Tagged

It seems that I have been tagged (see comment in last post). I guess this means that I am supposed to name my top 5 favorite blogs... this is proving to be extremely hard. So, I must put more thought into it.

I did finish the felted hat I was working on. I'll try to get photos of it posted later.

I have the paper crafting bug today... off to play!

As Promised...

Here are some of my latest WIP's - first I'll start with the knitting:

My favorite sock so far. It has little shells and is oh-so-soft. I'm using one of the naked wool yarns from knitpicks (see sidebar).

Next is a sock that I started to play with stripes. The pattern is one of Cat Bordhi's in the soaring on 2 circulars book. I have two other socks in the making, but they are at somewhat boring stages, so photos will come later on those.

And here is my first felted clog! Made from the Fiber Trends felt Clogs pattern. It was SO fast and easy to knit up! Unfortunately I ordered the wrong amounts of yarn so have to wait to make it's pair.

Oh, and this is a HUGE huge hat... that will be felted when done. Pattern from "Knit One, Felt Too".

Now, on to paper goodies. I recently I got a new little toy - the Bind-it-All by Zutter. Such a fun little friend! So, many of these are bound with it.

GOALS!!

It is my goal to update this thing tomorrow!! I've got many WIP's - including 4 different socks! I finished my first felted clog - but ordered my yarn wrong so will have to wait to make the mate until the yarn fairy comes again. (hope it's soon!) Busy, busy, busy, with more designing as well (paper-wise).

More tomorrow....

The Farming Life...

Well, it's official... we're farming for ourselves. My husband has always worked in farming, and we've finally taken the plunge to be on our own. The farmer that he works for now (and will continue to work for for the next few months) is ready to retire, and has been great in helping us get started. This year we will be growing carrots for seed.

Were you ever curious about how carrots were planted? Well, let me show you a little bit of that world.

First, a load of carrots - yes, whole carrots - are loaded into the planter. They go over the whole field and plant the male carrots first. Then they go back and plant the females. I'm still not sure if you can tell by looking if it is a male or female carrot... :)




Four workers sit and drop carrots into a spinning carousel.









Oh, did I mention that the planter, the dumper and the roller were all made by my husband? Pretty cool.



The last photo is of the carrots being rolled over to make sure they are firmly in the ground. Now, if the deer will just stay away.....


Oh, and this makes me a bookkeeper... Yikes...

Felting Away

Here is what I made using the roving that is pictured in the previous post. It spun up beautifully! I then knitted an oversized bag and then felted it. I added in some natural colored handspun yarn to add more bulk for a thicker "fabric" when finished. The darker contrast color is some wool that I had on hand. I love the results!! It's quite sturdy and fuzzy!

Fiber-liscous!

Spring break ended with a fabulous trip to a fiber fair! I picked up some scrumptious goodies. This is some lovely roving that I began spinning right away. It's just beautiful!













Next is a felted wool bag that I made while away on spring break.












And, I finished my first PAIR of socks!!! I started a toe-up sock (also from the "Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles", by Cat Bordhi), but lay it aside for a while. I think that I need to make another pair of top-down socks before attempting toe-up.








The last photo is of the silly deer that entertained us at my parents house. They come right into the yard to beg for apples! At one point there were 8 of them chasing each other and racing about all over the field, and in and out of the woods. They put on quite a show for us!