I knew it would happen...

The tears. It's plain, simple and always true. When I say farewell to any of my girls there are tears. Tears of joy for the time spent together and some sad tears for the goodbye until next time. There is always such great excitement when we visit. We renew our relationships on so many levels. Amazingly wonderful!

My baby (who is 17 years young) and her friend were here for the weekend. Lots of giggling, planning, teasing and just plain fun. Just how many ways can Mom lose at Dutch Blitz??? Just how cold is it standing by the ice sculptures at 9:30 pm in the wind?? How many times can the little Aerio turn in the church parking lot?? Driving lessons should be left to the pros? Si?? or Oui??

My bad french aside...alles ist gut!!

Pictures to follow...

I finished the last of my pink socks knit ala magic loop. Just need to kitchener the toe then on my feet they go! Yummy for sure.


Til again...
Doll

It's a Saturday Thing...

Time to be up and at 'em. Right?

The day is cold and sunny and sometimes on days like this I just like to hunker down and work with my hands. Hands that are often happy while working with wool or while creating something warm and wonderful in the kitchen. Not sure yet which this will be.





The pink and white fiber: white is kid mohair
pink is unknown that I dyed last week. I started with a natural dye bath using cooked red cabbage. Very pretty but on impact with vinegar turned a yucky pink. I then began adding Wilton's red and the end result is what you now see. I'm currently spinning this and plying to 2 ply for sock yarn.

On the right is the blue/purples that I'm spinning possibly again for sock yarn. This is the blue for my PS2 project.

For interest only: the main part of the living room is a. natural tones on the walls and floor and b. black furniture (which was here when we moved in). Not sure I would even have chosen black and am enjoying adding the red! The room is bright and cheery. Lots of windows and natural light which makes it ideal for reading, spinning, knitting, or just watching the birds as they come to the window.

Gone back to my Sony Mavica camera. The display on the back is broken so when I take the pic I have no idea what it's going to look like until I pop the disk in the pc. It's a rather big older style digital that takes a full size floppy. I really like it except for the disply thingy. It also has a 10x zoom but without being able to see where it's zooming to you could be taking a pic of the bark on the tree.

Well...off to do what needs done and a few things just because I can.

til again,
Doll

T-T-T Tuesday, and it's still cold

Cold enough to want to wear wool. Right? It's February and it's winter. Did any of us really expect other than cold? Look here to see what's happening in my neck of the woods..

I've been knitting and spinning and knitting some more. Trying to finish off some projects. I've made the decision about 1 sock...now frogged and a 2nd that will be frogged. I continue to work on a vest for Nick in nice light and dark browns. He figures it should be a memory vest. (one that has different fibers from different places that we remember) Well the end product might not be what I had envisioned but just the same I will continue to knit and change fibers and tones as I go. This is again about the process and not the finished item.

After realizing just how many are in need of hats and mitts this time of year I've decided that I will definitely plan better for next winter and get a head start on a bag of goodies for the street folks in Ottawa. For now, a trip to the store to purchase some long johns for them might be in order.

For project Spectrum: I'm currently spinning some lovely blues in an unknown (possibly romney) nice fiber. Will get a pic soon. Not sure what it will be yet although the above mentioned mitts might be a good start.

For now...I'll just keep spinning...

til again......

Starting Over....

I've decided to move my blog. My old blog at singingtoes is still active but since I was having some difficulty to get it to look the way I wanted to I figured it was time to move on.

Actually there's a really big part of me that loves starting over. Fresh page, new day...everything bright and clear ready to face any and all challenges.

For today:

worship was inspiring
reading has instilled in me a sense of wholeness
there will be fiber in my day: spinning and knitting
nice hot soup to warm the tummy and the heart

Enjoy this "Super" day. (for all you ball fans out there) I will be working on some socks for CIC while my dearest watches.

And just for fun a pic of my bookshelf taken yesterday. How many sheepy things can you see?