Roy G. Biv Halloween

I have been tasked to be in charge of the Guild Sale name tags. The majority of the name tags from last year's Sale were in good shape. I just needed about fifteen more for the new folks.

The Man helped by making a template that I could use to print new tags. That was the difficult part.

 

Making the lanyards were the fun part. Especially using beautiful vibrant Mercerized 3/2 Cotton: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. (Roy G. Biv)

 

 

The lanyards look so fancy but they're really easy to make. They are essentially a long fringe and the nifty Conair Hair Braider makes a great fringe.

 

 

I thought the lanyards I made today had a Halloween vibe.

 

 

First Fire

 

Lots of Orange

Today's Talley Farms Fresh Harvest Produce Box

 

 

 

 

Hot Bread

Egg bread made in the Hitachi Bread Machine.

 

Perky Again

I took the sourdough starter out of the fridge Thursday morning. It was way way in the back and, in fact, I had not fed it since May. I know.

I discarded the black stuff (hooch) and looked carefully for any hint of pink (mold). All good so I gave it two generous spoonfuls of Bob's Red Mill All Purpose Flour and warm filtered water and fed it twice a day.

 

Three days later and it's perked right up. I guess I have been forgiven.

 

Pecan Tassies

Today I baked three batches of Pecan Tassies for the Guild Sale Refreshment table.

 

It smells so good.

 

Daily Fiber

On Tuesday my Spinning Buddy from the Guild sent me home with a paper sack filled with Clemes & Clemes Good Clean Fiber. In the sack there were zip-lock plastic bags of Jacob fleece, Merino fleece, and Alpaca. The scouring (washing) has already been done hence the name "Good Clean Fiber".  Lupe also gave me her Louet Mini Combs - they are small and surprisingly light, they feel wonderful in my hands.

 

 

Lupe said prepping fiber hurts her hands and she couldn't do it anymore. She wouldn't take any money for any of it. They are quality items, I know she paid good money for all of it.

I have an idea. It makes me sigh with happiness to prep great fiber and with the super-clean Jacob fleece and lighweight Louet Mini Combs I can even do it while sitting at the dining table. (Truly, no mess at all.)

 

 

I will try to prep a little bit several times a week and give her back Ready to Spin fiber.

A win-win for both of us.

Woodland Garlands 2024

I finished five Woodland Garlands for the Central Coast Weavers' Guild Sale. Yay! 

WOODLAND WHIMSY: A GARLAND TO HANG

HANDSPUN & HANDKNIT LEAVES, FELTED ACORNS,

A WEE OWL (FOX, HEDGEHOG, OR GNOME), AND 36-INCH LINEN CORD.

 

 

 

 1) Garland with wee Owl

 

 

2) Garland with wee Owl

 

3) Garland with wee Fox

4) Garland with wee Hedgehog

 

5) Garland with wee Gnome

A special thank you to Anna Hrachovec, Mochimochi Land, she generously gave me permission to sell items using her patterns. The Wee Ones: Owl, Fox, and Hedgehog are from Tiny Woodland Collection and Wee Gnome is from the Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi book.

 

Wednesday Read

 

Library Audiobook

 

Nearly Done

I finished knitting more leaves today. Tomorrow I will wash and block them.

 

 I am looking forward to putting the garlands together (and being done).

 

 

More Leaves

I have used up every last bit of ITW "Dramatic Pause" but I still need more leaves.

I tried another ITW colorway but it did not coordinate well with "Dramatic Pause". Looking through my handspun yarn stash I found HipStrings' Buoy in the colorway, "Depths".

 

It is perfect. I enjoyed spinning the yarn and love the fiber blend of Buoy: 37.5% BFL wool, 37.5% Shetland wool, 25% Manx Loaghtan wool. Sturdy, soft, and squishy.

The leaves are knitting up beautifully.

 

 

Boots is keeping an eye on things. I bet she is hopeful that I will walk away again and leave my paper pattern unprotected.

 

Giant Bean

Rancho Gordo Royal Corona Bean

So simple, so delicious, cooked slow (Recipe on the bag).

 

10:39 am

 

10:41 am (Pre-soaked overnight)

3:52 pm

Last Leaf

I am down to the last few grams of handspun yarn. I think it will be just enough to make one more leaf.

 

Okay, the leaves have been washed, blocked, and are drying.

 

 

 

Ghillie Suit

Where is Mattie?

 

Repurposed

Another handspun knitted leaf. I am glad it turned out to be worth the effort.

Wednesday Read

 

Library Audiobook

 

Pointy Tips

New knitting needles arrived from Handsome Fibers, my Local Yarn Store of choice.

Okay - Cottage Grove, Oregon - not too local but they are where I purchase all my knitting needles, whether it be ChiaoGoo Red Shorties for sock knitting, bambucha US 17 for Charity Knitting, or the super-duper-skinny dpns (US 0 and US000) that I just got for Wee Critter knitting.

 

 

Besides I made an online purchase on Friday it was shipped the same day and I got the needles on Monday.

Speedy and Secure.

 

Felting Acorns

Blending fiber

 

 

Felting acorns

 

Mini Band Two

 

 

Spin a While

My eyes popped open at 2:30am last night this morning and after 40 minutes of laying in the dark I got out of bed and came downstairs. On the rare occasion that I am restless, knitting helps to quiet my thoughts. Instead though I opted to sit down at the Lendrum spinning wheel to spin a while.

I am not sure that spinning was a good idea. It didn't make me sleepy rather I only went back to bed at 4am after spinning all the fiber and filling up the second bobbin.

ITW April Club Color, "Season of the Witch"

 

WIP

Work in progress: