Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
Time Flies
What a lame blog! I have not posted in almost a year. So many things have changed since I last wrote. It would be a shame if it had not actually as it would be quite boring to have the same life a year later.
Currently spinning is taking up some of my "leisure time" as I am trying to spin up the fur I have collected from my dog. Yes, I said my DOG! Do you know where the sheep has been whose wool you wear or spin? I know where my dog has been at all times. He is super soft and fluffy (especially right after he is washed). He is especially furry right now (and sleepy) so I should have another bag of fiber shortly when I take him for grooming.
Before you shout that it is winter and he will be cold, it is 78 degrees outside and he has 3 dog sweaters, a dog coat and several shirts. Even if I could not find any of those garments I have quite enough yarn to knit or crochet him 50 more!
When I last wrote I was submitting patterns to a magazine. That was an exercise in futility that I have no interest in repeating any time soon. I rushed to get everything in, paid overnight postage fees, only to have the designs not used and the entire package of samples, drawings and patterns never returned to me. They were either lost by the magazine folks or the mail.
I am currently finishing a shawl pattern that the company whose yarn I wanted to use so graciously sent me 3 skeins to make the shawl. I am hoping to complete the shawl itself and move on to the edging today. It should have been finished ages ago but there is the "little" thing called work that pays the bills and buys yarn that has been getting in the way of knitting time.
I will try to write again soon but I will not promise as I have learned better than making promises I may not keep.
Currently spinning is taking up some of my "leisure time" as I am trying to spin up the fur I have collected from my dog. Yes, I said my DOG! Do you know where the sheep has been whose wool you wear or spin? I know where my dog has been at all times. He is super soft and fluffy (especially right after he is washed). He is especially furry right now (and sleepy) so I should have another bag of fiber shortly when I take him for grooming.
Before you shout that it is winter and he will be cold, it is 78 degrees outside and he has 3 dog sweaters, a dog coat and several shirts. Even if I could not find any of those garments I have quite enough yarn to knit or crochet him 50 more!
When I last wrote I was submitting patterns to a magazine. That was an exercise in futility that I have no interest in repeating any time soon. I rushed to get everything in, paid overnight postage fees, only to have the designs not used and the entire package of samples, drawings and patterns never returned to me. They were either lost by the magazine folks or the mail.
I am currently finishing a shawl pattern that the company whose yarn I wanted to use so graciously sent me 3 skeins to make the shawl. I am hoping to complete the shawl itself and move on to the edging today. It should have been finished ages ago but there is the "little" thing called work that pays the bills and buys yarn that has been getting in the way of knitting time.
I will try to write again soon but I will not promise as I have learned better than making promises I may not keep.
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