As The Yarn Turns

Drive-By Saturday Sky

We're half way through our Halloween magic shows with the big show on Monday night. We're both tired and my muscles are feeling stiff and sore. It has been a lot of fun though. One thing for sure, I'm going to exercise more when this is over. I've been able to knit a little bit on my sock but otherwise there hasn't been much knitting here. This morning was a nice day though. We finally had a sunny day after several days of rain.

I've leave you with Phoebe who still has lots of energy.

"Dad, I need to borrow your web cam for a little while. There are some ferrets online who want to see me."

by Sydney  |

Shopping in My Stash

Karrie is having a Pretend Rhinebeck Loot contest for those of us who didn't get to go to Rhinebeck. I've been admiring all of the stuff everyone bought and envying the people they saw, so I went shopping in my stash last night. It's always nice when you find something you forgot about completely.

Starting at the top left, first is some Mountain Colors Bearfoot that I got for last year's Socktoberfest celebration. I love this stuff. Next to that is some Jade Sapphire Iceland that I got at the local yarn store, when it was still here. I had completely forgotten about this yarn. Originally I thought it would make a nice hat or scarf or something. Next up is the purple Rowan Kidsilk Haze that I bought on our trip to California last year. I've been wanting to knit a shawl so this may be my next project. At the end of that row is some charcoal grey wool fiber I bought at Little Barn... a while ago. That's another one I had completely forgotten. I think I was going to spin it up for socks or a shawl.

On the next row there's some white yarn from Henry's Attic, a big 500 yard skein. I got this at our local art association "yard sale" two or three years ago. The plan was to dye it and use it for "something". Obviously that plan fell through. Last but not least is some silk fiber from Carol Weymar, The Silkworker. I've never had the guts to spin this stuff up. It's just too beautiful and too wonderful to touch. I have this fear that I'll spin it up into baling wire. One of these days I'll have to take the plunge though.

Zoe has been busy checking the work of the Assistant to the Assistant Network Administrator - that would be Phoebe.

"Uh, mom, I'm busy right now, okay?"

by Sydney  |

Random Monday

Many thanks to all of you for the kind words on my scarf. I'm pleased that it turned out like I wanted. Things don't always work out that way.

So rather than a weekend of Rhinebeck fun, we had a weekend of magic show fun. Not quite the same but it was still a lot of fun for us and the audience. Here's a fuzzy picture of me in the green and Rick in the shadows after our last trick.

The show was Saturday night and we spent a good part of Saturday afternoon getting ready for it. Then it took us a while to relax enough to go to sleep Saturday night, or rather Sunday morning. We were both beat most of Sunday.

I did manage to get a little bit of knitting done. We've got cooler fall weather here again so Katie has been napping in my lap while I'm knitting, especially if I pull out a shawl or a blanket.

We've got a busy week of Halloween magic shows, the usual work stuff, and visitors until Halloween is over. So I may not be posting as much until November.

by Sydney  |