Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Sea Turtle at the South Carolina Aquarium

We had a fun day at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, SC!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

The Promotional Frenzy Team on Etsy: The Rainbows Are Coming!!!

The Promotional Frenzy Team on Etsy: The Rainbows Are Coming!!!: WHO: The Promotional Frenzy Team WHAT: Rainbow Treasury Event WHEN: Wednesday, April 4th WHERE: Etsy Treasury Pages ...

Fruit Salad Wipe & Wash - Go Green Baby

Saturday, March 24, 2012

TeamDream BNS Colors of Easter Round 2

Please stop by HERE and let them know that you were invited by me! Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

What's Spinning?

I started spinning wool last year when I took a 2 hour workshop at the NH Sheep & Wool Festival. Spinning wool into yarn is very relaxing and quite rewarding when your end product is some lovely spun yarn. The wool shown in this post is pale pink Alpaca, which is getting to be one of my favorites to spin! The yarn shown on the spindle above is single strand. I will have to remove it from the spindle and re-spin it in the opposite direction to ply the yarn and I will end up with 2-ply yarn.

I now own a few drop spindles as I have learned that different weight spindles are required to produce different classes of yarn. I was lucky enough to attend the Spin Off Autumn retreat this fall. It was held in Manchester, NH, not too far from where I live. I was able to try out several spinning wheels to see which one I liked the best. I think that a Ladybug by Schacht might be my favorite so far. However, it will probably be a while before I get one. I have two little ones at home. I need to wait until my little girl is old enough to follow directions, so that she understands my spinning wheel is not something to climb on!

If you knit or crochet, I think that you would like spinning too! Check it out at the next local handmade festival in your area! Want to see some of my 2-ply handspun yarn? Click Here to see a post that I wrote last year.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Work In Progress - What will it be?

I usually know what the end product will be when I start a project. However, I started this project thinking that I was going to make a rag crochet basket. I have come to the point where it is time to start forming the sides of the basket and I find myself wanting to continue crocheting round and round on the level. I think that this well intended basket is going to turn into a lovely area rug. The last rug I made ended up being a room sized rug custom order for a friend - shown below. We'll see!