high fiber diet

This is what I'm planning for the New Year. I'm off to a good start...

This-- custom-dyed by Tracy of Copperpot Woolies-- merino/silk blend

will grow up to be Pretty as a Peacock

I'm spinning it up on my spindle and finished the first skein just before midnight last night. It's nearly dry enough to ball up and cast on...WOO HOO!

Santa brought even more Copperpot goodness...

This, this and...oooh, please step back so none of your drool gets on this.

Just for diversity, I think I may need some of this. She says she can dye some up for me if I tell her how much I want. How much do I want? Four ounces probably isn't high enough fiber for my diet. I don't want to blow my resolution right off the bat. Maybe around eight ounces?

llama, llama, llama

Remember that big bag of llama fleece that followed us home from LlamaFest? There's a llama in my bed! (ok, not exactly IN)

It's all been washed (you know, there is something about washing wads of animal hair that just grosses me right out, I had to chant *it's fiber, it's FIBER* in order to quell my churning stomach...oddly, I'm always finding fiber in my food these days and that doesn't bother me so much, wtf?) but it's still got A LOT of vm that was sort of hidden in the middle of the wad. It's mostly falling out when I shake it and the rest ends up on my lap as I card it (with dog brushes-- this is not all that difficult but it's not much fun either...I don't see a helluva lot of raw fiber prep in my future, lol).

Gorgeous, shiny, rich deep chocolate brown. A little pokey because I'm not getting all the guard hairs out (whoever told me llamas and alpacas don't have guard hairs...you don't know what you're talking about!). I have no idea what I'm going to do with this but it sure is purty.

yes, there IS knitting going on

I promised knitting content but I didn't promise it wouldn't be spinning to knit!

I'm working on some Earl Grey's...

They started out as some superwash merino laps in hazelnut

(from Yarn or a Tale)

I spun some fine singles and did a 2-ply sock yarn

(originally did a 3-ply but didn't like the feel as much)

I don't remember the yardage but each of two plied spindle-fulls madea HUGE ball, there should be more than enough

and the actual knitting...

( with a ball of yarn stuffed in the left sock to show the detail better)

and there's more!

I so enjoyed spinning this combed merino/silk blend in basil (also from Leah at Yarn or a Tale) on my cut out spindle

and plying it on a flower spindle

that I didn't really care so much about setting the yarn aside until

THE PERFECT project for it jumped out at me.

And then the Fall issue of IK showed up in my mailbox and I knew, as soon as I turned the page, this was IT...

Oooh...and there will be MORE knitting in the not-so-distant future because this arrived from Susie/Perchance to Knit in my mail today...

and I've been rubbing it all over my nekkid body ever since.

My family hopes my #4 Harmony tips from Knitpicks and my Peacock Feathers pattern show up soon so they can open their eyes again.

Note: I've been adding some new designs to the shop through the week. I did not rub them on my nekkid body. You know, just sayin'

wouldn't you know

A package of lovely fiber came in from Yarn or a Tale yesterday.

Leah included a sample of her Kid Clouds

which is an entirely different type/prep of fiber than I've used before. I can't wait to play with it. But I don't have a free spindle.

I feel like the shoemaker's child. :-(

Etsy report

I've sold three spindles in three days, the first within hours of opening my shop. I was so thrilled to have email announcing my first sale when we returned home from Kait's graduation--I jumped up and squealed. The kids think I'm nuts. Well, more nuts.

Etsy is a dangerous place though. While setting up my shop, I had another tab open. I was browsing spinning things. Look what followed me home from Copperpot's shop...

I spent pretty much what I've made so far.

Peter thinks something is wrong with this picture.