boxing day thoughts

Yet another year passes. The kids are grown and after the last year I am grateful for another christmas spent with them. The 28 1/2 pound turkey cooked and eaten with enough remnants to keep them satisfied for a few days. As i plod my way through washing Grandmas china and sweeping up tree needles I ponder christmases past and future. I think i like boxing day better than any other day of the year. I have so many creative ideas in my head needing out and january unfettered to let them out as I quietly try and set order to the christmas disaster zone I am planning my journey.

Happy Boxing day to all!

Im dreaming of a white christmas

The trees that lline the street are full of christmas lights making me want to knit socks....not sure what the connection is but I am going with it.....the boys are getting hats and socks as my hand made gifts this year. I hope i convince them to put christmas lites on the house this year.
Im feeling very homey and creative at the moment. The stress of pre show production is gone and now the ideas are percolating.

beyond tired

Home from 2 back to back shows.....the bizzarre bazaar in whistler and the whonnock weavers open house in maple ridge. Looking forward to a good night sleep.

Here are a few pics to share....my booth at whistler and my little show helper Talulah the Wooler.

I hear bells

I woke this morning to church bells and took the aging dog for a walk to the park in the crisp fall air....kicking leaves and twirling like a kid.

I love this time of year, time to cuddle up with wool and needles and create.

Here is todays accomplishments, also 2 skiens drying to be photoed in the am.

I think today is purple

Lyrics
Start Wearing Purpleby Gogol Bordello
Start wearing purple wearing purpleStart wearing purple for me nowAll your sanity and wits they will all vanishI promise, it's just a matter of time...
So yeah, ha
Start wearing purple wearing purple (da da da da da)Start wearing purple for me nowAll your sanity and wits they will all vanishI promise, it's just a matter of time...
I've known you since you were a twenty, and I was twenty,and thought that some years from nowa purple little little lady will be perfectfor dirty old and useless clown...
So yeah, ha
Start wearing purple wearing purple (da da da da da)Start wearing purple for me nowAll your sanity and wits they will all vanishI promise, it's just a matter of time...
So yeah, I know it all from Diogenes to Foucaultfrom Lozgechkin to PassepartoutI ja kljanus obostzav dva paltzaschto muziko poshla ot Zzukov Mu!...Party!
Start wearing purple wearing purple (da da da da da)Start wearing purple for me now
Start wearing purple for me now!
All your sanity and wits they will all vanishI promise, it's just a matter of time...
So Vio-Vio-Violetta! Etta! Va-va-va-vaja dama ti moja!Eh podayte nam karetu, vot etu, i mi poedem k ebenjam!
So yeah, ah start wearing purple wearing purpleStart wearing purple for me nowAll your sanity and wits, they will all vanishI promise, it's just a matter of time!...


and with that in mind i hit the dye pots.

pictures of yarn and wip

dyeing wendsleydale and spinning at warp speed

It feels good to be in production mode. Its been a year, just as i was gearing up last year I got sideswiped by breast cancer so no felting and spinning just fighting and healing. This year as I am knee deep in fibre and yarn and silk with my brain spinning with creations I am ever so grateful to have the strength to dig in and produce. I am loving the wendsleydale roving which has such amazing luster and handle and dyes to jewel tones rivaling mohair. I spun 6 skeins of art yarn today and made some felt nubs and felted soap. I will take pictures in the light tommorow. Until Sunday the goal is to spin, make nubs and soap. Then Monday a new goal.
After taking the pluckyfluff workshop I have been so enthused, spinning myself into a state of bliss. I bought an old indian head from Irene Wiesner and on her advice attatched a sewing machine motor.....and we are hitting warp 9....I love it.....ok pics tommorow....