Its all true, the boogie girl is real, and you've found her. She knits, sews, spins, does pottery and writes it all down in this blog.
Saturday, February 07, 2004
Clutter? Stash? Me?????
I wasn’t sure I could control this clutter. I fight it every day. I have a messy 3 yr old, a husband that comes from a family of collectors, and I am a terminal slob. I’ve decided 2004 is the year for the great clean up. M’s room is just so full of toys. So I made a hammock to hang up all her stuffed animals but it didn’t fit them all so the rest are perched here and there. We made her a reading corner with a chair that I made from bright cottons and foam. This is how much she liked it, she had to nap there yesterday. And, no, I don't know what she thinks she's doing to her giant Shrek doll. Its much creepier when she does that and is awake.
I’m still tackling the fiber collections. I have items I’m using in attempt to control it, the real problem is the amount of the collection.
I really like taking pics this way. Has everything all in one. I'm going to work on making a seperate page for each little project showing the roving all the way to the finished project. I think it will be good reference for future projects as I can't seem to remember my own name somedays. So this yarn is Super wash. Iwas inspired by the The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook I resisted getting this book because I didn't think I needed another book in my library. I know, I can always use another book. But seriously, we are running out of space and have already put some of our books in storage. Its a good book. Has some interesting ideas on dying and creating socks. This can all be carried over into other garments but for anyone that's starting out dying its perfect, and for anyone that knows abunch about dying its a good inspirational book. Ok, that's my plug for the day. On to the fiber fix. 
This is the final yarn for M's cardi. I obviously have a ton more roving to spin but I really wanted to start the cardigan soon. Yeah, like I need another project. But I'll start winding the yarn later and cast on soon. M is getting excited now.
This is dad's sock. I only have one skein of the main color so I stopped one sock and started the other to try and gauge how large of a black stripe they are going to need to complete them. I'm trying to make a matching pair. Notice in the pic the 3 dpn's. Three. 3? How come only 3. I lost one needle somewhere yesterday. I get to spend part of today trying to find it. I don't have time to get to my LYS to replace it so I may have to wait until Monday to work on the socks. That's ok. Its an excuse to keep going on Urban Aran. I didn't knit much last night. I started to feel ill and I'm not that good of a knitter that I don't have to concentrate at least a bit. But, I hav found that when I spin, if I can zone out, I do ok. So I did those to bunches of yarn last night and then watch Frida. What a great movie. Visually interesting and I love Frida Kahlo's work. I need to find a book about her. I really enjoy most biographies and I think I'd really like hers.
This was what I saw the other evening when I took the dogs out. For me its dye inspiration. Blues and whites acsented with bits of deep forest green and tan. Very manly and earthy. I collect photos in a special file as inspiration for dying. I have some wonderful sunsets from the West coast and some amazing sunrise from the East coast.
Only 2 weeks away from The SPA knit and spin. If you live in driving distance of Portland, Maine or like to fly in for the weekend, I think this will be an interesting event. And its Free!
I'm adding the new line of pottery to the website this am. I figured updating my blog was the easier of the 2 things to update so I did that first. But now I have to come back here once I've uploaded the pics. So by noon I'll come back and update my side bar with pics and links to the new design.
