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.

See You When I Get Back

Okay, tons of stuff going on

I leave for YARN SCHOOL on Thursday morning. Eeeek! So much to do before then. I still cannot figure out which knitting project to take to work on during the flight and at the airport.

Last night I went to see the Henry Rollins "Provoked" spoken word show. He talked about not being in the experience but being beside it and observing what is going on so you can write about it later. I plan on totally being sucked in to Yarn School but I will try to remember enough to give a report when I get back.

And.... I'm going to see Eddie Izzard in Vegas in November!!! SQUEEEE!! This is turning out to be the the most amazing year ever!!

Shredded Tomatoes and LolPup

Shredded Tomato

The Tomato sweater I was working on has gone 100% tits up. It hurts too much to type out the whole fiasco. Maybe one day...after lots of counselling...I may be able to talk about it. The end result is that I'm frogging the project, donating the yarn to djMars, and going to redo the sweater in a solid colored yarn.


djMars Confusion

Apparently there has been some confusion as to which djMars I am talking about in my blog. She is the one and only Ms. M. that is my coworker/enabler and the person who taught me how to knit. Everyone clear now?! Good.