to have in this stuff, I am probably going to leave it as a single yarn. Don't think I'm quite ready to try plying yet! If anyone has any advice about what I'm supposed to be doing, please feel free to comment! :)

Here is what I've done so far.....

I Like To Move It, Move It - Madagascar

I just think this is sooooo funny, thought I'd give the rest of you a laugh tonight. :)

Meet my new niece!

Everyone meet my new niece! Isn't she a cutiepie? Her name is Mocha, she is a Australian Sheppard. She is only 1 week old, my sister & her family get to pick her up in 7 weeks. The mommy dog was rescued from an abusive home & shortly thereafter had these beautiful puppies.


We had an Aussie while growing up, Penny, she was a wonderful family pet, good with us kids. And my parents had another one, Radar, after all of us girls left home, and my Sis & her family had one, Dusty, who passed away a little over a year ago. So now they are ready for a new addition to the family. :)

When I asked Sis if my girl niece, Sydney who will be 4 shortly, was excited... she said not yet, she doesn't understand that the puppy will grow up into a dog, she keeps saying that she wants one Dusty's size! LOL Dusty was already grown when Sydney was born, so she hasn't ever known a puppy before. How sweet!

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Now on to another subject.... I don't just love to knit & crochet, I love to read too. My favorite author is Nora Roberts, I think I have every book she has ever written! LOL

When I saw on Chan's blog that she took part in the Book Tag, I thought I'd post it myself.



For the book tag, here are the rules:
Pick a book at least 123 pages long.
Open that book to page 123.
Find the fifth sentence and post the next three.
Then tag five other people to do the same.


Now, this won't be everyone's page 123, I read some of my books on a pocket pc, ebooks. Keeps the house from being overrun with tons of books. I am quite obsessive with my books, I never want to get rid of them after I read them! And yes, I am one of those people who will read a good book more than once! :P And I do love a good murder mystery, as well as a good romance.

"Through the resort. When she goes on holiday, she often shuts off her pocket link."

"And her reaction?"

" I told her there had been an accident, that Mr. Anders was dead. I don't think she believed me, or understood me initially. I had to repeat it twice, and I felt, under the circumstances, I couldn't tell her when she asked what kind of accident. She said she would come home immediately."



Now, I'm not going to call names, so anyone who wants to join in please do! Fun to see what everyone else is reading. Hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!!!

Here we go.....

Look what I just bought! Ok, so Jessi, Chan & Robin, & all of you other spinners out there have lured me over to the dark side... I just have to see what this spinning is all about. After much searching online I finally found a lady that teaches in my area. They also have an Alpaca farm, I get to go pet some yarn on the hoof! LOL

Even Lisa (previously mentioned lady who teaches spinning) said that there are only 2 others in our local area that spin, she is trying to recruit some more ladies in our area in the hopes that we can eventually start a monthly spinners group....

Anyway, I will be going to pet the Alpacas & chat & learn more about what I'm getting myself into on the 20th. Then I'll set myself up with some classes to get started. But I couldn't wait to do something.... sooooo, I took a quick look at some pretty Etsy spindles & this one was very affordable & comes with a few oz. of wool fiber to get me started. I got it from Annie May's Etsy shop, she also sells on Ebay, she has lots of spindles & a lot of spinning fiber too. (I stole the photo from her store, hope she doesn't mind!) Now, I won't promise that I won't end up throwing this thing across the room before it's done, but at least it will keep me from going nuts until I can start my spinning lessons! ha ha!! I just couldn't wait!

They're small but they are finished!

At least I finished something! They might be dishcloths & scrubbies but I actually have a finished object to post finally!


This photo isn't great but I also finished up some knitting needles for a gift... nope don't sell these in my store, they are too much of a pain in my butt, but I do them for friends & swaps sometimes. :) You can't tell in the photo but my purple clay matched the needles almost exactly! I was even impressed!

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Today was a sad day.... Mary had to say goodbye to two of her beloved furry family members. Everyone go & give her some blog hugs & support. It's hard enough to lose one, but two... I just don't know what to say. My heart goes out to you sweetie!

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And I leave you with the one flowering tree in our yard... it is truly Spring now, usually once the dogwood blooms there is no more chance of a frost....

Snuggle #1

I'm exhausted! Cleaning up a disaster of a room is hard work! LOL I finally got all of my yarn organized and in the spare room closet. We can now walk in that room with no problems! Still have more to do in there but at least my huge yarney mess is cleaned up.

While going through all of my "stuff" I came across a baby blanket I had been designing about 3 years ago... I wasn't ever going to finish the darn thing... so I snipped the yarn, wove in the ends, and I have my first snuggle to donate for the ASPCA! Don't forget about Nichole's contest, you can make snuggles for furbabies & get entries into her contest!

A friend in need

Everyone go over and give Mary some blog hugs & support. She is going through a sad time with her precious Storm. :(

Look what arrived!

Oooooooh, look what arrived Thursday from Kathy! My Knittin Chickens bag! Since I didn't win the Guess the # of Jelly Beans contest I went over to her etsy store, Gypsy Knits and bought myself one. Why? Well who could resist this? It makes me smile every time I look at it, silly chickens! :) And she included a little bag of goodies with flower seeds & chocolate! The flowers will last much longer than the chocolate did. *snicker*

And my Angry Day shirt arrived last week from Shirt Woot. I know, I look like a goober standing here, but I was having a lousy day on Thursday (and my darn grey hair is showing! UGH).... I wore it to my knitting group Thursday night, hoping it would cheer me up a little to advertise my bad day... Love the shirt but it did nothing for my mood that night. LOL

However, it's Friday evening & I'm off for the weekend! I'm feeling better now. Looking forward to getting a few things done around here the next 2 days... ripping up the kitchen floor for new, getting that back room organized (maybe! ha ha), and working on some stitch markers. Of course I'll be watching the NASCAR race on Sunday, Jr. has the poll, woohoo!!! :)

Hope everyone has a safe & fun weekend, & finds a little time to yourself to spin or knit or crochet a little. :)

Contest to benefit ASPCA!

Hi everyone! Go on over to Lap Dog Creations, Nichole is having a great contest to benefit the ASPCA! She is racking up some great prizes to give away! She has 5 ways to enter & the contest is open until April 25th. I checked out the link she has for Snuggles, and I believe that I'm gonna do a few of those. I found plenty of yarn I can use the other night while creating my huge mess in the spare room! If I can dig some out from the bottom of the pile, ha ha. I just think this is an awesome idea, I love my baby Jasmine & I'd just love to go adopt a couple more kittys but my hubby would either have a heart attack or kill me if I were to come home with more. :) So I'll just knit or crochet some little blankies for the babies waiting to be adopted.... doesn't someone out there need a new puppy or kitty? :)

Just look what I've done!

OMG! What have I done???? ha ha! Well, just take a look.... I've cleaned out the closet in the (junk) spare room & put one of my shelving units in there, that looks good huh? But......... just look at the MESS I made!


And that's only a small part of it! Goodness, I have no idea what got into me tonight, I must be crazy!!! Nothing but clean it all up now. It'll probably take me the rest of the month to get it all done! ha ha!!!


Anyone looking for some 100% wool for felting? he he! I've got just a little bit.... This bag is the one that my whole comforter set came in if that gives you any idea how big that is! hmmmm, I need to find some more containers of some sort for organizing. Off to Wallyworld this weekend I suppose. UGH! I did get something made last night though. Check this out, I did this tape measure for Mary. I sure hope she likes it, I haven't heard back from her yet.... :) Don't know that I'd do another one like this but it was fun to create it.