WIP

Work in Progress:

1 pink sheep

1 blue sheep

1 gigantic woolies bunny twice the size of my usual woolies bunnies

1 little gnome that I can never seem to get finished

And, yet to be on knitting needles

1 smaller woolies bunny identical to the gigantic woolies bunny

1 white sheepie with a black face

1 zebra, organic cotton, with red sweater.

Plus, gigantic 3 day craft fair in 3 weeks. Smaller craft fair this weekend. New shop in town that wants to carry my Woolies on consignment. Pending wholesale order (keeping fingers crossed).

SOOOO took off from my day job this week so I can work my Other Job. I might never get off the couch. knitknitknitknitknitknitknitknit

Want to come hang out with me??

GEORGEOUS WATERCOLORS YARN GIVEAWAY!

The MOST Georgeous Yarn!!! 90 Yards of Yumminess! OZKNITS spins the most beautiful yarns ever!

In OZKNITS own words:

This is 90 yards of merino and tencel spun into a soft, silky thick and thin single.

The skein is not superwash so it will felt.

Spun in my smoke-free home, the twist has been set.

10 WPI

How can you win this georgeous skein of yarn??

Visit OZKNITS.

Pick your favorite colorway of yarn. Try not to drool too much.

Come on back here and leave a comment with your favorite.

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Contest will end one week from today - which will be May 2nd! at midnight.

(Only open to US residents)

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(Oh, and there's also another giveaway going on in my shop - click HERE to enter that one!)

Meecie Mice

Just wanted to share these little guys; they are part of a wholesale order, my very first.

They are Edward and Tessa, brother and sister. Edward is very protective of his little mousie sister, and sometimes even agrees to come to her tea parties. (It might be the little salad sandwiches that she serves..). Tessa adores her big brother, and has been known to follow him around the neighborhood. Which does not always make their Mommy mouse happy, as following Edward around usually requires climbing through holes and dusty garages, resulting in a not very clean dress!

But Mommy mouse smiles as she does the laundry, knowing that her mousie children are happy and together.

These little mice are adapted from a pattern by fuzzymitten, with quite a few liberties taken. Used with permission.

Beatrice

Ya know, I have this thing for handspun yarns. Mohair (from angora goats - see baby pictures in previous posts), llama, alpaca, all kinds of wool. There is something about the textures, the smell, the feel. Sometimes my hands get softer when working with handspuns, because of the natural lanolin that is in it. Once, I needed black mohair for a project, and went to a commercial yarn shop. The mohair was horrible - it FELT chemically treated - which I am sure it was. yuck.
So I have found quite a few shops on Etsy that spin their own, from their own animals. It is the best. Maple Smith, from northstaralpacas, has some of the best yarn I've ever
encountered. I found some that I think she sent to me,
as a thank you, with an order.
This yarn is a blend of alpaca and wool. It is heathered -
she must have plied a bit of purple, and a touch of blue, in there.
I had 94 yards of it, exactly enough to make Beatrice. I
f you could only feel her!!!!! Thank you Maple!!!