Beginnings and Endings

Ahhh, that title could mean something so much deeper then it does. I swear I'm not waxing poetic folks.

It is quiet literal.

The end of this is near. I'm waiting on my buttons to arrive and they are off to their new owner, who so kindly let me "play" with designing overalls. I am very happy with the final product, but there will be some minor tweaking.

My kids have been sick the last two days. Stomach bug. So, the newbie and I have been staying FAR away from all the stuff coming out of my children, and by extension....my children. Very very far away. At least one wall between us.

Last night, as I watched a movie with my son (I know, I said far away. We were on opposite sides of the couch.), I got the spin bug once again. I wanted to try to spin some singles. If, by chance, they suck, I'll call it "art yarn" and pretend it was intentional. Or ply it to try to hide some of it.

And today, I started a Springtime in Hollis for Cheryl in Lauren's colorway...Breezy.

As some of you know....

my daughter was in the hospital recently fighting MRSA. We are home now, thank goodness, but I'm behind.

Of course, this comes to no surprise to those of you that know me and know....well, i'm always behind.

But here is what I've completed this week. And there is much much more that is almost done, but not quite.

Sister Bear on Marr Haven. This is being stocked tomorrow at Baby Bean Designs

Mosaic Moon Winter Pear on Cestari for my own daughter!

Pop Rocks I'm not really sure what I will do with it....yet.

Comfort Wool Stickball dyed by my wonderful partner, Lauren.

Lisa's Handspun, Pink Lily

Just another rainy Wednesday....

Lisa's handspun is plied, dried and set. Well, half of it, anyhow.



Kjersti's Claire trim is done and ready to be shipped.

still raining....

yes, day three of non-stop rain. I'm sure the Pacific North Westerners can sympathize...or think i'm a total wimp for not being able to deal. Since moving from Seattle, I can't stand the smallest bit of rain.

I snuck out amidst the short lapse in rainfall yesterday to snap a couple of photos of the shorties I finished for Elliot (that I wouldn't let her wear until I got a final photo of...)

Also, the two bobbins of Lisa's handspun, pre-plying. The twist is being set as we speak. Only four ounces to go



And I realize this is totally maniacal and narcissistic of me...but I was sitting on my bed with Sky, admiring how far I've come in my knitting...and I started talking about how I just think they are the most perfect pair I've ever knit, and how I love them....of course, what he hears is "blah blah blah yarn blah blah blah knitting...."

And he responds "well then, tell the customer you're keeping them."
WHAAAAAAAT?

They aren't for a customer. Why don't men listen?

Spring Break Projects

On my list for this week:

Complete all customs for yarn.

Work on a pair of newborn longies for Nicole in the Snowman at Night handspun from last stocking

Finish spinning as much as humanly possible from the last stocking, just as soon as I get Dali off my bobbins.



Work on a project for my daughter...

Linen Stitch Capri's in Dashing Dachs Lion Cub on Gaia Bulky.

Birthday Stocking Update and Custom Update

Birthday revealed!!!

What fun we had!

Collab with Nissi of Sapo Verde



Pink Lily Merino




Birch Blossom Handspun


Dali on Merino


Dali on BFL



Suzanne's RFR on Cestari with darker brown trim



Bailey on BFL ( <3 Melissa)


Birch Blossom Handspun Merino



These are Rach's shorts and yarn, packed up and ready to ship on Monday.

iCrave is turning one!!!

Our official birthday is tomorrow, March 23rd! This is the day, one year ago, that I stocked all by my lonesome on iCrave!

It was such an exciting stocking and I was so happy, no, no, not happy...overwhelmed, ecstatic, thrilled, elated, when everything was a sell out.

I've had some wonderful, amazing and talented WAHM's join me as guests, friends and members over the year. I've forged great friendships, great relationships and created a business model I can be proud of.

We have only been successful because of the wonderful people who have found our art to be as wonderful as we have and who have supported us by purchasing from us!!!

Thank you to our loyal customer base. We wouldn't be here if it were not for you.

Some sneak peaks for my loyal blog followers!!!

Tuesday I'm in Love.....

Woolie woolie update!!!!

I finished spinning the Selah Snowman at Night on Faukland Wool. Its about 5 ounces. No yardage or weight information available at this time.

This may or may not go up on the congo on the 27th.





RDR PreOrder Update:

Kristine: Yours is dyeing and drying as of tonight, March 17th!

Kim, Lauren, Susannah, Racheal: All of yours is half done. Brown is slated to be dyed on March 18th!!!

Nikie's RFR that needs to be reskeined. This ended up not matching exactly, and she was happy to take the seconds off of my hands

The Saturday Digest

Got my peasant top from Leo Baby in the mail today. I can't speak to fit just yet, as I haven't put it on the sleeping little.
But I immediatly decided it would need a small shrug so that she could wear it sooner, rather then later. While browsing my LYS. I stumbled across the cutest little locally made buttons. Perfection!





I also started spinning Selah's Snowmen at Night Falkland Fiber.




And in the works are WSK El Dorado on Cestari for the lovely Rachel.

new roving...

just another addiction. dyeing roving.

i wasn't in love with this at first, but now that I'm spinning it up, i really do love it. its still hard for me to translate in my brain what it will look like going from roving to yarn. but it is a wonderful learning experience for sure!

this colorway has deep red/burgundy in it as well as a purple that aren't visible on the other side.

pics of this spun up by saturday.



spun up

francesca the fricke