Knit My Dog

I'm a relatively new spinner, learning at SPA last year. How could you NOT learn to spin in a room filled with wheels, fiber and spinners? Breathing in all of that fiber that was floating in the air made everyone just a little giddy, I think.

After practicing on a drop spindle, I took a class at a local fiber gallery. Loved it! Of course, the wheel purchase soon followed. I've been trying to spin, but this summer has been pretty slow for me in the fiber arts. The knitting is chugging along, not too many finished objects, and the spinning has happened sporatically. Not to mention the lack of blogging. Probably because there isn't too much blog fodder.

Here's some pictures I took of some spinning successes:

Some purple fiber from my teacher, my first fiber spun completely on my own.

Silk/Merino blend two ply. This is my first try at silk or merino. I enjoyed spinning and was trying for something thinner. Of course, it's not too consistent. I haven't even figured out how many yards it is or what it is going to become, but that will come later.

I have plenty of fiber waiting to be spun:

Here's my fiber stash, such as it is. Of course, at the rate I'm going, this will last me a while!

We're off to Acadia National Park for a long weekend. The plan is, go on Labor Day weekend because the weather will still be warm, and all of the kids will be back at school so hopefully it won't be so crowded.

Posted by Brenda at 07:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Why did I wait so long?

Ravelry has been around for just a few months, and I didn’t ask for an invite early on because, well, I thought I’d wait and see what it was all about. Let's just say I'm usually not the first one to the party. After hearing about it on EVERY blog in the universe, I finally signed up. Then I never got an invite. I heard that the list was long, so I decided to find out exactly how long.

This is where I stand today (courtesy of the very handy “where am I on the list” button on Ravelry):

You signed up on July 5, 2007
You are #14336 on the list.
5020 people are ahead of you in line.
12049 people are behind you in line.
34% of the list has been invited so far

Should I have signed up sooner? Probably (over 14,000 people were more clued-in than I was). Will I get an invitation anytime soon? Probably not. I say it will take at least 6-8 weeks before I get my invite. Does that mean it will be a thing of the past by then? Most assuredly NOT! Plus, I’ll have the added benefit to browse all of the work that the beta testers did this summer. Of course, I’ll be sucked into the vortex of Ravelry as soon as I’m invited, but it will be fun to see what is already built.

Waiting sucks. But I guess I can be comforted in knowing there are over 12,000 other people waiting just like me.

Posted by Brenda at 09:45 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

My sockapalooza socks are done! Of course, I had about 4 months to make them, and kept thinking that I had plenty of time. Then all of a sudden there was a week to go and I had no knitting time. I've been knitting during lunch at work and I finally had a few minutes tonight to concentrate and graft the toes. Why do I do this to myself?
My pal was very gracious and said she didn't mind waiting.
So here they are, Jaywalkers:

I'm not modeling them because her feet are much smaller than mine. I hope they fit! Now I just need to get my package off in the mail.

Posted by Brenda at 10:03 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)