Ready... OK!

Alright, here is your long-awaited update on my to do list progress!  Since I know you have been sitting at your computer all weekend waiting... lol.  Anyway, I'm pretty sure I've added more to my to do list than I have scratched off, but nevertheless, here are some things I have done:

~Finished up my bday list and got it emailed to everyone... I had a really hard time thinking of ANYTHING that was not related to weaving or spinning to put on there... oh well, I guess.
~The dyed yarn is done!  So, here are pics:

 So, this first one is a skein of Corriedale yarn that I spun and dyed back around Easter, and I just never got around to blogging about it... obviously.  The color is not quite right in the photo, its really more of a mulberry, rich purple with a just a hint to red to it.  The color is a combination of Black Cherry and grape kool-aid!  Oh, and I would like to add that directly after I spun this yarn, I did the math to figure out how many yards I came out with.  And, what did I do after that?  I promptly forgot the number.  Yup.  That's how I roll.  And apparently I am too lazy to go back through and count again... I probably should though... darn...

And this is one of this weekend's creations!  I dyed this and the rovings which you will see when you scroll down farther using the same three colors, but I dyed them completely differently, and got completely different results!  This was dyed in a skein of already spun yarn, and I used my three different colors of kool-aid, and just splashed them on however and wherever I felt like it.  So the skein is very unpredictable; the colors are very pastel, and blend together quite nicely.  Colors include: baby pink, white, sky blue, lavender, and medium pink.  I kind of like it.  And I think it might look nice in a baby's hat or accessory which is good since it is bound for a crocheter who makes baby accessories!  This is 120 yards of thick-thin yarn.  (I wrote this number down on a big post-it and stuck it on my to do list so I wouldn't lose it!!!)

~The dyed roving is all dry, and I am currently in the process of spinning it up!  Here are the in progress pics!

 Here is a pic of the roving laid out on the table just after being painted.  This process was extremely messier than the website suggested it would be.  I now have some lovely new electric blue stains on my kitchen table that I am slowly scrubbing away at.  Any way, the red is a combination or strawberry kiwi, cherry, and strawberry.  The electric blue is ice blue raspberry lemonade (love it!).  And the darker blue is berry blue (I think).  The electric blue is my fave!

 

And here are the rovings hanging up to dry.  I painted two different colorways (the other one was already rolled up is the last picture).

And here is some I've just spun on my spindle!  I'm thinking its name will be Tropical Punch.  Or something like that.

~Went tanning again... got burnt again...

~Did the laundry, cleaned the apartment, etc. (not on my to do list)

And I added a bunch of things to it... boo.  Anyway, I have made zero progress on the headbands.  I don't know why, but I just don't want to do them.  I wish I had two looms so that I could just do another project instead.  But I don't, so I have to finish this before I can make anything else... boo.

Well, for today's random note, I have a shout out to a fellow blogger and Etsian.  One of my favorite blogs to read is Cut, Paste, Repeat by Rachel Pfeffer.  I just love reading about her adventures in jewelry making and in life.  And this week, she is Etsy's featured seller!  Congrats Rachel!  You can read her Etsy interview here or go check out her blog.  Trust me, its always fun to read!

I'm off to go play with my lonely kitty!

Weaving, Spinning, and Dyeing, Oh my!

Sooooo, my week is being a little weird.  How's yours?  I have been busy this week with fiber arts endeavors, but I still have little to report.  Mainly because my projects are not going as smoothly as I would like.  I started a new weaving project with some of the new yarn I got this weekend, but it's not going too well.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not giving up.  It's just proving to be very difficult and not very fun.

I've also been spinning quite a bit.  And my hands are sore to prove it!  I've got some corriedale roving that is now 100% converted into yarn!  Yay!  I have been wondering where the names for the different types of wool come from, and I just googled it.  It turns out that the name of the wool is the name of the particular breed of sheep that the wool comes from.  And corriedale comes from a corriedale sheep which is a crossbreed from a Merino female and a Leicester or Lincoln male.  Interesting!  (Or maybe not if you aren't myself or my father.)  Anyway, as you can see, I've got almost 80 yards all wrapped up on my niddy noddy for setting.

 So, I'm now trying to decide what color to dye it.  And, after rummaging through my on-hand Kool-Aid supply, here are the options I came up with...

And I have no idea what color I should choose!  But, that can certainly wait until tomorrow, since the yarn is not even ready yet!  Hm..... decisions, decisions...

In other news, head on over to my facebook page each day to see what my favorite Etsy item of the day is!

Well, as for the good-bye and the random note today, they are one and the same.  I'm heading out because I'm going to see "Fast Five" at midnight!  Yay!

I LOVE holidays!!!

Hello all!!!  It is officially the holiday weekend for me!  Woohoo!  I took off work tomorrow, and I am so ready for a long weekend!  And to start off, I have A LOT to report!  I've been busy in the fiber world the past couple of days, and blogging has taken a back seat.  So now, I need to catch you all up!

#1:  Just listed this awesome new scarf on Etsy!  It's one of my new faves!  Of course, it is using some of my favorite silk yarn in a new colorway...  I have named it Candy Stripe!

Silk Inifnity Scarf - Candy Stripe

#2:  Here is a pic of the Kool-Aid dyed yarn.  I didn't use quite enough Kool-Aid, so it's kind of blotchy.  I guess I need to have another go at it!  But, it was a pretty successful experiment nonetheless.  Can you guess what flavor I used???

Answer:  Watermelon Cherry!  Yum!

And honestly, I've been so busy the past couple of days that I just had to go back and reread my last post to see what I had told you all last time!  Wow.

#3: Also, I wanted to follow up on a post from a while ago.  Remember when I had those major issues with unwinding my first skein?!  Well, this time around, I took a picture of the pretty skein before I started unwinding it!  Here is the photo walk through of unwinding a skein!  This is the yarn used in the Candy Stripe Infinity Scarf.  Aren't the colors beautiful?!

 Ta-Da!!!  So, there is unwinding in a nutshell.  What you can't see though is that picture #2 should be multiplied by like a thousand for how long it takes to unwind all 500 yards in a skein!

#4:  I am going yarn shopping tomorrow!!!  Yay!  And I'm hoping to pick up a stash of roving too.  So hopefully I will have some handspun yarns for sale on Etsy by the end of next week!  Get excited!

Well, that's all folks!  I should be getting to bed.  For the random note of the day... well, I can't think of one.  Hm... this is odd.  Usually I'm full of random thoughts.  Here's a pic of my favorite place in the whole wide world!  Enjoy!

A Little Bit of Everything

Hello all!  Well, I've been working hard today!  I finished my latest project, dyed my first batch of yarn, and got a new project on the loom and started weaving!  So, first of all...  Here is my newest item for sale on Etsy.

Infinity Scarf in Beige and Purple Hand-spun

This great infinity scarf makes use of several of my favorite things!  It's got purple in it (always a plus).  The beige warp thread is a bamboo and silk yarn which is so, so soft.  And the purple yarn is my very own hand-spun yarn!!!  Yay!  So, I love this item, and I would love to keep it, but I would love it even more if it found a home with a wonderful customer!

So, I dyed my first batch of yarn today with Kool-Aid!  It was certainly interesting.  But its hanging up to dry right now.  And I'm really interested in seeing how it turns out!  So, I will definitely post pics tomorrow when its dry and everything.

And, check out Project31 on Facebook to see what's new on my loom!  If you haven't "liked" my page yet, I'd love it if you would.  (I'm trying to get up past 25 likes so that I can create a real url for the page so its easier to link and stuff.)

Well, if you can't tell, I'm pretty tired, so I've got to get everything cleaned up so I can go to bed.  Talk to everyone tomorrow!

Random:  The area I live in is under a tornado watch until 2:00 am!  We had some pretty wicked storms today, so I'm interested to see what the news has to say tomorrow.  And I live right by the Mississippi River, so I can't wait to got see how flooded it is tomorrow afternoon too!