Swaps, Designs, and Dyeing!!!!

First and foremost, I finished two adorable washcloths to send off in a "Hands that Do Dishes" on the "A Swap In Time" group on ravelry.


And they were received by the lovely moderator! Which was fun and exciting.

Next up, I did some dyeing, preparing fleece and anticipating the Tour de Fleece on Ravelry, I'm on the rookies team this year, as this will be the first year I will be participating.

I dyed it with koolaid, in a variety of pink, red and orange tones. It smelled awful, as if a very oily sheep was being bathed in fruit punch.

Now here comes the funny part, I want it to dry faster, so it is outside in the sweltering heat, sandwiched between two stacking patio chairs so they can be outside and hopefully dry faster.


It looks like my wool was very very baaaad, and got sent to wooly prison... oh noes!


And then last, but not least, I dyed some wool yarn that I got from a surprise box from etsy that was a really gross melon color... but now it is a happier pink and red mixture.

I am going to knit up a stole for the Project Yarnway, this month it is based on a book that you have read, and I just finished reading "The Grand Finale" by Janet Evanovich. It will be wavy with some type of scallop or fish or nautical theme, I haven't hashed it all out yet.

In other news... I am out of the hospital (yay, all around!) and will be following a slightly different course regarding my education. I will be hopefully going to get my CNA and then go to work. School is just too overwhelming to even think about right now. So, that is my life, not a lot going on, just taking things really slow and allowing my time to heal and get better, and of course, fiber fun!

Rollin, Rollin, Rollin

Soooo, basically i cannot sleep for reasons unknown to me, this is highly dysfunctional, BUT highly productive! I have only one and a half skeins left out of five to knit up for the lining of my Project Yarnway project... I am still searching for a perfect name, and hoping that I don't shrink it too much when I felt it... Oh, and trying to get my sister to model it when it is done, I think she is more photogenic, and once it is felted I don't know that it will fit me all that great....

Joined Team Crazypants forum.... looks like a good place to chill, not going into details on here, too long...

I also joined two swaps, well two and a half... no one wanted my dishcloth goodness.... ::sniff::.... oh well, the moderator is going to get two amazing dishcloths knit by yours truly. The other two swaps are the full blown, price limit, and packing and planning and spoiling goodness kind... One is themed around Alice in Wonderland, which should be a blast, and the other is themed around Bollywood, which I am really excited about- I am really excited about both of them actually, both are hitting the nail on the head as far as swaps go... now I must be secretive of stuffs I get if they are destined for swappy goodness.... (sneaks away, but trips on something, ruining everything)...

And...

I watched some Dr. Who last night, the new one, tried an old movie, I couldn't do it, no way, no how.... The new TV show is interesting to me the same way that the firstgen Star Trek shows are interesting to me... but no real hook, line, and sinker as of yet

That and I was rewatching some Project Runway, the really dramatic season with Santino in it... you know the one I'm talking about... Interesting to look at it and think... "If this were a project yarnway challenge, and I had a month, what would I do?"... fun little games i play with myself.

A New Project

Oh, look at me, adding pictures and what not.... it's probably bad that I am fairly proud of myself for this small accomplishment.

At any rate. this ----->
around 16 hours of knitting. The top of the shawl (the bottom of the picture) is my own handspun, and then it ran out, of course... (I should learn better than so start a full grown project with only 1 skein.... 1 skein never goes as far as I wish it to)... so, a mad dash to the local yarnerie!! With help of the amazing helper lady I was able to obtain similar yarn. (Which I love!!... seriously, this is going to be an investment). I am just making this up as I go, which I think makes it more addicting.is the shawl that I started on Thursday night. May I just say, that shawls are potentially the most addicting piece of knitting every. I have probably put around.... oh, 16 hours into it so far. I am making up my own pattern, which I think makes it more addicting.... Close up----->

In other news... We got our assignments for the ice cream swap yesterday, on ravelry... so, logically that will be my next primary project... I've never done a swap before, so this is really exciting to me. I can't wait to make a special something to send to my buddy, and get a special something in the mail!!

In other other news. I am a dork. This should come as no surprise, yet. So, on Friday I saw the new Star Trek movie, and I am hooked!! I am watching the original series online, (thank you CBS for posting these), and I am through episode 14 as of right now... That's a lot of Star Trek in the last two days.... so, yeah.