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Fiber Christmas in July!!

Well, I haven't posted in ages, but I just got back from the most amazing time at Fiber Christmas in July It was such fun! Here are a few photos from the event:

Goals for 2010

1. drop 10% of my body weight in the first 6 months. That's a very reasonable goal and would put me below my first major milestone.

2. knit mainly from stash - cut way back on yarn acquisition

3. maintain at least an A- average during Spring, Summer, and Fall terms

4. decluter as much as possible

5. exercise daily - even if it's only 20 min "playing games" on the Wii Fit. I'm hoping to work up to Wii Active.

6. learn to feel and trust

That's a reasonable list. I think I'll go with that for now.

yarn

some are merino/bamboo/nylon, some are merino/nylon, some are merino/seacell/nylon, and a few are merino/cashmere/nylon

roving for sale

(top photo) bottom 2 - 100% domestic wool

the rest are 100% New Zealand Romney except top right - it's BFL

$12.00/braid


(bottom photo) 100% domestic wool - $12.00/braid

all 4oz braids
price includes US/Canada shipping

Fiber from Fiber Christmas

Fiber from Fiber Christmas
Originally uploaded by morandia

Combed top - some BFL ($12), some Superwash Merino ($13)
Dyed for Fiber Christmas

100% merino

100% merino
Originally uploaded by morandia

100% superwash merino - aprox 420 yds
dyed for Fiber Christmas

Seacell

Seacell
Originally uploaded by morandia

4oz - aprox 375 yds 70% superwash merino/30% seacell

dyed for Fiber Christmas

MIB Darks

MIB Darks
Originally uploaded by morandia

These are some of my work for Fiber Christmas. 100%SW merino - aprox 420 yds

Bamboo Blend

Bamboo Blend
Originally uploaded by morandia

These are some of the yarns I took to Fiber Christmas.4oz - aprox 420 yds. 70% SW Merino/20% Bamboo/10% nylon

time to dye

Sadly, no photos yet, but... I have about 15 lbs of roving and bunches of yarn to dye for Fiber Christmas in July. I'm very excited! I just have to get to work!! This will be my first time dyeing wool/seacell and wool/bamboo blends.

Hopefully all will go well and I'll make enough $$ to help on tuition. Fall term is just around the corner. I've really enjoyed my semester off. I've gotten more knitting/spinning done. I guess I really should take some photos. I might give it a go this weekend.

I'm also about to start a fleece washing experiment. I'm going to try a cold wash - where you put the fleece in cold water and leave it for about 5 days. If all goes correctly, the water will basically get very nasty and smelly - it will pretty much ferment. This will then clean the wool. I will remove that wool and add more to the icky water to clean that fleece. Keep your fingers crossed for me!!!

Note to self - dizziness hasn't gone away. /sigh

funny

Haven't posted much lately. Thought I'd throw out this funny though:

Since my friends from the UK were just here, this has special significant. No, they aren't Welsh, but they did suggest that I move to Wales and raise sheep, so... Guess I'd better get a cat so I can learn the language!