Boo Boo

So I have a few post that I really need to get up here, but the only one that is going to happen tonight is that I got a little boo boo the other day. I was getting the spinner going and got my finger caught in the gears and lost the top of it. Thankfully it is my right index finger (I'm a lefty) so it could be worse, but it still hurts and I can't get it wet which kind of get in the way of washing wool. I'm going to give it a few days and see what the Dr. says before I try too much. Anyway I will post a few more fun things in the days to come.

Preview for Joyful Rose

Here are some shirts that I am working on for Joyful Rose. I really like how the Silk screen came out. I think I might do some in pink for my girls.

Please ignore the dark picture, its late and I'm tired and forgot the flash. The little one was my sample befor I did the real thing.

I am planning on putting these together tomorrow and can't wait to see what they look like :)

Summer Morning

The other morning I decided to take the camera with me and the girls while we where doing chores.  First of we have Beth taking care of her chickens, I have never seen  kid love chickens as much as this kid does. They all have names and the first thing she does in the morning is ask if I fed them and got their eggs yet. However, I wish she would keep them in their coop. They poop EVERYWHERE not to mention they like everything in the garden as well. 

Here she is showing Cocoa (she named them) to Emma and telling her to be careful or they will "beak you" if you get to close.

 Then their is our two resident sheep Lulu our Ewe (female for non-sheep people) and Charlie our wether (fixed male).  Lulu is a natural colored sheep and Charlie is a Blue-faced leicester X border leicester cross and his fleece is to Dye for (hahaha, I need to take a pic of his fleece that I dyed up for a sweater for myself, YUMMO). I never realized how friendly sheep are when they aren't n a huge heard.

My goal is to get a few more next year, but we'll see, dh isn't as excited about that as I am ;). I really want to get a few Cormo's.

OK so here is our very sad, sad garden that needs lots of love and care that I just haven't had time to do. I always seem to do really good in the spring, but then by August I've had enough with the weeding. There just never seems to be enough time in  day and that is always last. Anyway hidden in there are lots of cucumbers, tomatoes (50+ plant), squash, I had a watermelon, but the chickens got to enjoy that :(. There also the other normal stuff to peas, beans, onions, spinach, chard,etc.... 

Here is our tomato haul:

 This has been Emma's Breakfast lately. This kid lives for tomatoes, no wonder why I craved them so much when I was preggo with her. I think she is wearing more on her shirt than she is eating.

good thing I did some canning, man I have to remember to take more pix of things, I am horrible at that. I'll get better I promise.

Lastly this is our newest member of our family, another rescue. We named her Purl and she is a sweetheart, except I will be much happier when I can trust her not to pee in my house. She is much better than when she first came, but still really likes the carpet upstairs.As you can see she is very comfortable here :), little stinker.

 Well I guess that is how most our summer mornings go.

Knit Fabrics

Here is some of the fabrics that I have on had for knit dresses for some of the customs that I'm doing.

Good Weekend

This weekend was a great family weekend. Yesterday the girls and i had a playdate a friend and her daughter came over and it was great. The girls all played and we got to sit down and do some spinning and have some gilr talk :) I was bad though and for got to put my shiny new camera to work, oh well next time I guess. After they left Billy got the roof to the shed all finished up so its not leaking anymore while the kids and I tried the electric the Amy brought over for the sheep. The sheep didn't like it too much either they went right through it, grrrrr. After a few tries we gave up and instead put it around the inside of their regular pen so they could get used to it and hopefully this works. They did OK today, they were a bit unsure of it but didn't try and test it so we will see what happens.
   Today was a nice relaxing day. We did some weeding in the morning and some computer work on the Dandy-lions Etsy store, while the girls played. I am so lucky that they for the most part how well they get along.
                     Here are the 2 monkey's reading there books :) 

Some new colorways

WOW!!!!! I guess I'm not so good at this blog thing, its been like a year. I real am going to try and get better, I swear. Maybe I just think my life isn't that exciting or maybe I am just to tired at the end of the day. I think its a combination of both. The mill is doing great. We tried our hand at adding spinning, but I have decided to keep to roving. With no employee's it just was not feasible to add the spinning and keep my wait list down. I want to offer the fastest turn around I can so I am going to do what I love the best and that is custom roving, pin drafted roving, and batts as well as dyeing including handpainted fibers. Here are some recent photos for some hand painted roving that are/were on my Etsy store.

This one is one of my favs- Strawberry Fields :)

Holiday Feast another one that spins up totally different than it looks as roving.

This one doesn't have a name yet, but I love it ;)

intro to Dandy-lions

Hello and Welcome to Dandy-lions. I've always known how to sew, but it wasn't until I had my girls  that I realized how much fun it is. I love how all the "new" patterns aren't that PIA tissue paper but real paper. Another awesome thing is that you can get lots of patterns emailed you. Some people might not like this because they have to tape them together, but I love them because they are right there on our puter and you can print it out as many times as you like for all the different sizes. Here are a few of the many things that I've made.

 I have had some local interest in some of the items that I've made so I've decided to open up an Etsy Store. I am hoping to have it up and running by Monday maybe even earlier, but I'm not pushing it since I have lots to do this weekend to get it ready to go.

Please remember I am happy to share my pictures with people, but please use the common courtesy and ask first. Many of my models are friends and family so I would like to know where they are going. I'm sure you all understand. Thanks