Yeah, we've got yarn!!!!

The spinning is going much better now. The yarn is coming out awesome. I learned that the biggest part of spinning was the pin drafting. If you don't get that just right you won't be doing any spinning. Here are a few pics of what I done

Its been way too long since my last post

OK, I can't belive how long its been since I wrote anything in here. So much has happened at the mill and at home. The mill is very busy. We bought a spinner over the summer and it has been absolutely crazy since then. The learning curve on this thing is HUGE. Way bigger than I ever thought. I am no longer advertizing it because of this. I am just so far behind that I just don't want to promise people anything until I know how fast the turn over is going to be and right now there are no garuntees on when I can get things back to people. As soon I get this figured out I will hopefully be able to put it back up on the website. I will post some pics of yarn that I have done hopefully by this weekend. There is definately more science and calculations behind the whole process compared to that of the roving process.

For Sale or trade Singer Knitting Machine

I've decided to sell my knitting machine because I just don't use it enough. I bought it a few years ago, but I just don't have the time for it. The kids, mill, spinning, hand knitting, and weaving have taken over.

The knitting machine is a singer 700 with ribber that uses punch cards along with many other assesories. Here are pics asking $300.00.

Here is the main bed

Here is the carraige




some of the tools and the ribber


Instruction books

Here are some more of the small pieces

CT sheep and wool festival

Yesterday was our first festival and we had a great time. The weather was a little chilly, but there was no rain so thats all that matters. I had a great time meeting and chatting about fiber with everyone. It was so nice to finally put a face to everyone that I see on Ravelry as well as people that have emailed me from my website. A few changes that we need to make for next year is that we need to post a sign that we are picking up fleeces to process and make sure that people know that we are a fiber mill that has processed all the fiber that they were buying. Other than that I think that we did a great job. Here are some Pics of the booth.

The weekend from heck

Well it all started Friday night. I was really tired for some reason so I went to bed early. DD E got up a few times, but that is nothing out of the ordinary. I woke up with a sore throat, runny nose and achy all over and to top it off it was pouring buckets out. I had a guild meeting that I was looking forward to going to, so I went to that while DH watched the girls. Well only about half of the people came (probably because of the weather) so I stayed for about half and then I decided to go home and have a nap while the girls slept. The girls never slept and both of them had noses that were gushing and were so tired they were just crying over everything. I couldn't wait for bedtime. Well it came, but they were up all night coughing or crying. DD B new thing is to tell us she needs to go potty so she can get out of bed (did that like 3X). I was ready to cry myself, I just wanted to go to sleep. Sunday came, again no naps today either. I am so ready to go to bed, but at the same time I know as soon as I get comfy I will be awoken by one of them. Well hopefully tomorrow goes better than the past few days.

Sherman the turtle

OK I actually found time to take pictures of Sherman the turtle that I'm knitting for the girls. Like I said before I got the pattern from http://www.knitty.com/ and I found it through ravelry.




The body of the turtle is on the left and the legs are on the right. Below is the shell in progress. I decided to be different and use purple and natural grey for the colors. My plan is to make one turtle MC- Purple CC- grey and the next turtle the other way around. This is if I have enough yarn to make both.

Surprise long weekend and one less in diapers !!!

We had a decent sized snow storm this past Friday so we got a nice long weekend that is great. I love these extra moments to have fun with the kids and get some knitting and spinning in while the kids are napping (like right now). DD- E is finally getting on a routine and is having a morning nap and an afternoon nap. It seems like as soon as she was able to start eating solid her whole personality has changed. She now sleeps through the night and is happy when she is awake. Her happiness makes everyone in the house happy because now I can finally put her down and get something done she is getting so big.

The other good news is that DD - B is finally out of diapers. I mean I can't really complain she is only two so it could be worse. I am just so proud of her. She is so independent and already wants to go potty by herself. Here is a picture of the girls that we took the other night when they were being silly.

Right now I'm working on knitting a stuffed turtle for each of the girls. I got the pattern from ravelry, they are going to be so cute. I am using my fiber challenge fiber to make them. Our guild gives us 8 oz of fiber to create something ( this year it is coopworth). I've got one of the bodies made and I'm working on the last leg. The other thing that I am working on is spinning up some 75% coopworth 25% Alpaca for a sweater that I want to make for myself. Well I'll post some Pics of these things latter I am going to do a little knotting and spinning while the kids are sleeping.

Not much time to do anything

OK I know its been awhile since I posted. Since the Baby has been born it just seems I can't get anything done. She is so different from my first. The first was so easy. You could put her in a swing and she would be happy for hours. This one on the other hand. I can't seem to put her down. If I do she only let me for about 15-30 min and that is with her complaining the whole time. Now we have more trouble coming as well..... she won't take a bottle and if she does it is only from me. We are going to be in big trouble in a few weeks when she starts daycare. She is such a momma's girl. Don't get me wrong I love cuddling, but I do need to do other things as well, like go to the bathroom with out her crying.
Needless to say I have not been able to get much spinning in or anything else. The good news is that it can all wait and sooner or later she will be off playing and I will be able to sit down and do something. Right now I'm just enjoing the moments that she isn't crying. She is getting so big so fast. At 2 months she weighed 9.5 lbs and at 3.5 months she is already 15 lbs!!!! SHE JUST DOESN'T STOP EATING! I can't imagine how big she is going to get when she starts eating soilds.