What I've Been Up To...

I'm learning...





How to spin my own yarn!! :) It's a process, and I still have A LOT to learn, but I am so excited with what I've spun so far! I love spinning too... I sort of feel like a pioneer woman! The only thing missing? A house in the middle of no where, and a front porch over looking my many many acres. ;) Some day!

I'm working on some new knitting projects as well...



I LOVE that seed stitch. :) Same yarn as the last scarf, but this time it's red!

and...



I hope this turns out as fantastic as I am envisioning it! It's a basket weave pattern. - Both are going to be scarves... yes, I know! I live in Arizona, and winter here is pretty much over... if you want to even dare call it winter... more like fall. ;)

But!! It's been raining [off and on] since Saturday night!!!



I am LOVING this rain! :) It's funny to see most Arizonians freaking out about the rain. It's like it's snowing in Phoenix, not raining! :)

Here are my girls the other day watching : "Horton Hears A Who" ... they were so into it!







Zoe was into it for about 30 minutes... then she was off and running. ha ha! The attention span in a 2 year old is pretty minimal. I am sure most of you understand. :)


Well, that's all for now!!! What have YOU been up to lately?


XOXO,

Shealynn

Justifying

Thank you so much for all the comments in regards to Aurora!! :) I am excited to put her to some good spinning use!

I know a lot of you probably rolled your eyes or wondered what the heck I was thinking picking up another hobby. ha ha. Admit it. But, I love knitting, and I wanted to learn this art from the beginning. Or first step, you might say. I was intrigued when I would hold a skein of yarn in my hand - it made me wonder... how do they spin this? And the more and more I thought about it... the more and more I wanted to learn and eventually do. Now, here I am with a spinning wheel [ahem... I mean Aurora] and the other spinning wheel in my garage.

Plus, this is my biggest justification for learning... My husband wants to retire in Montana some day... I mean rural in the middle of no where Montana. I mean, your neighbors are 15 miles away or more Montana. I mean, I might not be able to have internet or cell service because it's so .... so ... Montana. LOL. Mike, I repeat.... internet is a must! I must be able to at least order off the internet. I'm just saying...

So, anyway. I figured that I might as well learn to spin now... so by the time we move to "so far from anyone the birds will be my best friends"... I mean, Montana... at least then I will be an "expert" spinner. Yes, I am rambling. So I will get to the point. My husband wants to live in super rural Montana, and "work the land". Well, my working the land will be contributed by taking care of the Alpacas and the sheep and the angora rabbits/goats - and horses of course! So, rural Montana, you haven't seen nuttin yet! See you in 20 years! ;) HA HA HA!!!

Did I really just try to justify my learning a new hobby by thinking of our future? Our FAR future? Well, yes. Yes I did.


XOXO,


Shealynn

P.S. Please don't get me wrong... I want to move to Montana! Seriously I do! I have never even been there, but I KNOW I will love it. Especially if there's internet and horses - oh and Alpacas. ;)

Meet Aurora

Well, here is the post! The one I mentioned earlier in the week. What? You don't remember?

I mentioned earlier in the week that I had some big news... [I am NOT pregnant]. News that pertains to my 2009 goal/resolution list... Meet "Aurora"





Yes, I named my SPINNING WHEEL! ;) Remember Aurora from Sleeping Beauty? She pricks her finger on a spinning wheel... therefore, the name is quite fitting. Better than anything else... at least I think. I am not normally the type of person to name inanimate objects, but I'll allow myself to name this.

Yes! I got a spinning wheel! So, I can SPIN MY OWN YARN!! :D So, I can sorta cross that off the list, right? I hope to learn how to use this VERY soon. The woman I got it from [one of the nicest people I have met in Arizona thus far] had some other things for me too...

ANOTHER SPINNING WHEEL! This one, however, does not have a name... unless you want to call it Louet... but that is the manufacturer. LOL.





Some bobbins that go with Aurora. [Holds the spun yarn]



Some carders... Essential for spinning! Think of it like brushing the wool, alpaca, or whatever hair you're using...



She even gave me a pillow case FULL of her brother's sheep's wool!!! WOO HOO!! I can start almost immediately. Just need to card and dye it first.



An antique sewing machine...



AND AND AND! A LOOM! I don't have that yet... I have to go back and get it! It's pretty big. Anyone want a rug? LOL!!!




No, I don't know how to spin yarn - yet. But I have been reading a bit about it. She gave me some books and magazines. I will learn!! CAN NOT WAIT!


Anyway. Just wanted to share. I am really excited. Pictures of the loom to come.


On another note... there is another giveaway going on at "The Secret Is In The Sauce". Click HERE to enter.


Have a fabulous Saturday! Do stop in my comments and say hello!!! :D



XOXO,


Shealynn