Monday, March 9, 2009

Spinning Stuff




Sorry for the long wait to get stuff done and all that. I've gotten some more stuff to post here. I've been spinning like a madwoman I tell ya.

I've gotten some wonderful sample from Woolwoman of Rave
lry and her etsy shoppe Katrina's Woolworld. I also just got done spinning up some CA Red I got from her as well. I still need to write up the critique for that. And take pics of course.

I just got done spinning up some Cheviot that was part of the Monthly down fibre club she has. I also got some fibre from Sheep Sh
ed Studios. Some superwash and some of her dyesoppers.

But first, I'm going to post some pics of some of the gifts I had for my family for Christmas and the yarns I used for them. It was great spinning for gifts for family. They all appreciated how special that was.

I also had a bit of hardluck this past co
uple months. It wasn't fun I tell ya but it's all looking up now. YEEEHAW!!!

Well the hardluck stuff all started in January when one of my boys was sent to the hospital because his spleen started leaking. That's never a good thing. Come to find out he had contracted Epstien Barr (aka mono) and that causes ones spleen to swell to the point of bursting. Thankfully we caught it in time and he didn't have to have his spleen removed. He's only 18. He did spend almost two weeks in the hospital for it though. A whole week in ICU. He's out now and is doing much better and is actually back to work.

Then about the same time as that was going on, my hubby got laid off his job. (Damn economy anyway). He's in the oilfield and was a driller on a gas rig (w
ill someone please tell me what oil has to do with natural gas anyway, other than how they get it out of the ground???) He's going back to work tomorrow. Yeah on that!!!!

And now my youngest is in Juvee for violating her probation. Shees
h!! It's not looking good for her but then she brought this all on herself. O well, I will just have to be there for her. It's a little too late to bitch n complain. The whole woulda, shoulda coulda thing. She just needs to pull her head out of her butt and learn her lesson from all this.

Ok, where were we? Sorry bout the whole ranting thing but then again, my blog would be totally boring without some sort of drama.


The spinning stuff, oh yeah. Here are some pics of my w
heel and of some of the goodies that I've spun since I've gotten her.(my wheel that is).

3 comments:

bluemtnBeth said...

Beautiful beautiful items you've made with your handspun!!! I love your wheel too, did you name her? I hope things are getting better at your house. Sounds like your holding up okay and have a good handle on it. I think things are crazy everywhere (my husband is a carpenter and he got laid off back in June......still no work). Hang in there and keep spinning!

Julie said...

So good to hear from you, my you've been busy! Beautiful yarn & FO's! I hate to say that I haven't done much knitting (or spinning) since I started this term at the local community college. O well, I'll have a 3 week break the end of April & hope to get to it soon.
Come post on KH, we miss ya!

Julie said...

Glad to hear from you on KH, hope all is well with your youngest; and everyone else. If there's kids; there's drama. Be sure to post pics of your latest spinning and all the details and of course the pics of the socks you knit for the Grandkids! ttfn