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Find me there at http://crazymonkeycreates.wordpress.com

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Do you remember that show? I vaguely remember watching it along with the National Geographic specials brought to you by Mutual of Omaha. So, no pictures of my fair isle progress, as I've been busy with other stuff... I've made it to the second "easter egg" set of rows. At least the changing-patterns-every-row pattern to this band keeps my attention, unlike the 2x2 checkerboard rows, where I want

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Voila! The gauge-less, swatch-less, guess at the size, i-cord fingered photography gloves.Orange, of course, as they're for Ben. Started and completed while I was at work last night. The whole story begins with the fact I was 45 minutes early for work, and stopped off at Knitty Cat for a while. I ended up picking up 2 balls of Mission Falls 1824 wool in color #533. I didn't know that the Mission

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These finished objects came about because I didn't have anything to work on that wasn't the same gauge of the fair isle sweater, and because MJ was making sock puppets at me (not really, she was just making socks and putting them on her hands). I decided that her socks looked like the start of mittens, and so yesterday, I sat down with this skein of Silk Garden Lite (50 g, color 2011).And these

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I started on the Knit Picks Palette Fair Isle Cardigan last night, joining the ribbing after 2 rows knit 'flat'. I know, it looks like a lot of nothing, but it gets better, really.This is about as far as I got with it before I went to knit group (which Lisa graciously held this morning).When I got there, Sabine tried on Ellen's Noro sweater, it's the 48" version, which Sabine thought she'd like

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2006 was a rough year, and while some knitting got done, not enough of it did.2007 will have more knitting, and less drama. The knit group's going to do a knit-along for the Knitpicks Fair Isle Cardigan. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to participate because of extenuating circumstances, but my adorable husband made sure that I'd be able to knit along with everyone.Along with another lens

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So, when Knitty came out with the winter issue, I knew I wanted to knit norberta, the little dragon. Here's the first one, that I followed the exact pattern (although with 1 strand of worsted versus 2 strands of dk -- any time I can deal with one strand versus 2, I'll do it). I had a few problems. Her eyes are a bit big (but I like them), and the bump on her head's not very pronounced, although I

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Everything sounds better in French, people. :)Things have been happening preventing me from concentrating on my knitting lately... I got into a "I need to finish things" state the other day and pulled out the "Mason Dixon" book and started warshrags. I completed one of the hexagonal warshrags, two 'ballband' warshrags, and went insane on most of a baby genius "towel" that was bi-colored. I'd go

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So the Fabulous Phoebe came over on Wednesday to help me use this beast :to process this beast (2 lbs of shetland fleece from "Freckles", classified as cream-colored):I have fibers to blend in -- clockwise from the top left, glitz, tencel, silk, and some angora. Along with "Burt" (not pictured). I got some of this carded and taken to knit group on Saturday. I've set up the scale to get an

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The Fabulous Phoebe and I went to visit a shetland 'ranch' that's right near my house this morning, to buy some lovely fleeces. You should see how peoples' eyes go wide when you say "yes, really, I want all of them that you have left." After money changed hands, we got a tour, and here are some of the highlights.This guy was out standing in his field...This cutie wanted her picture taken, and

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This weekend started off with our Penzey's order coming in (with the ever-useful Vanilla Extract), and a trio of cookie cutters:Cookies were made, and castles were saved, by eating the dragons one by one. Unfortunately, the threat to the castles wasn't over, and they were devoured by the evil people who eat cookies.The kitties seemed nonplussed by the whole cookie-making weekend.

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I finished my Jaywalkers, and started another pair, for Ben. We had a great group meeting on Saturday, although I wasn't there for too long. :)This week: the other half of the Shetland fleece to process, and renting a drum carder from the llama store. If they get enough signups, I'll be teaching acid dyes on Friday.

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I'm very sorry that fingers got pointed at MJ. MJ has more class than to leave anonymous comments that are only hurtful.I know who anonymous was, she knows who she is, and she hurt me, not just because of her comments, but because she would do this, after I invited her into my home, not once but twice. Because I made her a special present for her birthday. I spent a few pleasant afternoons after

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... except for the blocking of course. It's a bit late to block.But look at the lovely details... the neck...the beautiful shoulder seam (the 4th or 5th try is the charm, right?)and the fair isle, of course, along with the garter stitch cuffs.

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If it weren't for my co-workers asking 'are you knitting a scarf', there would be nothing to report, really. I'm 2 increase rows (8 rows total) and 2 1/2" from having the sleeves done on Ben's sweater. All that's left after that is the finishing (including the garter stitch neck) and the washing and the drying, I guess. But here I am on sleeve island, knitting knitting knitting and getting almost

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I resisted the last time I was in the llama store, but this time, I couldn't. My resistance was down, and I decided I would knit ... this.It's on the cusp of being dorky, but I think it still lies in the 'cute' realm (and I'd wear it to knitgroup, or out and about running errands). I bought the sweater pattern and the yarn to go with it (Cascade 220 in similar colors), although I have to find my

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Here's the "leftover" batt from dye day that was dyed in all the leftover dyes..Onto the batt/cap combos...Red-pink-orange:Purple and blue:Brown and blue:Grey and teal:I'm so excited to get these spun! :)

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Here's the first bobbin full of the wool...And the next bobbin-full...I've got silk caps in bags, because, well, it sticks to everything, and I've separated the fully drafted pieces of silk from the not-quite-done pieces of silk.And here's the leavings of the batt. Lovely colors, huh? More pictures of batts and caps to come... the next post will be full of color, both on matte wool and shiny silk

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Or so my t-shirt says today. So far, I've spun about half of the green/blue batt (I'm on my second bobbin), and have been drafting the silk cap (2 layers down, 8 to go) in preparation for spinning. I'm still doing the *'pull from the middle' thing with the silk caps, because finding a cap on the edge is less reliable for me.I'll try to remember to get pictures tonight; last night I was too busy

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Ben and I decided that we'd make Christmas presents this year. With everyone coming to our house this Christmas (Mom, all 4 of my brothers, and my eldest brother's wife), it's kind of a daunting task. What I decided on was hats and mittens for everyone, from a FiberTrends pattern, out of handspun wool and wool/silk.I bought a 2 lb 9 oz wool batt from Val and Kris at Table Rock Llamas, and 10 silk

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Yesterday, Brie, Darcie, and I went to Alpacas on the Rocks, in Golden, CO. I was kinda impressed by the sheer number of alpaca ranchers around where we live... Elizabeth, Calhan, Monument... they're everywhere!We were met by the "official greeter", Diomande, ever so graceful a host in his hat and blanket...And saw alpacas of all colors. From the "cafe latte" pairTo a pair with adorable spots...

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So, last Saturday, I had the girls over for a dye-day, spin-in, knit, crochet, finger-weave, whatever day.Stefano loved the warping board that Ellen brought...While Murrie just kept to herself, attacking yarn whenever it dangled too long...Chery tried on her silk cap -- it worked well as a REAL cap.The girls seemed to have fun with the dyeing, as shown by Lisa and Liesel at the table...And we

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Look. Shiny. I started on the Lizard Ridge blanket from knitty:This block used almost all of one skein of kureyon. I had a piece maybe a 1/2 yd long left. And I knit it on 7's, not 8's.I promised a picture of the floats on the sweater, and here it is:And here's the progress on the sweater. It's split for the front and back, and the back is almost done.I'm looking forward to this weekend and all

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I got my last box from my Secret Pal, and it's just... lovely. 2 skeins of alpaca (yay, alpaca!) yarn, and for my birthday (which is next wednesday), a skein of Trekking. The cute notepad has a hand-stitched sheep on it, and there's a FiberTrends lace pattern, too! Thank you, Karen! :DAnd yes, as the title says, there has been knitting. The rumpled mess you see is the beginning of the Spartan

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This is about as much energy as I can devote to the blog right now. But it's a short silly quiz. What kind of yarn are you? You are Mohair.You are a warm and fuzzy type who works well with others, doing your share without being too weighty. You can be stubborn and absolutely refuse to change your position once it is set, but that's okay since you are good at covering up your mistakes.

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I had ~15 minutes at work today to change the look of the blog... So here's a quick update to go with it.I'm still knitting on:the fibertrend bunnies, and bought the squirrels when I got to the Llama store, my local yarn store, for the first time in several weeks.Secret Pal stuffI got my final SP box out today -- I had it packed since Saturday, but I got a speeding ticket on my way to the PO, and

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July has been just a really really hectic month for me. Between working OT, and being on vacation, and now back from vacation, working 7 10-hour days straight (this is day 2 of 7, for anyone playing along at home)... it's just... stressful and hectic.Today's been especially lovely, starting with my coating the inside of my car with Jamba Juice, and my mouse works intermittantly with my mac

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Well, you can check in on my etsy shop, and tell that I've been dying silk caps, and turning more drop spindles. That's part of it. You could check my deviantart account and see that I've been hiking and taking pictures. That's part of it, too. If I sent you to my secret pal's blog, which I figure I'll do in a couple of weeks... you'd see that I've been spoiling my secret pal!It's been a busy

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It was awesome, and my feet hurt at the end of the day. I ended up with plenty of fiber, but not a foot of yarn. I ended up with more llama-silk, a lovely blue alpaca-merino-silk roving, two bags of 'blended' alpaca (from 3 different animals), a large bag of neck and leg alpaca fiber, and half of a shetland fleece.I met up with most of my knit group (chaperoning only 2, bringing my sister-in-law

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and not enough time to take pictures and post. So, let me just say I'm going to Estes Park Wool Market on Saturday, and the camera is definitely coming with me. :D

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No good, obviously. I spun about 1/2 of the llama-tussah blend from roving into 2-ply goodness:The color and visual texture are rather attractive, if I do say so myself. Even if the spinning isn't "perfect". I'm not aiming for perfection, just something I can be pleased with.And I'm in love with my llama-silk blend. :D

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These are Shetland Sheep, only about 2' tall. Their owners, of the Pinion Woods Ranch, actually talked to us about this cute primitive breed. They're smarter than the larger, more domesticated sheep.

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When we got there, there were sheep in 2 different pens... somehow I got the first set of sheep with no eyes.

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Alpacas Rock.

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So, we're in Pagosa Springs for the Fiber Festival, and after a long day, we decided to go to Pizza Hut.We're greeted by a girl saying "I hope you didn't want any breadsticks." Not the usual greeting, I'm sure. We sit down, and then she reminds us that the Pepsi machine is on the fritz, and "we don't have any kind of breadsticks at all".So, we order garlic bread instead of breadsticks, and wait

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I'd show you the FIRST bowl I made, but the cats like to sit on it too much, and I can't get them to move long enough, even though it's too small for them... and the 2nd one I tried was too big, but they love that one, too. So here are the 2 baskets that they didn't get to sit on or in (this technique is addictive, let me tell you!)One of them is for my 'pocket stuff' -- my badge, my keys, etc.

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Yay! My first package came today! I had an awful day at work, and checked the mail on a whim (because Ben usually does that) and voila!Ok, so I went a little nuts with the smudge tool in Photoshop Elements. But as nice as it is unopened, let's see what's inside!Pastaza! More Pastaza! Good 'n Plenty's, a CUUUUUTE handmade card, and a felted bag pattern. MMmm... felted bag. I feel like my mother

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There are those who love Noro (Kureyon specifically), and those who don't. I think a lot of it has to do with the way that the knitter looks at life. I think that Noro yarns can be seen as a metaphor for life, as we create fabric from a single thread.There are some who say that everything should be like "Karaoke", the SWTC yarn (50% wool, 50% soy silk) with its regular repeats, its evenness, its

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I decided to take the bicycle on a tour of the neighborhood last night, and got my helmet on, velcro'ed my pants leg shut, and rode around for a while as the sun set. I was going to go once more "around the block" when I hit a patch of sand, braked a little harder than I should have, and flew through the air sideways onto the pavement. My knees hit first, ripping my jeans, then my hands, then my

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My green for this month is already done. I started on Friday, after I spent a total of 64 cents on 3 skeins of Cascade 220 and a 60" long Addi 10.5 needle (eeew, addis). Yes, you heard right. I had filled my Llama Store "Rockstar" card, and had a $40 credit, and found the 64 cents in the bottom of my purse to pay for the 'overage'.I just don't have a picture yet. It was felted yesterday, and I

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Phoebe and her fabulous yarn, (photo taken on Dye Day)Ellen's yarnTOK's yarn -- all 8 skeins!MJ's Yarn:I'm so proud of everyone's "first dye" results. It was a long, very productive day, though. I even had some time to teach MJ short row toes (and heels)... and look at her progress! (Yes, the multi colored is "my yarn", no the purple isn't... it's MJ's koolaid experiment.}

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Yes, I know it's May. Mid-May. I've been in a funk about knitting lately (which I believe stems from the socks I'm knitting (although gorgeous) because I HATE RIBBING).So here's my Orange entry:From the FiberTrends pattern featured today on You Knit What. I can't help it, I thought it was adorable. Mine looks more like a fuzzy basketball, but Ben likes it, and says it works well as a pillow (and

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Saturday, I hosted my Knit Group's first ever Dye Day. Here's what I learned:10 things I learned on Dye Day1. No food until 10:30 am, helping dyers, makes Christy something something.Oddly enough, I was up at 6a on Saturday, made muffins, washed, peeled and cut kiwi, and washed & halved strawberries. I didn't have any coffee. I didn't have anything to eat until after we had started dyeing. Bad

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1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?Lorna's Laces Shepard Sock is my favorite yarn right now. For felting, I like Cascade Pastaza, Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride (and LPB). Please, no microfiber *Splitty, splitty, splitty* and no 100% cotton *hurts my hands*.2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in?I have a silk-covered box. It was a gift

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I figured since I'm "not busy" right now, I'd have a little time to update this thingy over here.First - We made our first Henry's Attic purchase last week. Anxiously awaiting the results, as that means more yarn to dye.Second - I hit the knit wall a couple weeks ago with March's Project Spectrum colors. I just can't do... pink. Admittedly, I've got a pair of socks on the needles in Lorna's Laces

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This is the hardest month for me, because I can't stand pink. Pink is icky. Red and pink make me look like death warmed over. Sigh. So, this is 99% of the pink and red in my house. I could've worked through the "stock room" for more, but those aren't technically mine... they're someone else's... someone who wants more fabric or yarn. Pictured here is part of my project this month, along with some

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The Padauk went home with Ellen...My favorite, the Cocobolo went home with JuniorAnd Anti-Kathy brought home the Cherry spindle, claiming "It spins forever!"I enjoy watching things that I make get used. Anti taught Ellen how to spin on the drop spindle -- Ellen has a wheel, and was worried because she's going on vacation out of the country, without her wheel. Junior was playing with hers almost

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5 new spindles!From left to right, the whorls are Padauk, Lacewood, Cocobolo, Cherry, and Bocote.Padauk:Lacewood:Cocobolo:Cherry:Bocote:If you're interested, drop me a line -- I'll bring them to knitgroup on Saturday, after which they'll be up on etsy. Now, off to dye!

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Yellowheart Whorl with Walnut shaft:Yellowheart Whorl with Cherry shaft:

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No, it wasn't that I showed up early (although I did). I've been late the last couple of Saturdays, mostly because of dyeing or the aftermath of dyeing. No dyeing this week, though. I was out of yarn to dye. *sigh*But I did work some this week on CrazyMonkey stuff. For starters, I made this beautiful spindle out of padauk and walnut (and brass 3/32" rod and 'zap it' cyanoacrylate glue). I think I

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It's DYE-DAY! Yay! You'd think it's Friday, or February 17th, but no. It's Dye-day.I'm up with the dog (or Ben's alarm clock -- the most annoying clock on the face of the planet with a 4-MINUTE SNOOZE), and preparing yarn to dye. I've got stuff to mail (my first etsy sale), a check to deposit, and a massage to receive.We spent all day yesterday doing 'stuff'. We got tires for the car, and bought

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So, I've been busy. Here's my Coronet and Danica... my stairs look like they're ready to go out, right?And I plied the purple silk that I spun last week at knit group. Mmm... purple silk.Last night, I spun up some blue alpaca, and the rest of my purple silk, and wound them on the ballwinder. They're ready to be plied, maybe tonight.Work has been awful. I've not had much time to knit, although I

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Project Spectrum - Brainchild of Lolly from LollyKnitting AroundY'all all know how much I love color. The concept is that you can make (or not make) a project in the color of the month. No pressure!March - Red and PinkApril - Orange and YellowMay - GreenJune - BlueJuly - Violet / PurpleAugust - Neutrals / Black & WhiteWith all of my crafty interests, I think it'd be fun to try to do each month in

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44 yards of way overspun yarn plied. I don't think that's looking too bad for my first skein. :)

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Ugh. It's been a busy, busy holiday season. I went to visit my mom for Christmas, and it was exhausting. I had to swap shifts with my cohort on days to get the privilage of having Christmas off, and am paying for it by working 7 days straight. [Day 5 is today]I must've been a good girl last year because Santa-Benny brought me:One of these:One of these:And some of the hair of these things:And off

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I've got laundry on, and we're going out with our friend for dinner, but I thought I'd upload my 'double happiness' scarf pictures. I call it 'double happiness' because of the chinese character used on wedding invitations, and the Noro (japanese, I know) that brings me such happiness.If one skein of Noro Kureyon is happiness, two is "double happiness".It's a simple scarf, and yes, I know one end

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And the happiest post-surgery cat you'll ever see. Stefano needed surgery on his ear -- he had a hematoma and it was very sad. His ear was swollen up almost so his ear filled the whole ear-hole. We took him to the vet, and at 9 years old, they had to do extra blood work to make sure it was safe for him to go under anasthaesia -- he's only had to do so once before, around 8 years ago, for his

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So, Saturday was our first group Denver Yarn Crawl. I need to get pictures of all I bought, but it was lots of fun. I enjoyed myself. Even after Leisel *AND* AntiKathy drove the wrong way on a one way street. :DHere are the places we went:String: Nice. Cute. Arranged by color, with a lot of cascade and brown sheep yarns in the back room. Some Noro. Some silk yarns. A bit spendyA Colorful Yarn: Um

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Well, I *did* get this yesterday in the mail... I may dye some yarn today, which I enjoy, although Ben's only working until noon today, and he needs a haircut (and lunch). But it's here for me to dye when I want to, that's the good part. :)

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I was trying to get a picture of the 'dead dog' pose, but I knocked the camera lens against the window, which woke her up.Here she is under her favorite tree, next to her dog house. And here she is hanging out next to the back door, waiting for me to let her in.Ok, so here's why I'm not at knit group this morning. I woke up late, and the house was cold. I remembered Ben said he needed his jacket,

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I stayed late yesterday at knit group because neither Kathy nor I wanted to go home and do stuff. So we hung around and hung around.. Bryan showed up for a little while, and then left. Kathy had a question about her yarnovers (which she was doing as YO + K1), and I taught her three new things:1. How to make a slipknot without using an entire lap. (She had been using the same technique since she

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Ben & I worked together yesterday to get the hand-dyed yarn up on our website. We also made it over to Table Rock Llamas to buy some different yarn to dye. I got some licorice twist, and some weird thick-n-thin plied with a 2-ply wool, and oh yeah, pastaza. I'm going to dye pastaza! Yay!

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LYS Rankings!I've now been to all 4 yarn shops in the area, so I think I can rank them now.Number One: Table Rock Llamas. Surprised? I didn't think so. They're my favorite. They don't have a whole lot of anything, but they have a lot of what they have. Tons of Cascade 220, and lots of Pastaza (mm.... felting). Plus, they're really friendly, and the store is comfortable. Oh, and they carry not

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This is the 'last skein' on the right in the first picture of them drying. It came out looking like the desert.This is benny's dye job...

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880 yds of laceweight takes *FOREVER* to wind back into a pretty skein.

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AKA the one Felicia called dibs on. I need to re-twist it a little better, but the colors.... mmmmm.... colors.

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In my "dye studio", aka the downstairs bathroom...

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Well, ok, I'm multi-talented. Here's one of my sketches... not all of them are as good...Alpaca!And a picture of the sunrise the other day -- this is the view from my porch.And although I didn't take this picture, I figured I'd put it here anyway because it's damned cute. :)

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While I was checking on my current amazon.com order, I looked back to see approximately when I started knitting. I ordered the Stitch'n'Bitch book on April 2. If we consider that it takes about a week to get books from amazon, I started knitting on April 9th. 4/9/2005. Yes, April of this year. What do you mean I have too many finished objects to be knitting not even 6 months yet?Harrumph! I'm

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So, I had a great birthday. I partied with my friends, and my family sent me cool things. My mom sent me an Eddie Bauer gift cert which I'll probably spend on Friday, and my aunt sent me an Amazon gift cert, with which I have ordered: Spin It : Making Yarn from Scratch, Yarns to Dye For : Creating Self-Patterning Yarns for Knitting, and World of Knitted Toys. They're on their way.I've ordered

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My birthday was Tuesday, and the KWA party was last night. I spent most of yesterday preparing for it -- fruit, veggies, etc. Ann, Anne, Kathy (TOK), Liesel, MJ (complete with Jr. and Hubby), and my friend Kelly came to my house to celebrate the loss of my 20's. I'm now officially 30, and can't be trusted.I've been a bad knitter, and been too busy to get any knitting done. Bad knitter! Bad! Bad!

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While waiting for my YouKnitWhat fix, I was looking for sock patterns. I had seen 80 bazillion of the same cuff-down sock pattern, and then... I came across these. Not all sock patterns, but, um... What were they thinking??!?Ok, these are socks. Socks with loops. For children, supposedly. Obviously for naughty children who don't listen to their parents, because I can't imagine anyone over or

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I'm celebrating Labor Day this year by being at work. We've already had one "fire" this morning, so I'm not especially optimistic for the rest of the day. I want to be with my knit group, not in front of a computer. I want to be knitting and chatting, not grumbling and working. Sigh. C'est la vie, I guess. I *am* getting paid 8 hours holiday pay in addition to my 10 normal hours today.I need to

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I blame MJ. Her really cute tube sock she's making for her husband has inspired me to knit a sock. Well, 2 socks eventually. I desperately need a ball winder, though, because winding 100 yd of sportweight yarn is not my cup of tea. So my ball of yarn looks like catyak.This is another image of it, kind of sitting next to the oval catyak ball of sportweight yarn. I'm using 50 sts on size 4 needles,

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Ok, ok, I got tagged by Kathy on this one."Baby Seat" by Barenaked Ladies: "You can't live your life in the baby seat. You've got to stand on your own, don't admit defeat.""I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz: we picked up the exclusive ITMS Wordplay EP while waiting for his new album to be out. It's a sweet, simple love song."Another Postcard" by Barenaked Ladies: Any song that has chimpanzees in it is

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I haven't knit a stitch since Sunday. I've been so busy with work and then when I get home, we go out... sigh. These sleeves will never get done at this pace! Waaah!At least it's Wednesday. I work Sun-Wed, with Thur-Sat off. (Although I came in an hour early today because the 3rd shift dude has the plague.)Yay! It's my Friday, and while I have some bathroom painting to do tomorrow, hopefully

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1. Stockinette will curl. There are edge treatments you can do to force it flat, but it wants to curl.2. Knitting looks like ass until you're done with the first 5 rows. Don't judge yourself too harshly on the first few rows.3. Gauge matters. Really.4. Knitting is very calming, and somewhat mind-engaging as well. Great for a cross-country trip.5. Knitting is better on Saturday mornings.Speaking

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I've not been knitting but 3-4 months now, and I'm already a curmudgeon. I'm tired of the One-Skein Wonder. If I see another one, I'm going to scream. I think it's ugly, and doesn't work well on most women over the age of 14.I'm also tired of seeing kool-aid dyed wool. I'm tired of fun-fur boas, and fingerless gloves that are a tube with a thumb hole (but no thumb). Knitty, while somewhat cool,

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As those in my knit group should know, I got my KnitPicks order on Saturday. Here's a sample... this is Sock Garden in "Morning Glory".And the lovelies together (I didn't open the 10-pack of yarn, so here's the 5 leftovers and the sock garden). Of course, I will bring them for fondling on Saturday, so that the KWA gals (and guy) can cop a feel of my new blue yarn. The Wool of the Andes (in

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I finished the front of my sweater while at knit group and have started on the sleeves. I'm knitting them both at the same time to make them not take forever (and ever and ever and ever).

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I felt so much better after it rained last night, it was uncanny. So, armed with Claritin (no more of that pseudoephedrine stuff for me) and a good attitude, it was off to work with me today. I'm about to finish the last 6 rows of grey and start into the stripes on the front of the hoodie (Yay!).Yes, I will be knitting at work. Why? Because it's Company Picnic Day, and no one's at work but the

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I shouldn't have taken that Advil Cold & Sinus this morning. Now I feel achy *and* lightheaded. Or I should've eaten something. Or not had that cup of coffee... I'm not sure which was the worst decision. So I'm at work, kind of working. Spacing out, mostly.I've had "the plague" since Sunday morning, so hopefully I didn't infect anyone else. If so, I'm sorry. I didn't know I had the plague. I

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While knitting with the girls (and guy) from KWA on Saturday morning, I came within one repeat of finishing the pocket on the front of my hoodie. I knitted the pocket to the front last night at 5pm. No pictures, but still, it's a pocket! :)I ordered yarn from KnitPicks this morning (Wool of the Andes Winter Blue) for Eris (which I also purchased this morning). If things go well on the sweater I'm

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While on vacation, my aunt Sharon gave me a bunch of her books; in addition to a few on celtic knotwork and crafts of ireland, she gave me the following:Fishermen's Sweaters by Alice StarmoreThe Celtic Collection by Alice StarmoreClassic Designs (ARCO Publishing)Sweater Design in Plain English by Maggie RighettiPatterns for Guernseys, Jersey & Arans by Gladys ThompsonThey're all old and somewhat

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... And I don't mean my prodigious posterior. I finished the back of my sweater (Under the Hoodie), and the neck stitches are on a 'holder' -- a scrap of acrylic threaded through the stitches. [Probably the best use for acrylic.]I'm already 38 rows into the front of the sweater... 19 more and I start into picking up the pocket stitches. Yay! Pretty pretty sweater!

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My armwarmers... they'll probably be on their way to Maine, to my brother. Yes, they're fraternal, but I like them that way. They're unique that way(and only used one ball of Kureyon... mmmmm Kureyon). These were my first foray into cables. My second pair, which I'll post later, I used another repeat of the cables. I use them to shield my arms from the sun as I drive to work. Being "generic white

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We've wanted a Shiba Inu since before we knew what one was. Ben saw one in a pet store and asked what it was because he thought it was cute. We did our homework, and last fall, we drove to a breeder in Kansas to get the Nulla-dog. She was one of two left -- they had 2 litters 2 weeks apart, and there was one girl left from each litter. Nulla and Willow. When we got there, they were running around

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I had been living with Ben for about a year and a half, and we had talked about getting Stefano a friend. We jokingly said that the new cat would have to be named "Murray" because that's what Stefano kept saying when he talked to the house. We weren't looking for another cat specifically at the time we found her. We were shopping for a Christmas gift for Mrs. Benny's Mom. The kitchen store was

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I got Stefano 7 years ago, when he was just a kitten, from the Montgomery County Humane Society in Montgomery County, Virginia. We were visiting my aunt Sharon, and had spent Thanksgiving with her. My aunt Susan (who I was living with at the time) took me to show me how hard it would be to walk away from the kittens. He reached out of the cage as I was leaving, and grabbed my sweater. So I took

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So Ben & I (while at my oldest brother's wedding) made plans with my family to have Christmas in Colorado this year. Mom called on Saturday while I was out drinking coffee, so I gave her a call back, and we talked about Christmas -- she's been on-call for all of the other holidays this year, so she's already put in for it. I called my oldest 2 brothers (I have 4 of them, 2 college-age, 2

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This was my second non-scarf finished object, and If I ever have the urge to install a zipper into 1/4" thick felted wool, I will allow anyone to smack me upside the head with a sheep.I made one rather large change to the pattern from the Stitch n' Bitch book. I matched the stripes. I hated the non-matching stripes in the book. They gave me the heebie-jeebies.

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This was my first finished object that was not a scarf. Although technically, the green bit was a terribly long garter-stitch rectangle that if not sewn to the 'circular' bit, would qualify as a scarf.

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Well, I guess this is it -- I'm officially part of the "blogscene". At almost-but-not-quite 30, I feel really old for it, but my knitting passion doesn't really belong on my slashdot journal.Let me tell you something about myself. I'm 29 (30 in September), married, and have two kitties and a puppy. I've recently joined Knitters with ALTITUDE, a yahoo group of crazy colorado knitters who meet once

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