Etsy Plug :)

Not only do I have knitting stitch markers on etsy but i have TATTING STRIVERS!!!!!! SEEEEEEEEEEEEE....go lookie :)

Lapidolite Striver

Yellow Jade Striver

Bown Clay and Jade Striver

Brown clay and agate Stich Marker

Blown Glass and Amethyst Stitch Marker

Etsy

I think I have lost my mind....I set up my Etsy Shop!!!???!!!! So far all I have is stitch markers for knitting but I'll be adding strivers ASAP....hopefully before I move!!! EEK!!!!

Oh yeah I'm moving this week.....tons to pack and movers coming Thurs to get the heavy stuff!!!!

I made SOCKS

I made socks :) Not even for me :) I made socks for B!!! The world cup has been VERY useful is having time for do these :) Started them them the 11th and finished them today :)

owl markers

I've been making stitch markers...they are OSOOOOOOO cute and easy to make....here's my owls...ain't they cute :)

first sock

I finished my first sock....its way to long.......obviously 2 inches meant 3-4 so I have a shrek sock and will probably not make its mate....who knows

hehe...natural dyed yarn

I got B to dye me some yarn!!!! I wanted to go to the yarn store since I was in M'vallo this weekend (last minutish and he asked me to come up). While I was talking to the owner he was wandering around the dying books (not unusual). He found a recipe for TUMERIC dyed yarn. Now how on earth did we not think of this....we eat SOOOOOO much indian and LOVE tumeric. So he mordanted a hank of Green Mountain Spinnery Mountain Mohair and dyed me some tumeric yarn :)

Here is the post soaking/mordant process

Here is the dye post...pre skiming. The tumeric mix left a skum that had to go

Yarn in the pot soaking

See how yellow....We let it soak for about another 30-45 minutes so it got much darker/brownish

a bit fuzzy FO but I haven't had a chance to crop the other pics....but colorwise ITS PRETTY!!!

sock :)

I learned how to edit and write on pics with my CELL PHONE!!!!!!!!!WOOHOO...as a result here is my first sock. As you can see the heel and cuff at LABELED :) its all twisty but there is about 2 inches of the foot part done...so happy!!!

Class tonight and then M'Vallo bound to watch soccer and more soccer...gotta love the world cup

cute

I dug through my new pretties and had some fun last night. I made up some single stitch markers. I have some beads that I don't have enough for a set or I could made sets of 5 and I played with them. One of my favs is the ladybug. On one side is a red lady bug and on the other is a flower! I added green and red seed beads to the head pin and it is CUTE...not great but cute :) I still need to add a jump ring but I need some smaller split rings to top this one off for use w/ the socks I'm now addicted to :)

hmmm...

I started out so well....I blogged almost regularly and then it fell off. I need to get back to the blog. But, though I haven't stopped altogether, I have taken a break from tatting so the title no longer seems correct. I did try needle tatting yarn for a shawl but there must many tries before that is even an OPTION....it looked AWFUL and i put it aside for a time.
I have been knitting regularly even made my first sock heel the other night....so proud. I've even pulled BACK out the first attempt at a sock w/ actual sock yarn (that stuff is TINY) and I'll start working on that again today, or this afternoon after summer school.
But the newest fun thing.....i love making stitch markers!!!!! I'll have to do a pic post later because the school won't load flickr pics :( so sad.....but I have so much fun making them and they seem to fill that little need to create with stones and pretties. I've always loved the idea but wasn't so good w/ the jewelry, and tatting with beads just makes my hands shaky but this works for me. I've had so suggestions to sell and a lady offered to let me sell on her etsy store (not a bad idea, we increase her store popularity maybe and I can make some $$). The problem so far is cost....I want to use quality stuff but of course that makes them more expensive....but we'll have to see. First I have to get some made up (i have lots of pretties to play with) and get good pics to see if she likes, then we'll go from there. I might even see if anyone for the knitting/crochet/tatting class of Friday wants to buy some :) No I'm not above selling to the students....Oh that reminds me I need to make up the ones for Betty Jo....eeks must do that tonight!!!!

HI!!!!! I'm in a workshop learning ho...

HI!!!!! I'm in a workshop learning how to use google docs so I thought I'd see how it posted to the blogger :) We'll See