Sunday, January 30, 2005  

oh my...what a fibery day...I dyed 22 ounces of silk and 24+ ounces of mohair...



yeah...can't wait for it to dry...I have also been on a drum carding binge...so there should be oooodles of new silk, mohair and blends on the site this week...and if the printer would print properly...more learn to spin kits....Yeah......

I did cast on a pair of socks....ugh...but when I am downstairs and unable to spin...picking up the needles is soooo easy...and I have a couple super skinny singles on bobbins to make sockweight yarns....mmmmmm....yeah! and family members who read this....send me your shoe size...incase this sock binge lasts until christmas....heee hee.....

okay....one picture of miss stella stinky bella before I go...

   [ posted by Delicious Yarn @ 8:07 PM ]
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so I spent last night spinning and plying...one of them (the blue-one ply silk, other is merino-240 yards) came out fingering weight and the other (green- one ply baby alpaca, other is merino too-156 yards) came out sport weight. I am pretty happy with both and now I think I have plenty of the green and bright pastel colorway to make a pair of socks or two....yeah!!!!



I am now spinning a lovely, almost somber colorway that looks like a rose garden...quite dusty...I had oodles of naturally dyed stuff that I just didn't like so I overdyed it and now I have oodles of rose garden. I think I have plenty to make a fingering weight two ply for two pairs of socks...my adirondack basket is full of it waiting to be spun....

off to close up the store....good night to all....

btw...for those who were wondering...we did get the approval from the town to do the addition to the deli....yeah!!!!

   [ posted by Delicious Yarn @ 7:37 PM ]
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and who says you can't dress up a pair of wool socks?


Lucy's socks are done and she thinks they are fantastic...and believe it or not...I haven't started another pair yet....I am spinning...and plying and should have more yarn done tomorrow....and I need to dye.....fibers are selling quickly...so I should have more mohair and silk done this weekend....

off to spin and have a beer:)

   [ posted by Delicious Yarn @ 8:13 PM ]
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well....stripey socks done....
and a new knitting journal from knitpicks

okay I have oodles of journals...but this one tells you the name for knitting shop in many languages so you can find one no matter where you are...how useful is that!!!

and bad news for the sewing machine...I think I may retire it to the attic once again. I just don't have time to sit and sew....boo hoo....I know in time I will but not at this point of my life...dang...thank god knitting is portable....

   [ posted by Delicious Yarn @ 7:31 PM ]
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okay...hard to tell from the pictures but we got 18 plus inches of snow......the parking lot was plowed out and miss boo had hours of fun sledding on the snow banks...



and I was suppose to have the day to sew and cook (i soooo wanted to do the kitty for the month of softies...sewing machine and patterns ready....and the patch for the tsunami quilt project).....but an employee could not make it so I spent the day in the store....



so I knit miss boo a sock (fluted bannister from six socks knitalong in rowanspun dk)...these babies flew on size 4 needles....I have the ribbing on the second done...

and then I got the top and heel of stripey done....woohooo...both should be finished by friday at the latest....I have sooo much I want to dooo......(socks...socks...and dyeing!!!!)

off to a fun night with "family" dinner and the game....

   [ posted by Delicious Yarn @ 6:28 PM ]
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Good morning...
here is a quick pic of the yarns I made....

the pastel one is from naturally dyed fiber from copper moth(80 wool/ 20 silk)...I cannot say enough good stuff about these girls..the fiber is freaking beautiful...and one of the only placed I will buy dyed from....you will not be disappointed
and the other is from the silkworker...I feel the same about her silks...this is 100% tussah silk...I also spun some up super skinny to ply with some merino I am spinning....ah...the color...the shine.....
if you don't want to spin your own (if you do check out delicious)....otherwise buy some from my friend Miss A at Hello Yarn...you are sure to be in heaven....
well...must run and try to get the kitten away from the fax machine....he keeps trying to follow the paper in and then pull it out the bottom....faxed kitty paws are not a good idea....

   [ posted by Delicious Yarn @ 9:07 AM ]
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I frogged the kitty...it just was not in the proportions I wanted it to be so I frogged the whole thing...I may end up knitting another one..but right now I am finishing my second stripey sock.....I just finished the autumn handspun...there are now a pair....wooo hooo (guess what I am wearing on a snowy cold thursday morning).....

I also ordered oodles of yarn for me and my employees...and a friend from knitpicks this afternoon....because you cannot have enough sock yarn sitting around...and miss boo wanted socks out of a colorway that looked like christmas (and after seeing more than enough red heart varigated yarn in my childhood, I just cannot bring myself to dye in that colorway)....

I have also been spinning...and will hopefully have a few yarns to show tomorrow...(because I must watch the trashy american idol, and then the wonderful "project runway"....I even make dh watch that one too)....and spinning is a delightful way to pass the time while he is on the rowing machine....ahh.....

   [ posted by Delicious Yarn @ 10:52 PM ]
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Yikes...I have had a bad morning...
first I made a pot of coffee...while in the cooler I started the second pot and when I came back out I saw that I had not put an empty pot underneath....the whole counter was covered in coffee.....then I realized it was cold....the fuse to the heating element went (I just learned this....the repair man came 3 hours after they told me he would be here).....Then while making another pot...the filter started to fall..I reached for it and wacked the pot underneath...and you guessed....made a nice hole in that pot...coffee all over the counter again....ugh....now, I know I am a klutz...but this is so much more than usual...

On the good news side...the website is updated...mohair, merino, silk, blends, camel, guanaco and more....wooo hooo.....I tried a new layout....I am not too thrilled with the buttons I made....chances are it will get changed again...but I will try to wait til spring...

Here is some sock yarn I plied up last night. It is from one of my merino rovings and some baby alpaca top...

ahh...I can't wait to make them into some socks...I am currently spinning up more of the green so I have more choices of what to put with it....I just love color!!!!!

Here's to having a better afternoon! Yikes!

   [ posted by Delicious Yarn @ 1:21 PM ]
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Okay...I was about to scream...but I figured out more with my photo software...ugh...if I could just figure out which of my oodles of discs had the photo software I used to love....errerrr......


I am finally going to participate in a "month of softies"...this month is vintage catwalk and here is the beginning of my kitty body. I am using the frighteningly delicious kid classic from rowan. I think I need a pair of socks out of this....and a scarf...and oodles more kitties since I am sure the pattern will need tweaking.

and a picture of the shawl in progress

I am not highly fond of the colorway. I thought I would like it much better...it just isn't me...when I am done it may need a trip into the dyepot. I am going to wait and see....

well...off to spin for a bit...

   [ posted by Delicious Yarn @ 8:24 PM ]
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A few more pictures...
one of my most favorites...Miss Boo at her sewing machine....

ahh...the concentration...

and now on to the socks...
autumn sock one

out of a few of my handspuns

and....stripey sock


they both fit much better then the silk pair...now just to make their partners....

   [ posted by Delicious Yarn @ 7:04 PM ]
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this morning I had time to play around a bit with my photo software....ugh...I am "getting it" little by little. Now I just need to take ooodles of pictues....

I am starting to add recipes since I have been cooking up a storm (in an attempt to eat less processed stuff I grab off the shelf)
Here is a recipe I live on.....I could eat them on nearly everything and anything

Balsamic Roasted Onions
2 large red onions, wedged
2 tbs. of white balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup of olive oil
1/4 tsp. of salt
2 tbs. of soy sauce
2 tbs. of sugar

preheat oven to 400 degrees
combine ingredients and put in oven
stir often until the onions are soft and coated with glaze.
eat up!
(I also tend to roast a pan of veggies at the same time...heck..the oven is warmed up and you can use roasted veggies for so many things....)

Here is a pic of my noro silk garden socks..same pattern for both....little large in the leg area...but sooo soft and comfy

the colorways are 51 and 33

Tonight I should finish one of my "stripey" regia socks....I just have the toe to go....yeah!

   [ posted by Delicious Yarn @ 9:22 AM ]
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I have been around...just frustrated over some of my photo software...I am having a hard time shrinking the pictures down and still having the clarity...ugh....so here is the first of many pictures this week

It is my kaffe fassett fabric I bought. The one with the black background is for the yarn room curtains...the purple dotty one has become a new needle case for my long needles...the pink swirly one is not a kaffe fabric but one from "glorious color" shop. What to make....what to make....

I joined the six sock knit along...for me it will be the three sock knitalong since they are through the first three. I think it will be fun. I have been on a major sock kick...I just have the toes left to do on one regia sock and one autumn handspun sock is done (pictures tomorrow)...I am also spinning up some sock weight yarn for more.....mmmmm.....

the shawl has about 6 inches done (which isn't much considering it is a triangular shawl) but it has been my here and there knitting project....so hey...

I am alive...and there should be a website update by Monday (the 17th) since I have ooodles of new fibers to show....and I must get rid of the sold ones....

Happy knitting and spinning:)

   [ posted by Delicious Yarn @ 8:14 PM ]
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okay...no picutres uploaded yet...maybe this week it will happen.....frustration!!! (I hate the new software....back to the old).....

Good news...little miss was sewing away this morning...got my machine out and was able to do some free motion embroidery without the needle breaking once (not like two months ago when I broke 4 in 10 minutes)....so...maybe some loverly fiber scarves soon...and then directions and water soluable interfacing available on delicious....I also looked at my fabrics and ordered more from "Glorious Color"....I could just dive into Kaffe's fabrics. I need to make some needle cases...so once the fabric arrives (and I buy a new iron....went to iron fabric to sew...dead iron...dang it)...and sew some knitting bags...

On the knitting front....I have some stripey socks on the needles...autumn socks....and a longways scarf.......I also need to get a shawl on the needles with my yarn from Cherry Tree Hill....

Spinning....what...not much new there....I have ooodles of fiber....must have time to spin.....

Fiber dying...once I have myself organized...I have ooodles of newly dyed fiber...including camel and mohair to pop up on the site...so spinners...hold on...new stuff in a week or two..promise...otherwise...stop by the shop.

Must go help in the store...good day and new year to all!

   [ posted by Delicious Yarn @ 12:22 PM ]
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