Beat down

The Denver area has had scorching, melting hot temperatures the last two weeks. I feel like I've gotten a huge beat down...

BUT. You can always count on fiber to brighten up your day, right?
Before:

After:


From left to right:
1) A lovely creamy ball of Heirloom 5ply which is pure new wool made in Australia.
2) a huge skein of some lovely worsted weight wool, which I'm supposed to use to try my hand at dying.
3) 2 skeins of some Amy Blatt Magnolia in a lovely sea green color.
4) a ball of some heathered grey Oro Inca superfine alpaca (which is OH SO SOFT)
5) a bit of some handspun
6) a delicately colored 5 ply, machinewash, villawool.
and some treats!

Thank you Celia!!! I hope you like your package as much as I love mine. I'm already munching on the treats. (and the sachet of potpourri was a great touch. all the yarn smells so...fresh!)

We thought an little international swap would be fun.Celia and I set a $$ limit, and asked each other about color preferences, and off we went to spoil each other.

At Cathi's house last friday, which included all the usual suspects. And then some. I met Gwyn, Wendy, her friend Julie (who is a local and needs a blog), and Natalya. Michaele made her last MHCknitters knit group before leaving for Utah. I hope the book writing goes swiftly, so that she can hurry back to CO.

Wanna see why I got nothing done?



Cathi's furbaby decided my Soleil works better as a kitty bed. I preferred him laying on it vs battling the beautiful yarn.

What have I been up to while I've been not blogging?


I've got 5 babies to make stuff for, some of which are works in progress (the babies), some of which are in the planning stages. All of them due within a year (if all goes well). The blanket on the left is a double shell pattern, the right is called spiderweb (shudder). Do you see how differently the yarn looks worked up in the spiderweb?

Last, you can always count on kids for a good laugh.

I mean really. The boy's 2 yrs old. It must be innate.