Bits and Pieces

We're getting a bit of winter, crisp and cold this morning.  The sun is deceiving-so bright and warm coming in through the living room window and still the temp is a balmy -10 outside.

I finished my shawl!  From this-

To this-

It took me almost a year, but it's done.  Next project?? :)

Do you do Pinterest?  I don't, but a friend does and she found these great hearts to make for Valentine's at http://www.bluevelvetchair.blogspot.com/2012/01/forest-glam-diy-valentines-day.html .  We have these red bushes all over around here, we call them red Dogwood.  Anyways, here's a picture of what I worked on last night for the Valentine's dinner at the church.

  I think I'll use these hearts for decoration all year. I like the way they turned out.

Enough show and tell. 

I hope your days are getting longer and the promise of spring has brought it's enthusiasm to your home.

From Glory Farm

And the Winner is...

Nancy and Tara.  With only two entries, I can send you both fiber.  One will be the spring shearing from Darcy.  So just click on my profile info and send me an email with your snail mail info.

Thanks for entering!

A Contest for Felters and Spinners

I'm going to have a contest.  I've been trying to think up some clever new way to do this, but-clever, I'm not.  So this contest is pretty simple.  Comment on this blog to get your name into the drawing once.  Blog about the contest to get your name in a second time.  I don't have Facebook and I don't Twitter so I guess I can't do that.
Anyways, the prize???
It's a kind of specialized thing and probably not appreciated by a lot of people--

Remember Darcy from the last post?  Well, this is her fall shearing and it weighs in at about 2 1/2 pounds.  This mohair is skirted, but not washed.
So that's it.  I'll draw the name next Monday.   :o)

Yarn Design

I've been trying to use up my stored fiber as it will soon be shearing time again and I have such backlog.  I started carding some white mohair today.

I had some blue mohair that I had carded and dyed. 

Here's the  yarn it made.  Kinda pretty, I think.

Then I thought, wouldn't it be pretty to put the blue and the white mohair together.

There's still a bit of debris in it.  And here's the finished yarn.

I think that I like this better than the plain blue.  I'll call it clouds in a blue sky. :)