tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79061481609805165552024-02-19T04:04:08.105-08:00busyhandsidle hands are .......marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-34888887906417265252014-06-14T15:57:00.001-07:002014-06-14T15:57:25.007-07:00May/June Art Journal Pages<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-31939185782289210032014-06-10T18:51:00.000-07:002014-06-10T18:51:03.345-07:00Beithe ShawletteIt's summer again. Bravo! <br />
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Next week Julie and I are going to <a href="http://blacksheepgathering.org/">Black Sheep Gathering</a> in Eugene, Oregon. Then we're going to head over to her sister in law's place in Washington. I made her this shawlette as a hostess gift.<br />
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I drum carded batts and then separated them into rolags for woolen spinning. My two ply yarn came out to about a sport weight. Beithe is a free pattern from <a href="http://Knitty.com/">Knitty.com</a>.marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-80659400939066436882014-01-26T12:23:00.001-08:002014-01-26T12:23:38.945-08:00FIFTY SEVENToday is my 57th birthday. I've been sitting here in my bed watching the sky change as the sun rises. I feel grateful to be alive. Life is good. Not too much drama. My kids are okay. I'm in love with my family and friends and I'm pretty sure they love me back. What else could I ask for?<br />
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RAIN!!!!!!! That's what I'm asking for: RAIN. <br />
It's almost always raining on my birthday. It's hard to dispute scientific evidence regarding climate change, but I just need to hide my head in the sand and believe that the rain will come back and that this is just a fluke. February will be wetter, I tell myself.<br />
So, in lieu of gifts, please send rain. <br />
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In lieu of rain, Julie gave me one of her needle felted animals. He shares many of my interests like spinning, drinking coffee, and acrylic paint.<br />
<br />marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-15357406204996516192013-07-16T08:12:00.000-07:002013-07-16T08:12:06.675-07:00Tour de fleece 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's what I've spun so far. I've been spinning on my wheel and spindles. The white is Cormo and BFL and will eventually be dyed. The green and violet is Rambouillet, the brown is CVM, the multicolored yarns are spun from batts I made on my drum carder. Why is fiber so luscious? Why are spinning tools so cool? marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-5145817355485639682013-06-01T10:37:00.000-07:002013-06-01T10:37:38.398-07:00Another Green Cardigan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I keep knitting them. Acer Cardigan. It fits beautifully.</div>
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SUMMER IS ALMOST HERE.</div>
marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-67359997339998511602013-03-19T19:16:00.000-07:002013-03-19T19:16:14.357-07:00KnittingI have been knitting shawls and sweaters just in time for the warmer weather. They'll be ready for next year. Knitting is a year round pursuit.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-19405033042077185882013-01-05T11:12:00.001-08:002013-01-05T11:12:48.858-08:00Winter in the Garden in Southern CaliforniaOne more day of winter break and then I'm back to work with mostly new schools. I have achieved almost everything on my list. I still have to wash my car and clean out the entryway closet. So far I have pruned all of my 50 or so roses and cultivated around their bases so they'll be ready to feed when they put on their new growth, emailed some school people, cleaned out the wrapping paper drawer, cleaned out the closet in my crafty room, started a new journal, done some rearranging in the garage so my school supplies are more organized, I did all of Christmas, I have been exercising (new goal: 7 hours per week), and have returned to my normal eating habits. I wish I didn't have to work but I do, so there.<br />
I took some pictures of the garden because I am aware of how different my winter garden looks as compared to the gardens of my friends in colder climates. Happy New Year!<br />
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<br />marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-65207844418911665232012-12-15T11:32:00.003-08:002012-12-15T11:32:57.133-08:00Hats and Shawls With an AttitudeI'm practically panting because I have so much to do.<br />
I have been knitting lots of shawls and hats to give as Christmas gifts to my sisters and their husbands. I'm not quite done, but almost.<br />
I hope my daughter doesn't mind when she comes home and finds out that I bought a small living tree in a pot. I picked up a cut one and it was heavy and I thought I just couldn't do it this year.<br />
If you all want to come and help me and we could do it as a family, that would be fine. If left to my own devices, I'm going to make it easier on my body and my mind. That ease doesn't come cheaply, however. <br />
Throw money at it, that will fix everything except my bank account.<br />
Tis the season.<br />
Tra la la.<br />
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Hot Claude is a very bad dog. This morning he went swimming in a mud puddle and then ran through the house and onto the couch. Thank God for slipcovers. I talked to his breeder's sister in law who has a puppy from the same litter and she's mad at her puppy too. Another one of the sisters-in-law got another puppy from the that litter and she wants to give it back! Puppy's make one reminisce about simpler times.<br />
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Even though it's been super hot, I continue to knit like crazy. Here's two more FO's. You'd think it actually got cold around here. It will be cold in Portland.marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-1638109024463012152012-07-26T19:54:00.000-07:002012-07-26T19:54:32.017-07:00So Many Things.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To top it all off, we got a puppy. His name is Claude. He's another red australian shepherd like Wren. He gnaws on us a lot and he refuses to walk on a leash. It's like living with a sometimes sweet but mostly annoying one and half year old.</div>
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Tomorrow I'm going to go walking with the girls. It will be nice to leave all of my projects and the puppy behind and be with grownups!</div>marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-77836358561318603332012-06-30T08:12:00.000-07:002012-06-30T08:12:44.681-07:00Washington Square Cardigan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's finally finished. I even wore it to Black Sheep Gathering. At first I thought it was going to be way too small, but then I blocked the hell out of it and now it fits pretty well. Maybe a little short. I love that I dyed, carded, spun, and knitted it. The next cardigan I make will be out of commercial yarn!marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-1257099182072380662012-05-15T20:46:00.000-07:002012-05-15T20:46:20.613-07:00Three Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</tbody></table>I sold my Patrick Green drum carder on Ravelry to a nice woman. I met her in the San Fernando Valley, halfway between her house and mine. She gave me cash and I handed over the carder. I bought a motorized Fancy Kitty Kitten motorized carder with the proceeds from the PG carder and some money I had been saving. I wanted a motorized carder because I like to have both hands free to feed in fiber. Plus the Kitten has longer teeth on the carding cloth so it makes bigger batts. It's pretty cool although a little hard to clean because of the long teeth. I ordered the doffer brush that goes with it but it really doesn't reach down and get all the fiber out. I like a clean carder!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swatches I knitted from the navajo plied worsted weight yarn I made from the batt.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-81829067229387946852012-02-07T11:40:00.000-08:002012-02-07T11:40:24.336-08:00Knitting and Dyeing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzTPrScDgyYCtGil2kr9jZMaW_tL0VuJ0gpmPeIGrKCkMJ0hIQtFDWOB8_vWPq9SwVx1E-ls7c7vM5tELUOz_zFCCevWOdPSt7Xo9lrewWgj2sD_MCx6t6-rMwbH60l661BRrAdWt8LU/s1600/IMG_9200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzTPrScDgyYCtGil2kr9jZMaW_tL0VuJ0gpmPeIGrKCkMJ0hIQtFDWOB8_vWPq9SwVx1E-ls7c7vM5tELUOz_zFCCevWOdPSt7Xo9lrewWgj2sD_MCx6t6-rMwbH60l661BRrAdWt8LU/s320/IMG_9200.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is the <a href="http://ravelry.com/">Daybreak Shawl by Stephen West</a>. I used hand dyed yarn by <a href="http://www.Alexandrascrafts.com/">Alexandra's Crafts</a> in the Baby Silver Falls color way, and <a href="http://www.lornaslaces.net/">Lorna's </a>Shepherd Sock in the Hermosa color way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In my next post I'll show off my new <a href="http://fancykitty.com/">Fancy Kitty</a> Kitten Motorized drum carder!</div>marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-48671451090337334452012-01-02T13:13:00.000-08:002012-01-02T13:13:00.266-08:00Wrendog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NIFvYPmZHuOSrai5ao4VLsThnLVC8ujo-ZeeQb_oD6ttFT2DLQEKTDmpIjDqUT34TzLwn7qPKUONI0AIxZ15z0jB-K7b7hg5ZAmTVcVvpw3lD0zj7_ui08dzVw1KOiXsCO3z5xrBXvA/s1600/wren.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NIFvYPmZHuOSrai5ao4VLsThnLVC8ujo-ZeeQb_oD6ttFT2DLQEKTDmpIjDqUT34TzLwn7qPKUONI0AIxZ15z0jB-K7b7hg5ZAmTVcVvpw3lD0zj7_ui08dzVw1KOiXsCO3z5xrBXvA/s320/wren.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />
</div>We left our dog, Wren, in the yard early on December 30th. We gave him a Kong with peanut butter and a couple of dog treats. We knew that Ann and Liz would be by soon to take him on "BIG DOG WALK FRIDAY". Maggie was going to come later to stay at the house and look after him. We drove to Oakland and got Nora all moved into her little apartment. We checked into our hotel and drank coffee. We decided to eat dinner at a place down the street from the hotel. We were eating a delicious dinner when we got the call from Julie that they were at the vet with Wren and that he was in cardiac arrest. Apparently, when Maggie got to the house to feed him dinner and spend the night she couldn't find him. Finally he came out from under the deck and collapsed on the ground. She couldn't move him and he couldn't move himself. She tried to give him some water but he couldn't drink it. She said he was covered with debris from being under the deck. She called her parents (they were at a movie) and then somehow our other friend John and his son Will arrived on the scene and they carried Wren to the car and went looking for a vet. When they found one they took him in and the vet took him back right away. The vet came out and told them that he was in cardiac arrest and that it didn't look good. By then, John and Julie had arrived. Then the vet came out again and took all five of them back into a little room and told them that Wren had died. His body temp. was 6 degrees below normal and his gums were very pale. He could have had internal bleeding from a burst tumor, but he didn't really know. <div>It is just so sad and we felt so powerless being 400 miles away from our dear dog. We loved that dog so much. He had the best personality and he was one of the family. He was also a pain in the ass, dirty, and high maintenance, but so is everyone else in our family. We miss him.</div><div>Today I took the tree down and he wasn't there to hang out with me. Nora's gone and the house is very still and quiet. I went out to prune roses, but I just couldn't. </div><div>We don't want another dog yet. It's just too soon.</div><div>On the positive side of all this is the fact that we a wonderful friends who went above and beyond trying to save our dog. We are so lucky.</div><div>THANKS FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!</div><div>Happy New Year, Wren, where ever you are. </div><div>I thought I heard your toenails clicking on the floor this morning.</div>marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-81497780314282563362011-12-22T13:43:00.000-08:002011-12-22T13:43:49.730-08:00Winter Solstice - Happy Holidays!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is why I can't go anywhere. If I do, watch out because the outfit will be odd and messy. Token lipstick will be applied to try to appear normal.</div>marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-69077067323565794162011-11-27T18:20:00.000-08:002011-11-27T18:20:25.860-08:00End of the holiday weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's Sunday evening. Time to go back to work tomorrow. Here are a few images from the weekend. We ate leftovers at the beach on Friday. It was an "astronomically" low tide (according to the US weather service). I haven't seen a sandy bottom at this beach since I was a kid!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2NlobFK2VhLbBkRGwLgWltYLIaaZc7ITa-ve7tTkAOd9ko2cMItv6-kCrnMjJs_BVY_1VXMAvoHmhOkpugHRPQYQIBBgnXozm-OJ6eO7HWkatweWj6ScO9UK7Qh8Oz3AaAkVaAXn3A4/s1600/starfish.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2NlobFK2VhLbBkRGwLgWltYLIaaZc7ITa-ve7tTkAOd9ko2cMItv6-kCrnMjJs_BVY_1VXMAvoHmhOkpugHRPQYQIBBgnXozm-OJ6eO7HWkatweWj6ScO9UK7Qh8Oz3AaAkVaAXn3A4/s320/starfish.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> These starfish</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iFsrS2loSEiUOaee8ol0xbb6mOyFAe_QQKSxVL8Pz5lXjRWrWRz_KQt1TeaIYozEZHAptRN5jDSVLIYbmKWMjfZBhJ8jZGIUcaDP81qF4qzQv_6NftMKUKlMoO-ODZQctv9F4xY3mEo/s1600/spanish+wall.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iFsrS2loSEiUOaee8ol0xbb6mOyFAe_QQKSxVL8Pz5lXjRWrWRz_KQt1TeaIYozEZHAptRN5jDSVLIYbmKWMjfZBhJ8jZGIUcaDP81qF4qzQv_6NftMKUKlMoO-ODZQctv9F4xY3mEo/s320/spanish+wall.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> were on this "Spanish Wall".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAbsl4iJCuR9QwK1BzdA6WRbvRYp8E49htvtQArMtuovkyfN3rFv3llJruZc8JpUQbnMcOtreNqNmMgNyI27aPEXVjbKcDP8Xpz9HGtmjNUh_dtwWy3_-drhICHsEZpdE4gslWG_jH44/s1600/low+tide.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAbsl4iJCuR9QwK1BzdA6WRbvRYp8E49htvtQArMtuovkyfN3rFv3llJruZc8JpUQbnMcOtreNqNmMgNyI27aPEXVjbKcDP8Xpz9HGtmjNUh_dtwWy3_-drhICHsEZpdE4gslWG_jH44/s320/low+tide.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the sandy bottom that's hardly ever visible.</div>marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-35743276613879416962011-10-30T15:04:00.000-07:002011-10-30T15:04:21.588-07:00Pages from my current journal:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K1JB88FAfq-712VmXInpIHcCDZaZ8rA8LcH9sHXqDgZAV02Zl0pteuR7wVoHCoOQayQHMBIK7AOpT-qGcO9jIOEZyhZycbd5h9NakIqxQws5HjqaP9clu4_iH7Gww1El4cHlNGnF5jM/s1600/ghosts+and+dogs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K1JB88FAfq-712VmXInpIHcCDZaZ8rA8LcH9sHXqDgZAV02Zl0pteuR7wVoHCoOQayQHMBIK7AOpT-qGcO9jIOEZyhZycbd5h9NakIqxQws5HjqaP9clu4_iH7Gww1El4cHlNGnF5jM/s320/ghosts+and+dogs.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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I want to do it more, but I just don't think about it. I cruise other peoples' blogs every day and I get a little indignant if they don't blog or make Youtube videos on a regular basis. I'm all about the double standard: high standards for other people's behavior, questionable standards for my own. So I'm going to try harder. Here's some stuff I've been doing:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzhAX7PRk2N0gCej2FRuHOf6EvaoIhEoSWnwgCXEOeVi2AnD2EcNdsRZuRZuQeqrK1DD1JqaPn4-ofLV9tfDo8918DMcTOnb9kaI0qyuSAPFHYAztrpqWa1IEIGSGxV5R-afEramBoGI/s1600/card+from+nora.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzhAX7PRk2N0gCej2FRuHOf6EvaoIhEoSWnwgCXEOeVi2AnD2EcNdsRZuRZuQeqrK1DD1JqaPn4-ofLV9tfDo8918DMcTOnb9kaI0qyuSAPFHYAztrpqWa1IEIGSGxV5R-afEramBoGI/s320/card+from+nora.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I found a lovely love note from Nora on my desk today. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhz31EfgvW63JD_WoU-iR8HWrJwHSuB0xu4eUmTeUWB_YTv_KPJ-zT7eYw7vw4rZmLct4UkF9KJAVwEHVF8dkfEuUvaBH7Hc0JmMrAqoCxj3eptzpIizr43hZ14T5GqPe-vW70sP7W8io/s1600/baby+sweater+roving.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhz31EfgvW63JD_WoU-iR8HWrJwHSuB0xu4eUmTeUWB_YTv_KPJ-zT7eYw7vw4rZmLct4UkF9KJAVwEHVF8dkfEuUvaBH7Hc0JmMrAqoCxj3eptzpIizr43hZ14T5GqPe-vW70sP7W8io/s320/baby+sweater+roving.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Roving I dyed on Sunday to spin and knit into tiny cardigans for some twin boys.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdflA610vRS-XvfnGZJfmXGViAPq_jmeikLxyzzj50S2iZmqssqolqCsXo1AWZCW-IjqFCX58Ksuw5PBOM6ndH_PwwnDcVs94Oz9a-WvPZcue4PMheORFSRds1lCzgDx8uggI5AyyMb8/s1600/will%2527s+hat.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdflA610vRS-XvfnGZJfmXGViAPq_jmeikLxyzzj50S2iZmqssqolqCsXo1AWZCW-IjqFCX58Ksuw5PBOM6ndH_PwwnDcVs94Oz9a-WvPZcue4PMheORFSRds1lCzgDx8uggI5AyyMb8/s320/will%2527s+hat.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hand spun and dyed hat for a friend named Will.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrbN7-VQ6kCtRRJmxJDyM3wrjYhlyESjJp8R01nxYEyDIf6gAZhb0J39Xz0_rsUKO4fU4pUqAz7uXoV1n31AcFh7n2PkAYpPWKwKsW5cUfXXnbGkn9CeNGWRUVfGiOnAXx4RC5Ctq9ZY/s1600/spinning+wheel%253Aroving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrbN7-VQ6kCtRRJmxJDyM3wrjYhlyESjJp8R01nxYEyDIf6gAZhb0J39Xz0_rsUKO4fU4pUqAz7uXoV1n31AcFh7n2PkAYpPWKwKsW5cUfXXnbGkn9CeNGWRUVfGiOnAXx4RC5Ctq9ZY/s320/spinning+wheel%253Aroving.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> My adorable spinning wheel with some batts that I carded up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtGWlGnMp0fZzGXiG4nNvZ_LpqkzKkuYa-noMlVHInzr2Ju5KUHRGy7656MGG1fwlZwujR2UUp0MkjoYolYS0CLme_oY7P-GS3hld1vqHJ2bdzrrFZE54D_s69DLl9_ncJB4sTYhoK2I/s1600/yarn+on+bobbin.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtGWlGnMp0fZzGXiG4nNvZ_LpqkzKkuYa-noMlVHInzr2Ju5KUHRGy7656MGG1fwlZwujR2UUp0MkjoYolYS0CLme_oY7P-GS3hld1vqHJ2bdzrrFZE54D_s69DLl9_ncJB4sTYhoK2I/s320/yarn+on+bobbin.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spinning some yarn for a long cowl for Liz.</div>marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-51833378771535916872011-09-14T19:28:00.000-07:002011-09-14T19:28:36.699-07:00My Talented Family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">I just wanted to share a few things that my daughter and my sister made. My daughter, Nora, barely started knitting and already she can read a complex pattern. She spent two hours sticking blocking wires into that scarf. She's so smart. My sister, Rebecca, is a bookbinding whiz, and even teaches book arts at Otis (not to brag or anything). Her books and her color sense blow my mind. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">I also knitted some socks, and I've been working on a set of baby cardigans for some twin boys that are still, you know, safely tucked inside their mother. I was inspired by Yarn Harlot's baby knitting rampage. I'll post them when they're done. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Summer is officially over and I will begin teaching for real on Monday. Art teachers need to have lots of meetings and force themselves on baffled schools who have no idea how they're going schedule all the itinerant educators. An embarrassment of riches, if you ask me.</div><br />
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marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906148160980516555.post-39904327606910451312011-08-13T20:26:00.000-07:002011-08-13T20:26:01.446-07:00G, H, I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZoCKjkWjGhTHbWtjTkrR0tDyVRh0m8sI3zudHJkfREwmbDigaczX6TS_oKb5rDvWfragoYjT42QzFf_WOlx340_-EifBsDjl2QLH2-vXXZ9Bwm822L36noGPrU2xaJNpzMr41NbOrVs/s1600/g+is+for+glasses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZoCKjkWjGhTHbWtjTkrR0tDyVRh0m8sI3zudHJkfREwmbDigaczX6TS_oKb5rDvWfragoYjT42QzFf_WOlx340_-EifBsDjl2QLH2-vXXZ9Bwm822L36noGPrU2xaJNpzMr41NbOrVs/s320/g+is+for+glasses.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwCFNjvkRtTtiY2BEjekaHIK1EbHfyuPos-r1GahdO5w6SdJ3lUUCsxgp0CKiCa4shdSPKy64mNCD6_UPiMac90XmBKZ6aLwhft3hzBS7qhRJr6CE4rs8lTK6nUaJPMsrzg0vv6gYSu34/s1600/I+is+for+igloo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwCFNjvkRtTtiY2BEjekaHIK1EbHfyuPos-r1GahdO5w6SdJ3lUUCsxgp0CKiCa4shdSPKy64mNCD6_UPiMac90XmBKZ6aLwhft3hzBS7qhRJr6CE4rs8lTK6nUaJPMsrzg0vv6gYSu34/s320/I+is+for+igloo.jpg" width="247" /></a></div>G is for glasses and girls, H is for hen with dwarf wing, and I is for igloo. I'm getting a little sick of this alphabet business. Can I finish before school starts?marta traughberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245439343457203401noreply@blogger.com0