Still Raw

                               

The Voice Tribute

I am still raw...and so sad....and our students still have many, many questions....and sometimes I just feel like sitting down and crying with them all....

I did not know any of the victims, but I know people who know them...Connecticut is a small state..

Leather and Lace

Yesterday I headed down to the Leather and Lace Trunk Show at Madison Wool.  I needed to get away from the news for awhile.  I had planned on going Sunday, but the weather is suppose to get nasty today....

I had a great afternoon visiting with Dayna and local fiber artist, Laura Lyons.  During the afternoon, Laura was creating a needle felted snapping turtle freehand.  Her friend had snapped a very cool picture of a turtle crossing a road...it was covered in moss...and she was recreating it in felt...

It was very cool!  (And I just figured out how to do collages!)

So what about the Leather and Lace Yarn?  It was very cool!  Here are some pictures...

The whole collection












I think one of these is Dayna's the owner...I did not write down names, sorry...but the website shows them all with proper identification.

She put tattoos in hers, very cool!

It was fun to see all these cool fiber art pieces....I'm very glad I went...and yes I came home with some yarn and some fiber!  One is a gift....more on the other later!  Hope the end of your weekend in better than the beginning was....

Devastated

I teach in Connecticut, about an hour away from where this happened...we are all devastated.

Friday? Is it yet?

This has been one rough week at work...and I am so glad it is Friday....and I am hoping for a snowstorm next week and a snow day....

I have finished one tiny little thing...

It's a wee stocking!  I'll be making many more of these!!!!  This one is to be gifted...

And speaking of gifts...I received my Nerd Wars swap package yesterday...so full of awesome!

How awesome are these mitts!!!! I love them!

And Gingerbread Peeps!!!!  I've never seen these!  So happy!

Now off to do battle.....with a sore throat and ear..and slightly twisted ankle...have I mentioned this week has sucked?

See what others are making.....here, here, and here

** ETA:  I just linked it to my project page, so the pattern is linked there...

WIP 12/11

So I have not been reading much, but when I do, I pick up one of three books:  The Book Thief, which I started last year and never finished; Pride and Prejudice on the nook is my bedtime reading...and the newest book, 100 Cupboards, which is my Book Club/Lunch Bunch book.

Tomorrow I find out about the new classroom arrangements....meaning I will no longer have the students that I am doing Book Club with....but I decided I will continue to meet with them...our first meeting is this Thursday...yeah starting Monday, I will have a new group of kids....well not really new, as I'm getting all the "low" kids....which I already have....but I have the "high" kids at the end of the day....I'm going to miss them....

So what am I making?  The brown thing is a scarf for the Hubs...he picked out the yarn on a visit to Webs on his birthday in March...It is Plymouth Yarn Nazca Wind....although it feels like a boucle, it is so soft!  It's baby alpaca and mulberry silk...

The teal is the beginnings of a hat for me.  It is made out of Mirasol Akapana...I love Mirasol yarns!

What are you reading and crafting this week?

Please head over to Tami and Ginny to see what other people are working on...

Podcasts

I've tried them and I have such a hard time staying interested in them...at the moment I am listening to a new one to me.....I thought maybe I will like this one, as she is also a teacher....but again my mind wanders...hence a blog post...(eta...still listening....)

I'm not sure what it is, but I can't listen to audio books either....my mind just wanders....I don't own an ipod or anything like that, so I have to listen to them on my computer, but I am going to try listening to them on my nook....

Any tips?

But I would like to keep trying, so what podcasts would you recommend?

New Yarnz

Shocking, isn't it?  The idea that I have acquired new yarnz????  And I have gotten around the picture issue somewhat since I can upload yarn and project pictures directly from Ravelry...who knew!

So onto the pretty, pretty....(eta - a lot more than I thought, as I hadn't posted about any for awhile)

Newest Random Fandom...inspired by Garth from Wayne's World....
"She Makes Me Feel Kinda Funny." 

Isn't that just a pretty skein of yarn?  It's 100% BFL....

Well as co-captain of the Stargate Team over on Ravelry, when I found out there was a "Jack O'Neill" yarn, I had to get it!  It has some of my favoritest colors in it...It's by Woolen Mill St Yarns and is Superwash Merino

Then I received my last Cookie A shipment.  I did not renew this year.  I enjoy the yarn, of course, but haven't made use of any of the patterns...or recipes...

This is a deep rich blue/purple color called: Scheherazade's Sky...gorgeous!

Also with the "Jack O'Neill" I ordered a skein of Three Irish Girls Adorn Sock....the colors got me...It's called Eilis...

In the same order, I received a Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Northern Lights....green and purple, what could be better?

Then, for some reason, I got included in the Loopy Groupies again as a new member and was sent another skein of Lorna's Laces Honor in The Loopy Ewe Shuffle...it's not my favorite colorway, but I now have 900 yards of it....bet it would make a great shawl!  Baby alpaca and silk....

Then I received my latest Mad Geek Tour yarn...this is Into the Black club..color is "Warrior Woman"  named after Zoe...and the yarn is Superwash Wool and nylon...

And I did recently go shopping again.....hmmm...I had to!!!  I was in a swap!  Had to go get some things for my swap partner, so I headed out to Webs...well Northhampton...I was also going to Newbury Comics....but I came home with this...for me....

Lorna's Laces Shepherd Worsted in Bowtie

Noro Kogarashi to make fingerless gloves to match the Election Cowl

Madelinetosh Merino Light in Steam Age, this is going to be an Age of Brass and Steam - how perfect!

Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock in Shipwreck...I can't remember why I bought this one...

And they were having a Socks That Rock sale!!!!!!! Both are lightweight
Lucky - because who doesn't need bright green socks?

Rocktober! Says it all!

I also stopped on the way home to pick up some Koigu. I had a hankering...these are destined to be fingerless gloves with coconut buttons!

A lone skein of Lamb's Pride Bulky...I love this yarn since making the sunflower with it...This is also destined to be flowers....I have a sweater that the Hubs felted and I'm thinking of making flowers, felting them and adding to the sweater...I'm going to cut it up to make a cowl...

And finally, I purchased some Ella Rae to make some of Stacey Trock's monsters!

I did not include the sparkly yarn I got at Webs to make earrings for my swap partner or the green thread to make turtles...

Yesterday I went Christmas shopping...and bought some white thread to make snowflakes...and uhm some big box sparkly yarn for a scarf for a friend.....

and oh yeah Downton Abbey Seasons 1 and 2...gonna go watch that now while I craft.....but can't forget to get the Christmas at Downton yarn at Jimmy Bean's Wool.....:)

Yeah I know.....but it makes me happy....