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Greetings!!

I am sorry it has been so long since my last post, life has away of getting away from one before they realize it. I cannot believe it is almost February!!  Life has been very busy since my last post so i will try and give you a few updates on what I'm working on now.

My Afternoon Delight socks which I told you about in the previous post ended up getting torn out and set aside the pattern had a few issues and at the time I didn't have the patience to muddle them out. A friend of mine might make them soon so I will see how they turn out for her and maybe i will try them again in the near future.

I have gotten the Juneberry triangle that I was working on almost finished I ran out of yarn so that has also been put on hold for now. It seems like as if quite a few of my recent projects have either been torn apart or have been set aside lately. My sweater I was working on was also not working out right so I took it apart to work on again in a smaller size.


I have been doing quite a bit of spinning lately. I received some roving and a spindle from Turquoise Owl Fibers it is her Galaxy colorway and it is just beautiful! :)

I now have 5 drop spindles and they all have projects on them right now. Here are some pictures of all my projects I am working on right now and a baby hat I just finished today.

This is some lovely merino that was part of a fiber sample bag.

I am spinning it to make a shawl.

This smokey blue is also from the fiber sampler.

It will look very nice next to the grey, I also have a teal that I'm spinning but the color didn't come out right on camera.

This is some lovely merino and tussah silk.

I have no clue what this will be turned into yet.

This was a Christmas present from my parents it is also from Turquoise Owl Fibers.

It is very lovely and I have no idea what I will make with it.

This is the baby hat  I just finished today. 

Of course Kee had to help take pictures of everything. :)

Keyla has been doing much better since I took her in for a shot for her allergies in January. I am hoping to switch her to a raw diet and see if that will help to keep her allergy to corn under control. Right now she is being stubborn and will not eat the raw meat I give her so I  will be doing some research on how to get her switched over to the raw diet. Right now she is busy annoying the dogs and getting all the love she can soak up.

I had to put my dog of ten years down this last year because he was very sick. It  was a hard decision to make but it was necessary as he was suffering a great deal. I was able to get a new puppy on the same day that I said goodbye and that helped a great deal.
Here are some pictures of Luigi. He is a standard poodle mixed with Airedale terrier, he is nine months old right now and weighs around 70 pounds.

Keyla gets along with him quite well. She did have a hard time at first adjusting to the change and saying goodbye.

Well that's all I have for now Lord willing I will be better at blogging in the future lol

Well Hello!!

Its been awhile since I have put up a new post so there is lots to tell all of you!


I think I mentioned in a earlier post that I had finished my juneberry!! I finally took some pictures of it and I am excited to show you and hear what you think!

I love all the bobbles!

The edging is so beautiful!

I have also been busy washing some of the fiber I got in August at a fiber festival. A friend of mine came over and we washed some of her fiber and mine. We washed a merino, corridale, and dorset blend that we both had purchased I had a pound and my friend had a pound and a half and we washed some alpaca that my friend had brought along. we had a fun 2 days washing fiber and we were both very happy with how it turned out.

This is my merino, corridale, and dorset blend before it was washed.

All the fiber ready to be washed!! Some of the locks were very dirty so it took us awhile to pick out the majority of the veggie matter.

Soaking in the rinse water.

The alpaca all nice and clean!

The Alpaca after it dried.

I loved seeing the fiber as it was washed and then rinsed and then to see it dry.


I have also been knitting another reversible toy. I love how this one turned out I think its one of my favorites of all the ones I have made.

I hope you all are having a wonderful fall and that God is blessing your lives!

Farewell for now.

Fiber Festival!!

I was able to go to a fiber festival in my area recently and I had a marvelous time with a friend of mine. We were able to purchase quite a bit. I am looking forward to showing you what I bought but first I want to show you some pictures of some of the animals that were there.

OK here is Humphrey the Camel!

Isn't he magnificent?

And here are a few pictures of some of the alpacas that were there.

I love alpacas they are so cute!

This one had a little baby that wasn't very old.

And here is a llama! A lot of people confuse llamas and alpacas but I think they look nothing alike.

And of course it wouldn't be a fiber festival without a few angora rabbits.

I'm not sure what this fiber is but I thought it looked neat in this very large bag.

More fiber!!!

And this is some Romney roving. I was tempted to buy some but I decided that I would rather get unprocessed Romney and card it myself.

And here is what I bought!

These are roving tidbits that one of the vender's had. I have something in mind for them but you will just have to wait and see what I come up with.

And this is a try me pack. It is full of different wools some of them are Shetland, Merino, and Corridale.

I love all the colors!

And here are my washed  Romney locks!! I purchased half a pound each of the 2 colors I can't wait till I get my hand carders and can start carding this up!!

Such a lovely color!

I also purchased some unwashed and unskirted corridale,merino, and dorset blend fleece. I am excited to start working with this as well. The booth I purchased this fleece at was by far my favorite booth at the festival. The lady had little cards out by all the fleeces and roving's telling you about the sheep it came off of. And she also gave you a card telling about the animal you purchased the fleece or roving from.

Such a marvelous chocolate color!

And finally here is some llama/polworth roving that I purchased! I cannot wait til I have a spindle free to start working on this fiber! It is so soft I am looking forward to whatever I make out of it I'm sure it will be incredibly soft.

Well that's all I have for now. I hope you enjoyed your peak into the festival I went to! I am looking forward to going to a few more festivals this year.  I hope everyone is enjoying the last few weeks of warmth before fall weather hits.