i’m a wild child

so, i did say that i would get to why i needed roving so here it is.  I MADE YARN!!!!!!!  yes, the wild child has learned to spin.  most of my yarn still looks like a curly coiled mess, but its getting there.

Ta Da!  its very much an “art yarn”, and will never be knit up, but its still pretty awesome

and here is the bonus shot of me making the yarn.  i won’t go into the details of it, but basically my yarn is (relatively) even because i tear my roving into thin strips and just spin those, instead of thinning out the fiber from a big handful.

the last week i’ve developed another satellite hobby to knitting, making stitchmarkers

(sorry about all of the blurry pictures,  it seems that crafty energy takes away from photographic energy)  this is the latest set i’ve made.  my markers are unique because instead of a solid ring that you place on the needles they are flexible wire, so they hang down comfortable when working instead of being pushed up by the knitting, and can flex to fit a variety of needle sizes

and there is just one last thing, it was a pretty simple garter stitch ipod case for a friend’s birthday, but it did involve a foray into the unknown land where only one needle is required ( and it isn’t even a sharp one you can defend yourself with)

i am totally in love with crocheted button covers!  they looks so cute and you can make buttons that match PERFECTLY.  i used this really awesome tutorial at crochet me.  ( check out the rest of the patterns while you’re there.  they almost make me want to become a hooker)

for a long time i was in stash denial, “it freaks me out to have a stash, i don’t like it” i cried as the yarn came in. most of the blame falls on the ravelry karma swap group. basically free yarn? i’m there! so, i present to you the fully self-accepting stash

level one- needles, fo’s and other detrius

level two-roving. why do i need roving? we’ll get to that tomarrow

level three- stuff i have plans for.

the next two levels are the yarns i don’t have plans for. the top one is nice yarn and the bottom is the not so nice yarns. call me crazy, but i get twitchy when the homespun touches the angora

then there is the bag of manos del uraguay and the bag of bernat cameo on the floor, and after that it’s done.  but, stay tuned for the three bags of yarn i just ordered.  (the word sale is my achilles heel)

so, the friday plan has also fallen through.  i like the idea of being organized- the practice not so much.  so, i’m back with a vengeance and a apology to subjecting you to all those boring planning post.  and what better way is there to get back on the blogging wagon than a nice long rant

we recently drove down to rehobeth beach and sis and i were watching videos on her ipod, specifically anthony bourdain goes to sweden.  he was supposedly meeting with two knitting snowboarders.  i know for a fact that there are actually knitting snowboarders, i saw a poster (now i totally want one to hang up, knitting guys are just as cool as fall out boy).  these were not them.  THEY WERE CROCHETERS!  there was only one needle!  didn’t anyone on the production staff have the mind to think back to when their mothers and grandmothers were knitting away and realize that knitting involves two needs, not one hook?  there were even lots of nice close-ups of the guy making the hat, in which it was quite obvious that

1. all of the stitches were not live or on a needle
2. only one needle was involved
3. the needle was a hook

as if that wasn’t enough there was the tellatale heart.  i caught just a glimpse of a red on black line drawing at first, but after re-winding a few times i was sure.  they were CROCHETING  with RED HEART.  why i ask, why?  not only is red heart the worst of all acrylics, acrylics are sometimes necessary but for those times there are caron, dark horse, vanna’s choice, and wool-ease, all of which lack that scratchy plastic-ness that defines red heart.  also, these people are from sweden!  home of Icelandic wools an fair-isle!  i can only hope that the pulled the red heart out of the back of the closet when they had been hidden after deciding that an american wouldn’t properly appreciate all of those stunning sheep wools that usually use.

the yarn  (a simple google search turned up no hat pictures, apparently the evidence has been destroyed)

the week of posting never even made it out of the gate, so look for a huge fo post next friday.

so, looking back my posting has kind of been going in a down-hill direction.  i think this is because to have a blog, you have to have something to post.  and my life is just not interesting enough to offer up a post-worthy even every other day.  to rectify this i have the The Plan:

i’ll post every day for the next week, mainly projects i’ve finished and yarn i’ve gotten, then i’ll post once every week, ususally on a friday.

hopefully, this will work out better, and you all will know just when to check back for an update