A study in Photography and Lighting!

Tonight was the monthly meeting for the spinning guild I joined back in September.

The program for this evening was on taking photos with a light box, great for Ravelry or a blog.

I was impressed. Not only with this technique as it worked with my point and click digital camera, but that I was able to whip up a cost-next-to-nothing light box when I returned home to see if I could pull it off.

The pictures of Sponge Bob were taken at the guild meeting where I snapped these with two different light boxes that she made. One from cardboard and white fabric, having lighting on the side and one was a white laundry basket with the light at the back, both light boxes had freezer paper for the inside.

A big round of thanks to Liberty, of Liberty's Yarn. She was our program speaker for this wonderful lesson. She is also a sponsor for my podcast. She ROCKS pretty much in all aspects of my crafting world.

The mystery of it all...

Take one tree limb, a bow saw, gloves, chop saw, drill, safety glasses, broom, dust pan, and add a touch of music out in the garden shed. What do you get?

The beginning of some small, but well thought-out Christmas presents.

There is no time to knit, at least for everyone. There is no time to embroider, at least for everyone. But there is time to create a lovely holiday ornament that is heart-felt, earth friendly, and an original handmade creation by me.

The Mister knows that once I get on a roll I don't stop until the job is complete.

Now to get the wood to dry.

Raspberries and Chocolate!

An email was received recently, informing me that I had won a skein of hand-dyed yarn from Frog Creek Fibers.

I was amazed, shocked, and beyond belief that I had won something. As you can tell, I have not had the luck on my side, be it bingo or random drawings.

This beautiful skein of yarn is:

Raspberries and Chocolate
100% Superwash BFL
400 yards
Sock Weight

Perfect timing as I head off to knitting retreat.

Have a safe and somewhat, sane Halloween!

Everything but knitting...

A co-worker brought a bag of fleece, fabric, and iron-on letters for a Seahawks pillow to me to see if there was something I could create with it.

I've been sitting on this project for several weeks, not sure what I could do with it all.

Well, this weekend has been all about staying home, reading and studying for Test Three in my Intro to Business class, podcasting, and tonight, sewing.

I came up with three items. First, a standard pillowcase in Seahawks fabric (neatly folded in the right side of the picture), a bag, and a fleece pillowcase.

It took about an hour and half to get it all done...but it is done.

Tomorrow night is another knitting meet-up, which I believe I will be going.

Socktober Fest

This is the start of my Socktoberfest socks. I plan on a small garland of handspun yarn socks for my desk at work. It takes about an hour to make one, so I think I can get at least seven done for my wall-mounted inbox to string across or maybe I should put them on my tiny tree with lights that I have on my filecabinet under the inbox. Maybe I need to make more than seven.

Happy October Socktoberfest to all!

Test Run

You all know how bad the photos tend to be, late at night, within the logs of my home. Sorry for the fuzziness.

I took the Ashford Traveller for a spin tonight. I think I have found a good name for her, but need to try it out for a few days.

I spun up 2 oz. of BFL hand-dyed by Crown Mountain Farm. A worsted weight 2 ply, with about 78 yards. Plans are for another, yes another, pair of fingerless mitts.

This roving spun up really soft and the ply came out very lofty. It was a balanced yarn once I put it into a hank , lets see how it turns out once it has had a chance to dry and possibly show a bit of bloom.

New addition to my craft loft!

An Ashford Traveller!

It took four hours to complete the wheel, from box to treadling. I plan on another coat of the wood wax to moisturize the wood and give it a good color.

Tomorrow night I'll plan a time for some spinning.