MIA, FO's, and CPaAGG

So I have been MIA on this thing for two months. I have tons of excuses but mostly it has been out of laziness. Do I really need this blog since I have Ravelry to keep up with everything? But, if you're not a member of Ravelry you cannot see my projects and such so I guess I'll keep this thing going for now.

Finished Objects!!

Yes I have actually finished a few things.

First off, Ber's Sidewinder socks are done! WOO HOO!!




These socks would not look so awesome if it wasn't for the beautiful Wollmeise yarn. It is my favorite yarn of all time.

I also completed some baby booties - one pair for a girl at work and another for Jen, the creator of CPaAGG on Ravelry.

The first ones were done in Regia sock yarn and the second were, of course, some more Wollmeise. Aren't they the cutest things ever?!?

So 2008 is off to a good start when it comes to finishing up projects.


CPaAGG

The Completely Pointless and Arbitrary Group Group is a group on Ravelry that has been the center of my online life lately. If you are a Ravelry member and have a wicked sense of humor, I suggest joining in the fun.

Recently we had a Secret GroundhogBunny Swap (to celebrate a bunch of holidays at once) which was, of course, completely pointless and arbitrary. Pictures of my haul are located here. I'm too lazy to post them all on here too.

I'd like to thanks DreadPirateKel for the wonderful goodies and scary horrors that were included in the package.

Update

Hello! I know it's been about a month since I've posted anything. Here's a quick update:

Vegas was amazing! Eddie Izzard was wonderful and everyone should go see Zumanity.

I am now the proud owner of a drum carder!! Woot!! A used one came up for sale for a price I could not pass up. I haven't carded much because I'm waiting for a scale to weigh out fiber so that I can try to get close to 50/50 blends of husky fur and wool.

Both cats are fine and happy. Later this week we are going to be the happy recipients of a LITTER ROBOT. I will let you know how that goes.

I'm still planning on putting a lot of yarn up for sale on eBay. It's yet another thing that I just have to get around to doing.

Will post more soon with pics!

DRUM CARDER UPDATE

I have found a Finest drum carder for HALF OFF!! *swoon* I am in talks with the owner and she will email me the shipping info tomorrow. OMG a Finest for only *gasp* $345 plus shipping. So, I'm going to take the "donate" button down. Thank you, dear sister, for your donation and I will eventually make you husky socks.

Also, I am leaving Thursday for a 5 day trip to Vegas where I will see Eddie Izzard live. This week is just getting better and better. And just to clear things up - NO, I'm not getting married by an Elvis impersonator (if one more person comes up with that smart ass comment.....)

See Ya'll when I get back

Christmas Drum Carder Fund

Hey Folks,
There's a new button over on the right for donations to the Christmas Drum Carder Fund. Originally my younger sis was going to orchestrate getting monies together from family members and friends to go towards a drum carder for me as a Christmas gift; however, she is extremely busy with her college courses and has asked me to place this button on my blog. Personally, I now feel like I'm begging and I'm a little uncomfortable with it BUT this probably is the easiest way. Sometimes technology weirds me out.

For those who do not know what a drum carder is here ya go: it's a device to prepare fiber for spinning. Exciting, eh?!?

I know that most people have no clue what to get me as gifts so I'm helping everyone out...online...in front of the world. Seriously, I feel so stupid doing this. I'm not expecting to pay for a whole drum carder this way and I'm totally prepared to pay for at least half of it myself. I'm planning on a major yarn stash sale on eBay to help fund it. If anyone out there is a yarny...I'll announce on this blog when I finally post items. Any extra $$ from the destash/christmas fund will go towards a Charkha spinning wheel.

Okay, so that's about it. I feel totally lame.

Fricken Awesome Fricke and a few FO's

I know I've been absent from blogging but I have been getting a lot of stuff done. AND....

My Fricken Awesome Fricke

I am now the proud owner of a Fricke Spinning Wheel. Woot!

When I first tried spinning at Yarn School I became very frustrated and almost gave up. I'm glad I didn't. Here is a pic of some yarn that I have spun with my new Fricke.

This picture does not do the colors justice at all. The wool I used was some of the "gift bag" stuff from Yarn School, handdyed by Sarah aka: Maisy Day Handspun

Besides spinning yarn I have also been busy finishing some of my knit projects.

Finished Objects

Woo hoo!! My sister's Malabrigo Clapotis is done (finally!) along with Perry's scarf and Farrell's hat. Below are pics of Farrell's hat. The pattern for it can be found here

Yarn School 2007 - Reader's Digest Version

Here is a list of why Yarn School is so supercool:


The Harveyville Project is an old school building



Our bedrooms are in old classrooms


There's a water tower which makes it easy to find


Everyone is awesome - especially Nikol (center) who IS the Harveyville Project and Yarn School


Kansas sunrises

Swing sets

Fiber dyeing

Spinning wheels

Fiber

Alpacas

Even more alpacas


Even more fiber


Drum carding

Kafka the wonder dog


Angora bunnies

Pygora goats


A gymnasium filled with spinning madness

Did I mention there was lots of pretty fiber?

More Yarn School 2007 photos can be found here on our Flickr group. You know you wanna look. And for more information on the Harveyville Project go here.

I'm Back

Hello all! I'm back from Yarn School!! It was amazing! I really want to sit here and write about it all but I'm still too damn drained to do so. This is just a quick post to let everyone know I have made it home...safe and sound.

More soon w/ pictures I promise.