Dang it's cold out!

Okay minus 24F this morning. I realize that it is colder in other places, but this is just too cold to not have a garage! The good thing about it???? It is GORGEOUS out. Clear blue skies and lovely sunrises and sunsets.

This is what it looks like when someone you love goes on a 12 mile run at minus 10F


I spun this up last night... will ply it tonight :)


I felted up some small bowls over the holidays.


Henry always has to sit on or in something. For some reason he thought he'd fit in this one. After he squatted down on it he figured out it just wasn't working. So cute! :)

Make Peace, Spin Fleece!

love knows no boundaries...

this is not knitting related, but in thinking about being gone from home for the next 5 days, i am feeling badly about leaving my kitties at home. yes i know they have each other, and they are so loving to each other. the rescue foster mom that we adopted them from even said they were "married" because they are so bonded. turns out it is true. but in the bonding to our family... the wifey of the pair has formed an unusually affectionate bond with one of our 2 dogs. is this so sweet or what? the dogs come with us camping. kitties will be home with someone stopping in to love them up.


we will be camping on the beach here over the 4th of july. there will be much celebrating as we have two family member birthdays (we have our first official teenager!), along with independence day usa. i will also be haunting the art galleries. homer alaska is known for it's large per capita of fabulous local artists. my absolute downfall is the pottery (hold me back). this year i am going prepared with boxes with padding/wrapping instead of being in denial and having to figure transportation of goods after my visa starts smoking!

knitting???? oh yeah baby! there is about 3 hours each way of straight knitting time, and then all those lovely hours sitting on the beach with a campfire to keep the toes toasty. sneak a peek at the "on the needles" selections plus a few that i haven't yet posted to the blog---they'll all be coming with! yippee!

all day????

ok, only 5, maybe 6 hours! had a SSK in the wrong place and was trying to fix it, but it was in a complicated spot in the pattern... ended up with about 6 rows 6 sts wide undone in the middle of a pattern UGH tried & tried & tried (you get the idea) to fix it. finally got a clue and isolated a complete pattern repeat, undid it to the beginning of the section and just reknit, voila! once i did that, it was all said and done in less than 5 min---sheesh! ok i am relieved, it was beginning to look like i was going to have to frog back to the beginning of the pattern entirely (that would have taken less time than i did trying to avoid it, but i feel as though i conquered)!

updated pic in natural light (during a break from it so that frogging would not ensue


my new Spindolyn with some angora/wool fiber from Susan


also from Susan two (one for my ds who is 8 and loves spinning!) new drop spindles from Jim some silk/wool and some wool/tensil... the day was so bright, it isn't doing the colors justice... they are soft, silky, yummilicious can't wait to spin!


non fiber related.... unless you count the shedding cat hair

King Henry, keeping tabs on the house...


the newest flower to show up in the gardens...


just some of the front gardens...


& a bittie of the back gardens (roses just barely beginning to bloom, not seen in pic)...


our summer is just now arriving, so the gardens are just reving up... i love spring (and knitting)