Good day all.
So that little headband I was making to compliment my new hand warmers….. yeah I haven’t touched it since last Friday. I think I only have 4-5 more rows to do and yet it sits. I’m a slacker.
My second project you’ll probably never guess. But I’ll post a photo of what it looked like while I was taking a break. The end result will be featured on my FAF post this Friday.
Well I did it. I finished my second fingerless hand warmer since Wednesday. Now both smashed up lefty and righty are toasty warm when the office AC kicks on in the middle of a snow squall.
I had some left over yarn from that ball so I decided to knit up an ear warmer for myself too. I’m just a few rows shy of fishing it and then I’ll sew the 2 ends together.
Lastly I’d like to introduce you to my new pony! Ok Horse. Her name is Tyja and she’s a Friesian. Isn’t she purdy?
It’s well into fall and that means my company has kicked the AC into full gear for some unknown reason. Since my hands were chilly I’ve decided to make myself a pair of fingerless mits.
So far I’ve finished this one. Check out my lovely bruised knuckles. I crushed them in some cattle panels over the weekend. Awesome, eh?
So Question, why do we have 2 hands? I’ve finished one of these things and have no interest in completing the other even though my right hand is now cold. Darn you symmetry! *shakes naked fist wildly into the air*
Yeah Ok that’s all I’ve got. See you on Friday.
I’ve been able to spend some time playing with my new toy the Addi Express King Size.
I’ve made many hats on it but I’m tackling my first panel project. It turns out panels are a lot more tricky for a few reasons.
Here’s my first panel which is one of 2 and then I’ll finish the blanket with a nice crochet border.
On a funny note here’s a photo of my herd sire Alejandro. He had managed to belly crawl under the fence and went over to use his new pickup lines on the ladies. Unfortunately for him all the ladies have been bred already and well the spitting ensued. Apparently he wasn’t taking no for an answer because by the time I found him he was covered in spit.
Hey Fibery Fans!
So economy wise everything went to hell back in 2008-ish but this is the first year I’m actually feeling it. When things crashed people cut back and shopped locally and vacationed locally so my business actually picked up. Last year I felt a bit of a dip but this year has been an out right drought!
Usually for craft shows I’ll stock up on all the usual alpaca goodies like hats, mittens, gloves, scarfs, socks etc and will be practically sold out by now. This year I haven’t even made 1 reorder of any of the staples and can’t even sell the left overs from last year. The shows that I’ve gone to that usually put me in the black have ended up costing me because I couldn’t sell enough to cover the cost of the booth, travel, inventory etc. My hubby keeps telling me we’ll pull out of this funk in 2012 so I’m not going to totally freak out just yet.
Since I’ve been sick like a dog this week I really don’t have much to share fiber arts wise. Sniffling, sneezing, coughing and crocheting really doesn’t mix well. I prefer not to germ up anything I will potentially sell to a customer. Which means the only fiber project I currently have been tending to is an alpaca hide I’m drying. The weather has been so darn wet and crappy this month that the thing just won’t dry. Usually I salt them out in the barn but the salt has been sucking up all the humidity from the air and bringing it to the hide instead of taking it away. So, at the moment the salted hide is drying in my basement next to a dehumidifier. In another week it should be dry and ready to send off to Sivko Furs for tanning and to be made into a blanket. For more information on how to preserve an alpaca hide read this post.
