Soccer Sunday

I intended today to get some sewing done, since it wouldn't be too hot in my craft room.  But then I started watching the final game of the World Cup, and there went my plans!  I wasn't actively cheering for either team since my team was long ago eliminated.

I did get some sock knitting done, and I might still go into the craft room after supper and sew a bit.  I'm wanting a small pouch for my purse to put my lip gloss in since I'm forever losing it in the depths.

How was your Sunday?

Maureen

TdF Day Three

Last evening Team Golden Willow (and friends) had a kickoff supper at the Wok Box.  We had a great time, spinning, knitting, eating, and chatting.  This is the second year we've had a kickoff supper.  It was fun checking out everyone's spindles and fibre.  I was having such a great time that I forgot to take any pictures!

I've been meeting my goal of spinning every day. The cop was getting too heavy to keep spinning...the yarn was breaking on me. I took my ball winder with me to work today, and at lunch time wound the yarn off my spindle.

This ball weighs about two ounces, so I'm about half way done my fibre.  I've started a new cop.

If I keep up at this rate, I'll easily meet my goal this year.

What fibrey things have you done today?

Maureen

Ready, Set, Spin!

Today is the start of the Tour de France.  For spinners around the world that means its the start of the Tour de Fleece!

Spinning wheels and spindles are now whirling while spinners are creating lots of lovely yarns.  Teams are formed, mostly on Ravelry, and goals are set.  (You're a knitter and not on Ravelry?  Get over there!  It's free to join and a wonderful resource for knitters and crocheters!)

The team I am on is called Team Golden Willow (after our favourite LYS).  Our team is fairly laid back when it comes to setting goals; set your own goal and just have fun!

My goal this year is to simply spin a little bit every day.  I'm using my Tabachek top whorl spindle, and this lovely fibre I got in March from The Wacky Windmill.  It was for a March Spin-a-long, but I didn't get started on it until later.  I've been puttering at this for a couple of months now, and would like to get it finished by the time the Tour ends.

This picture was taken yesterday at lunchtime.

I might get my spinning wheel oiled and going too.  I haven't used it since last year, but I'm feeling like I might get it going again.

What fibrey things have you done today?

Maureen

Happy Canada Day!

Hope your day is warm and sunny with lots of great fireworks!

(Where the heck did June go?)

Maureen

Sunday Funny

Happy Sunday!

It's been a cloudy and rainy weekend so indoor projects were the thing to do.  I did take the time to watch some World Cup games; come on England!  You can do better than that!

I've been working on these little pouches this weekend.  This is the medium size.  The colours are slightly off since these are indoor pictures and I had to use the flash.

I'm using the blue striped one to keep my prescriptions in.  I gave the batik one to my sister.

I finished one of these green socks yesterday.  This is pair nine of my crafting resolution.

I've had a few days off, and managed to get most of the things on my to-do list done.  I still haven't put my loom together though.  I'm still off tomorrow, so I'm hoping to get it done then.

Maureen

Sunday Funny

When I was a child, the colour comics would come with the Saturday paper.  On Sunday morning on one of the local radio stations, a couple of guys would read the funnies.  They would have little theme songs for the cartoons.  Looking back, I realize that they used music from "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" to introduce the Peanuts comics. Probably the themes for some of the other comics came from various movies.

In a tribute to Johnny Sandison, Chester Drawers, and whoever else read the funnies to me as a child, I'm moving my Funny Day to Sunday.

Hope your day was a good one!

Maureen

It's June Already! Time for a Resolution Update!

How can it be June already? It seems like it was just yesterday the temperatures were below zero and we were getting snow still.  Oh, wait.  That was early May.

We had a lot of rain this weekend and things are now gorgeously green.  I bought a table and some chairs for my deck, and had a lovely Saturday morning sitting out there and knitting.  Now I need to tackle those weeds that have sprung up!

Since its June, it's time to take stock of how my crafting resolutions are going.  Just for a reminder, my crafting resolutions for 2014 are:

• Knit 14 pairs of socks
• Get my cricket loom put together and weave something
• Finish the quilt I started in 2012.

So far, I've finished six pairs of socks, almost finished another pair, and have one orphan sock that I'm not sure will have a mate.

My loom still isn't put together.  I have some time off mid-June and putting it together is on my to-do list.

I'm still sewing strips together on the quilt.  I have seven sets of six strips still to sew, and then I can start cutting.  Not much progress here and I need to get working on this if I'm going to meet this goal by the end of December.

This week has a fibre related event.  Thursday night is the wind-up for the Regina Weavers and Spinner Guild.  We're having a pot luck supper.  There will be good food, good conversation and lots of show and share.

Maureen