Aside from all the acquisitions at the mega fiber festival last weekend, there has been actual crafting going in these here parts.
There’s finished objects that need to be shown off!
Pattern: childHood
Yarn: Cascade 220 & Quatro
Size: 3-4 YO
Started: 10/7/2006
Finished: 10/20/2006
This was a cute little knit. If I did it again, I would definitely modify that whole knit the button band and sew it on to the side. Homey don’t like that sewing on business. I would probably just pick up the stitches along the side and knit it up, OR knit it at the same time as the front pieces. They could have also been knit BEFORE doing the shoulder seams, not after as the pattern called for. I guess that is why there is that suggestion to read the whole pattern before starting 
There’s been more knitting here too. As I mentioned before, the Shetland Tea Shawl has made another appearance in the active pile. Sunday I finished the Diamond Madiera section and began the edging. I’m forgoing the use of a DPN and needle cap for this and just using the circular needle as is. After 10 (of the total 115 repeats), I finally memorized the edging lace pattern. Should fly now According to the spreadsheet, I’m 72% complete on this thing.
There has also been spinning… Monday (last week), I took the day off to recover from the whirlwind that was Rhinebeck. I finally skeined up those super fine singles of the Polwarth/Angora I had spun and measured/weighed the end result. I have 264 yards / 30grams. Good yardage in my book. No pictures as the grey refuses to be photographed well. I also spun the batt I bought from Grafton Fibers at the festival. Saturday night I Navajo plied to maintain the color progression. As I never wound it on the niddy noddy but went straight to the ball winder, I haven’t a clue of the yardage, but there’s definitely enough for a scarf. Pretty one too…
And even more spinning, including this skein. This is 4oz of Blue Faced Leicester that I picked up from Hello Yarn this spring, back when I wasn’t blogging much. It was an absolute dream to spin and I so loved the colors. It came out to be 442 yards and would make some yummy socks. I spun this up on my Suzie Pro which has moved into the kids’ playroom/den. Evenings and mostly weekends, I would sit with them while they played or watched movies (mostly the Pixar ones) and spin. The monkeys would periodically assist me in treadling. Budding fiber artists indeed! The colors in this picture are reading a bit darker, especially the green, but it is close.
Last Wednesday was picture day at school. I got the kids coordinating outfits at Children’s Place, well, because I still can and get away with it. Right before we sat for a family shot, I tried to get them to pose for a nice picture. This is what I got instead..
I have to admit, there were far more shots of Alex tackling his sister than of the standing and smiling variety. At least Kat was giggling under there and well, they were cute if I do say so myself.
This weekend, during the deluge on Saturday, I was busy test driving cars. I need to thank everyone for their feedback on minivans. After much research, followed by taking one out in seriously crappy weather that included high winds and heavy heavy rains, I made a decision. I signed a contract, put a deposit on one and headed home waiting for a very important phone call today. I got it around 4 that the financing had been approved. I go tomorrow night to pick it up. I’ll post the details of what I wound up with tomorrow. Suffice it to say, I’m totally excited!
Craft on!
