Don't ever forget your Google password!

          Talk about a dog and pony show.  So many hoops to jump through.  Actually, it is in trying to remember the small details that the passage of time has allowed you to forget.  Still it is good to know that there is security behind you, well all around you, if you are trying to access your blog account after a few years of absence.

          Still spinning fiber, still knitting, still weaving.  I have recently gone back to quilting.  I have made so many quilts in my life, and all of them have been given away as gifts.  It's about time to keep one!

           I joined the Craftsy site awhile back to take a few craft classes.  Things I have been interested in, but really never pursued.  I found a "free motion quilting" class.  What a hoot!      Well that got things started, I have been ravishing their class rooms ever since.  From Jewelry making to Cake Decorating, from Weaving to Bread and Cheese making.  It's all there.  Including my love of fiber.  I took a floor loom weaving class, given by Janet Dawson.  Excellent class!  Angela Tong teaches a basic Rigid Heddle class.  Also Excellent!

           Boy do I want an eight shaft loom!  I have a rigid heddle loom,  I get by with the use of string heddles on dowel lift bars, and pickup sticks to recreate a 4 shaft patterns.

           It's always good to dream, but now back to MY quilt!   Perfect day wishes to all!

            

           

Wet and Rainy Friday

Rainy weather does one thing for me, gives me an excellent excuse to knit, spin, and play with fiber. I am a fire sign, and love warm bright days. Cold wet dark days are depressing to me. I brighten these times with the fire in my wheel.

The first wheel I ever bought was a Babe. From Carolina Homespun http://www.carolinahomespun.com/, made by "Babe's Fiber Garden". It is an inexpensive wheel, and works wonderfully. I still use it. I love it. It is my friend.

Today, I am spinning some very soft and static Alpaca. Being a wet and rainy day, it is helping with the static electricity. Having a full pound of this stuff, I will be happy when the Alpaca is all spun. I seem to be getting more on me than twisted on the bobbin, and having a hard time keeping it all the same wpi. It will need some creative plying to make a balanced yarn.

Life is filled with challenges this one is minor. Enjoy the long weekend!

Blessings

Firsts

Another first in a life long list of firsts. My First Blog! It is something that, should be earth shattering, spectacular, and stupendous, but in reality, it is mundane, meager, and morose.

Words come to those that plan ahead. Today, I jumped headlong without a plan into the blogging world.

I have had very little sleep. I stayed up to watch the Blood Moon Eclipse, which was glorious. The moon was full and silvery white. The earth glided between the sun and the silvery orb, slowly stealing it's glow, until all that was left was a red, to orange orb hanging like a ripe peach ready for picking. Just Beautiful!

I need to dye some roving to match the colors that I witnessed last night. Deep Maroon, red, orange, light blue, and white.

Here is a picture of one of my firsts, not my first pair of socks as this is the 4th pair of Horcrux socks I made, I have several Granddaughters that came before my turn, but the first time I joined in with a group of knitters, the first time I posted to a group and the first time I uploaded a picture to the web. The fiber is Moda-Dea. I nearly got them to match, which was amazing since it was yarn leftover from another project. I do try to use up my scraps.

Blessings