Tour de Fleece starts soon!

My family thinks I've totally gone over-the-edge now....but this is a great idea!  Spin while those sweaty folks bike all over France!  Click here for more info and join today.

Back to spinning the mountains of roving from Alix, the Shetland sheep.

Alix's Fleece Arrives!

Alix, a moorit Shetland Sheep from Sheltering Pines in Michigan, gave me this beautiful fleece.  I had it processed in Indiana at Wooly Knob and it's spinning up nicely!  Think I'll make a sweater...or socks....or a shawl....or hats....decisions, decisions...

Fibery Goodness for Mother's Day

My kids and husband surprised me with these beautiful rose quartz merino rovings from Main Street Yarns and Fibers in Watkinsville, GA....they were up in north GA for a 4-H contest and stopped there to by my present...they did good!! It spins up soft like a dream! The sock started on the right is from some yarn I got from Sheri at the Loopy Ewe - it's called Las Vegas Brights and it's very colorful and soft. Hope all mothers had a great Mother's day!

Kool-aid - more than just a fun drink....

I've been dyeing some superwash merino rovings with Kool-aid and having a great time!! The colors are bright, it's easy and the kids like helping...

Spinning, spinning....

I've got a new addiction, er hobby....spinning with my Kromski Prelude spinning wheel. I spun this blue-faced leicester wool into a double ply skein last week. Now I'm trying to decide whether to dye it, or knit it into something as it is....it's so soft, I feel like knitting it into a stuffed animal....

I spun some wool rovings from the Sheep Shed Studio, plyed 2 singles together and knitted this hat for my daughter. She loves it!

Zokni Socks

My mother's family is from Hungary, and I thought it would be fun to make a pair of socks with a Hungarian connection - Zokni means "socks" in Hungarian. This pattern is found at Pepperknit.blogspot.com I'm using Lisa Souza sock yarn in the Violets' Pink Ribbon color and the yarn is gorgeous and soft...can't wait to wear them, but I think my oldest daughter is claiming them for herself.

Monkey Socks Finished!

Loved this pattern from Knitty.com! Worked up nicely in Lorna's Laces Iris Garden yarn on #1 double pointed needles! Daughters are fighting over who gets to wear them....

Monkey Socks

I love this pattern!! This is the Monkey sock pattern in winter edition of Knitty, a great online knitting magazine. My cat, Mocha, loves this sock, too....actually she loves anything I knit, and loves the yarn before I knit....cats are funny that way.

Chain Link socks finished and others started...

These chain link socks from the Nov/Dec SixSox knitalong group on Yahoo were fun to make! I used Trekking XXL yarn and size 1 needles - hope my sister likes them! I'm also making the Thuja sock from Knitty for my daughter - these are working out beautifully with KimiK sock yarn I bought on ebay. Great colors!

Sampler Quilt Blocks

Finally!! These quilt blocks have been hanging around my laundry room for a few years, and I finally decided to sew them together. I'm going to look for a darker fabric to put around the outside, and get it machine quilted soon. This is the year of finishing the unfinished projects!

Death by socks....

I've been killed...but what a way to go!! My Death-by-socks assassin, Elizabeth, got me with these socks today - and I love them! I've been wearing them since they came in the mail, and everyone I've showed loves them, too! This yahoo group is fun and what a great pattern.

Here's my unfinished sock that goes back to Elizabeth to finish for her next victim...

Snowing in NE Pennsylvania..finally....but not enough for me

I guess when you visit Pennsylvania in January, you expect it to snow, but it's still exciting when it happens....especially when you live in South GA and it NEVER snows. I'm spending time with my parents as they recover from hip replacement(dad) and spinal stinosis injections(mom) and this snow was just what I needed for MY therapy. Even though the wind chill was 3 degrees, and the actual temp. was 19 degrees, I took a 2 mile walk just to enjoy the snow and the deep

blue sky.

Chain Link socks finished

This pattern is fun! From the yahoo group six sox knitalong, we knit 6 patterns/year and have lots of fun. These are for my sister, whose favorite color is purple. I knit them on #1dpns using Trekking XXL yarn - one of my favorites.

5.17 miles of sock yarn

Just finished laying out my sock yarn stash and discovered I own MILES of sock yarn waiting to be knitted into socks....I signed up for Limenviolet's sock marathon and discovered how big my stash was....and it doesn't include partial skeins or alpaca I'm not sure what to do with yet...

Heading to PA in a few days to help take care of my dad while he has his hip replaced - hopefully I'll knit some of this into SOCKS!

New Six Sox knitalong

This pattern is SO cool! The slipped stitches really make it look like a chain! These are a Christmas present, if I get both of them finished...maybe one sock this year, one sock next year....

Using Trekking XXL yarn on #1 dpns. It's fun!

Christmas Projects, cont'd....

Embroidering 15(!) of these for our Smith Family Christmas. I'm 1/3 of the way through....I love my Viking #1+ Embroidery Machine - it's 11 years old and still going strong.




















Here's the completed Eagle's Flight socks made from Cherry Tree Hill mill ends with #1dpns. They are for one of my nieces - planning to do a sock swap ( like an ornament swap) with my 2 daughters and 3 nieces for Christmas.










Here's another pair of socks...never enough socks....will it ever end....











These are Jeanie Townsend's Cascading Leaves socks made from the Austermann Step yarn with aloe. I'm making them for my mother-in-law who likes ankle socks...just starting the heel flap. I'm going to make another pair for myself with Lorna's Laces yarn and a higher leg...

Back to knitting.

Trying something new....

Working on this sock for my husband...he really likes it so far!! Using Patons wool yarn and a pattern I found in Knit Socks! by Betsy Lee McCarthy. Hope to finish them soon!

Christmas Knitting...

Here's 2 pairs of socks of the 5 I need for Christmas gifts....the one on the left is Laura Gallagher's Fluted Banister Socks from the Yahoo groups Six Sox knitalong, and the one on the right is Eagle's Flight by P T yarns. Eagle's Flight is made from Cherry Tree Hill yarn on #1 dpns, and Banisters are made from Sockotta yarn. off to knit.....

Love Jeanie Townsend's patterns!

I love these Pretty Petal Socks! Almost finished with the second one, too! These will go in the Christmas stash for my niece. Hoping to knit a pair of socks for my 3 nieces and 1 nephew for Christmas - guess I better get knitting!
Finished the maple leaf socks, too! But I'm keeping these for me!!

The yarn to the left is from Lisa Souza in a color called "canta-loupe"....can't wait to make another cool Jeanie Townsend sock pattern with it.

Sock in Progress....

One Maple Leaf sock finished, heading down the foot of the second sock! I LOVE this pattern! And the Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn is SO soft.

I've also started another Jeanie Townsend sock - Pretty Petals from the yahoo groups knitalong. I'm using Opal Petticoat yarn and size 1 dpns.

This Opal yarn is very soft, knits nicely and the colors are pretty with this pattern. These will probably be a Christmas present for one of my nieces...if I don't decide to keep them....