Roving Roving Roving

I am still spinning the roving I got for Christmas.

This is Twisted Mint and will become socks someday!

I've spun some Jacob and am making chunky clunky mittens for me .

And now Kelli has hand dyed 2 pounds of roving into 4 ounce batches so I can spin and knit socks! Thank you, Thank you Kelli. The colors are so wonderful. The pictures here do not do them justice.

This all comes from Llady Llama Fiber Company
http://lladyllamafiberco.etsy.com/

It is all superwash BFL.

Names left to right: Earth and Sky, Merlot, Granite

Names left to right: Raspberry Fields, Grape Harvest, Winter Sky

Names letf to right: Creme De Menthe, Violets in Spring

I have also started knitting baby hats through my church

to donate to the hospital.

And... I finished the Boo Boo Socks that I started in November!

I went to The Black Sheep Spinners Guild for the first time on Saturday. I met a friend, Cathy from work. It was the first time for both of us and we are both new to spinning! What a wonderful group of people! I had so much fun and learned so much already. I have never seen so many different wheels and spindles. I was awe struck!I can't wait for next months meeting.

I also set the seeds for the green house this morning. Can't wait for spring and fresh veggies from the garden. Thank goodness for a week vacation!

So much to do...So little time.

I can't believe it has been months since my last entry. I finished my lace socks and started a lace shawl. That gave me more fits. We have a knit group at school now, just a few people. It has been fun teaching others to knit and teaching others to kit more difficult patterns. One of my knit friends is into spinning as well. She got a spinning wheel just before Christmas. We got one for Kelli too. And....Gary got me one for Christmas! Kelli taught me to spin on a drop spindle which Gary made and then she taught me to spin on the wheel. I am getting better every day! Gary is using the lathe we got this fall now. He is making drop spindles and we actually sold one to a co-worker. Spent more than a month after we got the lathe cleaning and insulating the shop so it will be warmer during the winter. It is organized right down to the nuts and bolts! Gary just made me a niddy noddy. Had to tweak it a couple of times, but we think we have a prototype now! I have made hand warmers and glittens and am now knitting a pait of mittens from my first ever yarn I spun! Another knitting friend has given me patterns for baby hats and afghans for the hospital (through our church). I gave her a pattern for easy mittens, which we wnat to make for children at school. I have so many projects now, I never know what to do next. Sew, knit, spin. Gary has taken old needles and cut them off and made 3 1/2 inche needles for fingers on gloves and for cable stitches. They come in a cute little bag, which I make. I am still making knitting bags and the material has multiplied! Kari brought home more material at Christmas from a friend in North Carolina. I have enough material to keep me busy for years. Kelli wants to start doing fiber festivals in addition to her web site, so I must keep working.Things got side tracked a little at the first of the year, as Gary needed surgery. Surgery went well but we are still looking at some more medical issues with him. We pray every day that all will work out for the positive.