Survived another week

My Hubbins comes home today. He missed his first plane and will be in later than expected. No biggie, Custer Battlefield will be there. I can mail order my beer supplies and I really didn't need to spend any money at Cost Plus World Market.
I started updating my Ravelry page. I had just finished one pair of socks and started the next. Knitting eases the symptoms of my OCD - which isn't really OCD it has another term but whatever. I like knitting socks anyway. But like I was saying I was updating my Ravelry page when I noticed I am so far behind on documenting my stash!! I need a day with a lights, camera, yarn! I also have several projects that need photographing and posting.

I need time to spin too. I got that dark grey bump of Mountain Meadows Merino roving. Great stuff! At least the natural white is. I haven't spun any of the dark gray but i am expecting it to be the same or better.

I need to find a local farm supply where I can get some 500cc syringes to mix dye liquor with. I have all of those lovely Knit Picks sock yarn blanks waiting to be hand dyed.

Well I need to finish up a few things before setting out for Billings. It's 167 miles at about 2 1/2 hour drive. I need to stock up on 5 hour energy and Good-n-Plentys- my road food of choice.

Taking the morning off

My Boss at the job said there was noting to do till late afternoon. I'm taking the morning off to catch up on a few things and get the house ready for Hubbins to return. I have knitting and spinning projects all over the livingroom. It won't take that long to wrangle them in - it just needs to get done.

I have almost finished the second sock ... it should have been done on Sunday or Monday but I picked up my computer and tweeted and played on facebook and I think I even blogged once or twice. Now here is the twist. Am I putting off housework to knit? Or putting off knitting to do housework? I think it's a standoff!!!

I get to go to the big city on Saturday. Going to Billings Montana. Population 100,000. That's 20% of the entire state of Wyoming- in one place! I haven't seen that many people in six months. I'm stopping off at the homebrew supply to get some ingredients for a wheat beer. The brown ale went well. I may stop off at Cost Plus World Market for some culture. Maybe a bookstore (totally jonesing)

OK enough stalling ... I need to get my housework on!

One more thing... down a total of 8 pounds!

Hell bent on breaking the sock curse

As you may know I have been hexed with a sock curse. If I am knitting a sock and speak of it, the sock does not get finished. I stared a pair last night around 9:00pm and was finished the first one by 11:pm tonight. I had an inch done on the 2nd one by Midnight. I will continue working on it tomorrow. Picture to follow

I had so much fun I forgot to take photos

That's nothing new. That's my usual MO. I went to the woolen mill to spin today. I met the resident crafter, Monna, who is a really sweet lady. We talked about spinning and weaving and felting and essential oils and beads... she sorted and weighed skeins and I spun. The name of the mill is Mountain Meadows. It's located in Buffalo, Wyoming. Just like me. They process local Wyoming raised fleeces into wonderful roving and yarn. They currently have two grades of yarn worsted and bulky and they are working on a sock yarn next. It's really fun fiber to work with. If you spin fine my advice is to pre-draft. It takes dye well and is super sproingy! A lot like CVM. It's a Merino wool but not super over selected uberfine micron. It's great homegrown wool that gives back to the sheep raising community. 10% of the sales go back to the growers. And have I said how pearly and luminous it is when spun up and knit?

I have been making - sorry, designing jewelry lately. I have worked up a couple of prototypes for a ring and a locket and for my spinning accessory kit a wraps per inch guide. I might get gutsy this weekend and experiment with my drill and see if I can make a needle gauge. That would be cool. I can make a fine gauge/ sock needle model and one for medium project size. Come on! Large needles are billboards of their size, the brand, where they were made, what they were made of, website info and a google map to the shop you bought it at. You don't need a gauge for those size 19s!

I need to pick up the needles and knit. My colorful basket of sock yarns from Knit Picks has stopped me dead. I know if I were to take an afternoon and pick up the needles and study the chart, I would get a move on and break the curse. Yes it's the sock knitting curse again.

On a personal note I finally started the diet up again 3/4 assed (not 100% and better than half assed) and I have lost 5 lbs! I used to weigh a lot. I lost 71 pounds then over the past few months I gained back 38 pounds (yeah I know- I'm so ashamed and feel like a beached whale) I am trying to kick the sugar habbit and up my exercise ratio. I hate making diet goals - that's gotten me into trouble before. But ever since I started this program I decided if have a bad eating day I can start fresh the next say. If you don't beat yourself up you are more likely to stick with it. Anyhoo I need to up my exercise and water intake.

I have also made a big effort to sleep more. On that note I'm going to bed.

Nightie night

Update time

Ok I apologize for ignoring my blog for so long. I got caught up in the twitter world. Only having to type 140 characters is very inviting, plus I can do it from my phone.
In the meantime, April is done and so is my sale. I have gone back into my studio and have been designing jewelry. I have fabricated two more spiral charm holders, one in a smaller gauge than my usual one. I also have created a several pair of earrings. They will be posted on my Etsy site this weekend.
The weather is getting warmer. I might have to do some dying. Bring a little color into the world.