Wheelinsticks

This is just a quick little post. I finished the body to the underarms of LG's sweater. I have the sleeves to do before I can join the body and sleeves together to finish it up. I have been just working through this considering the next step when I get there. I decide to do a raglan style. I think it will look best with the stripes. So now about those sleeves, I wanted to knit them at the same time hopefully using magic loop. Well, here's a newbie for me. I googled last night and found a blog post that did an excellent job showing what to do. I sat at the computer and got it started. Yeah, it worked and is so much easier than I thought. I finished the ribbing. Only 16 inches to go before I can join! Ugh!!

Hey! I actually have a couple of finished projects to share. I started a pair of socks about a month ago that I spun and knit toe up. I love how they turned out! The colors are beautiful and over all the spinning is really consistent. They still need a good dunking before they will be ready for fall, but here they are! Look at that short row heel! Also, my closest friend at work is having a baby girl. She is due on Tuesday, but I don't think she go that long. This past week has been difficult for her, and yesterday was her last day. I thought we would both start crying because it's literally the last day we worked together since I'm moving schools in the fall. No one likes change, and it is even harder when we have been working together for 6 years. Sigh! Hopefully some people will retire next year and I can come back. Anyway, I made the February Lady's baby version for her. The buttons set it off nicely.

Holy crappers! I thought I was going to sh@?1 my pants Monday night. I got home from work, and went down to the laundry room on my daily routine to start a load of laundry. The bigger dogs were just going nuts by the hot water tank. I moved everything away and didn't see anything. The hot water tank looked like it was on, and I didn't smell gas. Since I didn't see a problem, I just figured the dogs were a little nutty. They did the same thing a few more times during the evening, and again I couldn't see any problems other than a half broken window pane on the door. I thought the pane was damaged from the thunderstorms on Sunday, so no big deal. The window would get fixed when Lawn guy got home. Around about the time it was bedtime, we went back downstairs, and again the dogs went directly to the water tank. By now I'm a little frustrated with the game. I shooed the dogs out of the room just in time to hear some scurrying going on by the hot water tank. Now what I th

I thought I would go through my list of things I planned just to hold myself accountable. Knitting: Stash busting 1. knit 3 sweaters for the year - 1 completed, February Lady. #2, started, Stripes for Lawn Guy is about halfway. 2. learn to knit a pair of socks toe up - I spun the yarn for these. They are nearly completed. I just have the ribbing to do on the 2nd sock. 3. do one project with cables 4. do one project with color work 5. one lace project All of the items above must come from my stash. I have some great yarns in there. Spinning 1. spin more - I have definitely been spinning more. I only have 1 monthly fiber that I am behind in. Bought more though. 2. learn long draw - yes! It's fun and makes spinning go a lot faster when I can use it. 3. make a 3-ply sock weight yarn 4. learn how to do core spinning Life 1. be more active - sort of 2. read more - check! I have read 8 novels since Jan and finished three that had been lagging for a very long time. 3. keep up with paperwor

What a great day to attend a sheep festival! The weather was a bit windy, but sunny! I have been waiting to go the festival for over a month. The fairgrounds were nice and clean. I parked and travelled along the road to the tractor exhibit. I thought the exhibit might have some antiques, but not as far as I could tell. Border collies are amazing sheep dogs. I watched this pint sized little doggie herd the sheep around a few fencing places, and then penned them in no time flat. Boy are they quick runners too! The guy just whistled or yelled commands like lie down and away, and dogs knew exactly what to do. Don't mind his butt, but this was the best picute I could get of the sheep shearing. I continued on in the exhibit hall where most of the action was taking place. Lots of exhibitors where there. There was sheep judging. I saw a Border Leicester, Shetland, and some goats. One of the sheep, I think Clun Forset, was a little jumpy, as in jumping into the pen with the Shetlands. The m