This is what I've been up to lately.......

I always forget to blog.  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:

 I found a lovely love note from Nora on my desk today.  

 Roving I dyed on Sunday to spin and knit into tiny cardigans for some twin boys.

 Hand spun and dyed hat for a friend named Will.

 My adorable spinning wheel with some batts that I carded up.

Spinning some yarn for a long cowl for Liz.

winter is coming

ooooh! It's so cold. Heavy rain is expected tomorrow. I'm so glad because my plants really need it. Here are two knitting projects I completed lately: monkey socks, and shawl that jazz. When I went to the golden gate fiber institute, one of my classmates wore a shawl that she made from this pattern. I don't think mine ended up as drapey as hers. The wool I used came from Drambui's fleece and it's very springy.

stuff i've made this summer

When I went to the Golden Gate Fiber Institute at the end of July I took two classes: Spinning with Judith MacKenzie McCuin and Felting with Loyce Ericson. It was a wonderful experience and I learned a lot. It really got my creative juices flowing. When I came home I ripped everything having to do with fiber art out of the closets and organized it. I have a lot of stuff. When that was done I kind of didn't know how to proceed. In the past, I always wanted to draw or paint, and sometimes I'd get on a roll and turn out some acceptable work. But I'm just not patient enough to practice those skills very much and I felt frustrated. So here I was wondering what I would do with all of the tools but none of the direction I needed to start DOING. I don't know what happened, but I began (the 8 foot long folding work table I bought at Costco helped). Now I can't stop. I'm so happy. This is what I have always wanted to do. I've done a lot of dyeing, spinning, knitting, and felting. Julie came over one day and I taught her to felt. She's got the touch. I want to make some more felted scarves, finish knitting the 4 projects I started, and finish spinning the pound of wool I dyed to make a sweater.