Knitting,spinning and future projects.

Hello!!

 I know I am not very regular in blogging but I hope to remedy that this year. I recently went to a fiber festival with my mom and we had a good time. This was my moms first fiber festival and I am glad it was on the small side as she got overwhelmed by all the fiber,yarn and animals. I am glad she enjoyed it and she was able to purchase some things. We bought 4 oz of Merino wool blended with Tussah silk. It is a gorgeous black with silver spread though out it.



This is the Tussah Silk Merino Wool blend.



I love the colors if this. I am hoping to spin it a lace weight.

And this is some Mohair I also was able to get at the Fiber festival. I have worked with Mohair before but it was a black and grey color this is the more common natural color.

Here is some Angora that i purchased last year in august the color is called broken torte. It is a white color with some cream and tan spread though out it. I am not sure yet what i am going to use this for but i am enjoying spinning it up, Angora is one of the harder fibers to spin because it comes is locks in stead of a roving.

Here is a partially made reversible from the Itty Bitty Toys book.I am making the sisters reversible. The pink part is the dress for one side of the doll and the periwinkle color is the other side of the dress. I am making this pair of sisters for a lady at my church she is giving it to her granddaughter and I am trying to make it look like the girl and her sister.  I will make sure to post some pictures of the finished project.

These 2 balls of yarn are part of an order i put into Knit Picks. The one on the right is Knit Picks Capra Cashmere Yarn in the Platinum color and the one on the left is Swish Worsted Yarn in the Tidepool heather. The Cashmere blend I will be making the Juneberry Triangle, and the Swish worsted I will be making a pair of leg warmers for my mom for this winter.

Some of you might remember the cross stitch I had talked about a few posts back?? Well it has come along nicely the last couple of months. I finished the first page of the pattern and started on the second. I am very happy with the way it is turning out and I cannot wait to see the finished product! I love cross stitching but back stitching is not my favorite part and the thought of having this huge project done but still have to back stitch it was a little intimidating to I decided that as I finished each page of the pattern I would go through and back stitch as much of that page as I could so that I could save my self time and headaches down the road.

I still have alot to do but I am very happy with the way it looks so far.

And here is my Juneberry Triangle!! I am very excited with my progress. This is a charted knitting pattern and I have never worked a charted pattern before so it was a little intimidating at first but I have a friend who is an experienced knitter and she got me started on this pattern. I have completed the first chart and I am about half way through the second. This pattern has a lot of stitches that I'm not familiar with so it will be a very big learning experience for me. But I am so looking forward to the finished project!

Here is another shot of my angora.

And last but certainly not least here is a picture of the 100% alpaca that was given to me by a friend. I have a little over a pound of it and I plan to leave it the natural color because i think it is beautiful! I am spinning it as thin as I can in hopes of getting a 2 ply lace weight. I am hoping to make a long sleeved shrug for my grandma.

Well that's all I have for now but hope fully I will not allow myself to go so long between posts!

Spring!!

 I might have already had a post labeled spring but spring in the northern U.S has taken its time getting here. I was able to plant some flowers and thought you might like to see some of them. I planted 3 flats of Petunias,inpatient's,dianthus,and one other flower I cant remember the name of. I also planted some 3" potted plants which are Daisy's,Gerber daisy,Marguerite daisy,and carnation.

This is one of the Daisy's.

Another Daisy



Double Petunia



Gerber Daisy the color is a very bright pink. 



This is a Siberian iris that we planted a couple years ago I love the deep purple.



Another Petunia





And another Gerber daisy this one is a bright red.

The Lilacs are finished blooming now other wise I would have taken a picture of them. I love all the flowers in the spring and  I love to work out in the flower garden with my hands. I hope you all are enjoying your spring and the beginning of summer where ever you are in the world. May the Lord bless you this month and throughout the coming year.