Forgive me dear blog, I have not forgotten you or those who read you; but you know how it goes, works gets busy, the weather turns warm, the snow melts and then suddenly after months of not having anything to do your overwhelmed with the shear quantity if things you must accomplish…

Mar-Apr 2010 ITW Spin Along - 'Just Figs'

And here we are, just days away from the May-Jun of the Spin Along shipping and I never even showed you a hint of what the Mar-Apr round looked like! How can you ever forgive me?

'Just Figs' handspun yarn in two ply

I will not make a promise I cannot keep, but: I will try really, really hard to stay on top of things around here…

Just a quick reminder: In celebration of ITW’s birthday there will be a shop update today, Saturday May 1st at 8:00pm EST. And, as an expression of my sincere appreciation; ALL shipping fees have been disabled until 11:59pm tonight!

The Mar-Apr SAL fiber will be listed in the SHOP this evening at 7:00PM EST. As a reminder, here is the time-line of events:

Fiber Sale dates: 3/15 – 3/19
International orders ship: 3/22/2010
US orders ship: 3/25/2010
SAL winner randomly chosen from shared images on: 5/10

Colourway Note: The image for this month was chosen from this Ravelry entry with a specific request to focus on the colours within the figs only and exclude the background and plate. So, of course, I honored the winners request! See you tonight!!

Live in the Hudson valley? No plans this weekend? Like fiber? Like meeting people who like fiber? If you answered yes to any of these question – I have a suggestion…

Go play with fiber at the 2nd Annual Stir Crazy Stitch & Spin hosted by fiberista extraordinaire RowsRed of Bittersweet Woolery on Saturday March 6th from 12:00pm EST to 5:00pm EST at the Athens Cultural Center in Athens NY

I will be away on a much needed vacation and unable to attend so please be sure to say “Hi” to everyone for me!!

Psst…

The second installment of the “Follow the Fiber” project is up!! Wander over to Jill Draper Blogs for a guided tour of the process behind the beautiful hand-spun yarns featured in her Etsy shop:

Okay, I think that there have been enough spoilers released that it is finally safe to share some colour photos!

First up is the colourway revealed:

And since I was able to step out of the dye studio for a few hours one afternoon I was able to spin some up in a thick thin low twist single. And yes, it is as soft as it looks…

Now the tricky part – find the time to spin up the other four ounces of  ‘a warm return’ and then another four ounces in brown then ply the two!! I will keep you posted!

6.12.2009

Need to go help prepare some Mango Margarita’s for tonight’s BBQ, but I just needed to share today’s spinning. Thanks to some serious inspiration from this whole Tour de Fleece adventure I tried core spinning for the first time and WOW! I will be doing a whole lot more of this type of spinning:

Off to happy hour(s)…

So I fell right off that tracking with my Tour de Fleece coverage. But, I am allowed to as I am part of the Lantern Rouge team. But…

I have not broken my commitment of 15 minutes a day so I am overjoyed to be in the caboose of the race! If I can get caught up on all my chores this weekend I hope to start the other two ounces of Dinoflagellates and maybe try some core spinning!

7.6.2009

…Yes, I know today isn’t really the 6th, I am a little behind in picture posting. Two ounces down, two to go before plying!

Fiber: 64’s Merino wool top named “Dinoflagellates”