it's definitely a monday
Mar. 30th, 2009 09:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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cuddlejunkie1!!
hope your morning is better than mine has been.
first thing i got to do this morning was clean up cat poo and give leto a bath.
he was less than pleased about this, but he had dirtied his butt and scooted it all over the tile and the countertops.
i was less than pleased about THAT. disinfectant to the rescue!
...and if leto is the biggest pain in the butt to bathe of all our cats, he is also the biggest snuggler afterward. he just wants to bury his face in my arms and pretend it never happened. very sweet.
hopefully the rest of the day will be better.
tonight i have the first of my classes for adult literacy training. i am looking forward to it, but also starting to feel a little nervous.
the weekend was extremely productive.
susan came over and spent the night friday. we all went out for thai and played board games. it is always lovely to spend time with susan. i am HOPING that having guiness around will gradually acclaimate the kittens to dogs. madeliene no longer fears him in the slightest and even takes pot-shots at him when she's bored. i believe she is fully recovered from the introduction of the kittens at this point. she has established herself as top cat and is now as affectionate as she ever was and back to making pictures with claw marks on my neck (she likes to hang out on my shoulders).
i meant to make a cake and go to the grocery store and clean the house for ross's birthday. but what he wanted was not a special meal, or a cake, or a clean house. what he wanted was for me to bash heads in a computer game with him and a couple of his friends all day. so that is what happened saturday. about 13 straight hours of diablo ii. not what i anticpated, but definitely a good time. i did finish his hat and he has promised to model it for me at some point. i think he liked it that i kept it a surprise.
i also got to do a whole lot of dyeing over at renee's yesterday.
and she showed me how to use combs and minicombs and gave me about half of a romney fleece that she no longer wants to work with! i've never spun with romney before but this fleece is long and fine and pretty dirty. i think i may save working on it for when i have gotten combs or mini-combs at shepard's harvest. speaking of which, i suppose i should start thinking about mother's day gifts...
here is the lot that got dyed.
here is the acrylic alpaca stuff i got for free at the knit out.
it was just too pink. this burgandy loveliness is much better. now i might actually use it.
this was undyed brown sheep lamb's pride. i am hoping to make some hats and gloves.
this was grey brown sheep lamb's pride. i am REALLY happy with the way the grey muted the dye colors.
this is lovely cherry tree hill bulky alpaca. it WAS the serengetti colorway that i got for making a hat fordhampir. this is the left-over that i took as part of my payment. the color didn't quite suit me so i over-dyed in olive. i am thrilled with the results.
and this is what i am most excited about. these are two skeins of natural cashmere given to me by my SIL for xmas. i measured and they are about 220 yards each. i have dyed them to be suited for making some winter twilight mitts (ravelry link). i couldn't think of what to make from them until i saw this pattern, but am thinking these will be beautious.
cuddlejunkie1!!hope your morning is better than mine has been.
first thing i got to do this morning was clean up cat poo and give leto a bath.
he was less than pleased about this, but he had dirtied his butt and scooted it all over the tile and the countertops.
i was less than pleased about THAT. disinfectant to the rescue!
...and if leto is the biggest pain in the butt to bathe of all our cats, he is also the biggest snuggler afterward. he just wants to bury his face in my arms and pretend it never happened. very sweet.
hopefully the rest of the day will be better.
tonight i have the first of my classes for adult literacy training. i am looking forward to it, but also starting to feel a little nervous.
the weekend was extremely productive.
susan came over and spent the night friday. we all went out for thai and played board games. it is always lovely to spend time with susan. i am HOPING that having guiness around will gradually acclaimate the kittens to dogs. madeliene no longer fears him in the slightest and even takes pot-shots at him when she's bored. i believe she is fully recovered from the introduction of the kittens at this point. she has established herself as top cat and is now as affectionate as she ever was and back to making pictures with claw marks on my neck (she likes to hang out on my shoulders).
i meant to make a cake and go to the grocery store and clean the house for ross's birthday. but what he wanted was not a special meal, or a cake, or a clean house. what he wanted was for me to bash heads in a computer game with him and a couple of his friends all day. so that is what happened saturday. about 13 straight hours of diablo ii. not what i anticpated, but definitely a good time. i did finish his hat and he has promised to model it for me at some point. i think he liked it that i kept it a surprise.
i also got to do a whole lot of dyeing over at renee's yesterday.
and she showed me how to use combs and minicombs and gave me about half of a romney fleece that she no longer wants to work with! i've never spun with romney before but this fleece is long and fine and pretty dirty. i think i may save working on it for when i have gotten combs or mini-combs at shepard's harvest. speaking of which, i suppose i should start thinking about mother's day gifts...
here is the lot that got dyed.
here is the acrylic alpaca stuff i got for free at the knit out.
it was just too pink. this burgandy loveliness is much better. now i might actually use it.
this was undyed brown sheep lamb's pride. i am hoping to make some hats and gloves.
this was grey brown sheep lamb's pride. i am REALLY happy with the way the grey muted the dye colors.
this is lovely cherry tree hill bulky alpaca. it WAS the serengetti colorway that i got for making a hat for
dhampir. this is the left-over that i took as part of my payment. the color didn't quite suit me so i over-dyed in olive. i am thrilled with the results.and this is what i am most excited about. these are two skeins of natural cashmere given to me by my SIL for xmas. i measured and they are about 220 yards each. i have dyed them to be suited for making some winter twilight mitts (ravelry link). i couldn't think of what to make from them until i saw this pattern, but am thinking these will be beautious.
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Date: 2009-03-30 05:01 pm (UTC)the cashmere is stunning, but the natural brown sheep? holy colors of awesome, batman!
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Date: 2009-03-30 05:23 pm (UTC)i had so much fun.
i felt like dancing around the room afterward.
you should check out what rjsams (on ravelry) got for her results! she's got one skein of blues and turquoise and green that is just to dye for (teehee).
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Date: 2009-03-30 05:24 pm (UTC)Solid watercolors. The gloves would be stellar!!!
~A
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Date: 2009-03-30 05:25 pm (UTC)i have seen some pretty amazing store-bought yarn out there, but i appreciate the compliment.
i am going to have fun choosing what to do with the two lamb's pride skeins. you think gloves?
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Date: 2009-03-30 09:35 pm (UTC)http://blog.craftzine.com/coraline_glove_pattern.jpg
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Date: 2009-03-31 01:58 pm (UTC)i happen to know that those were made specifically to mimic the ones in the movie.
they are on my to-do list. :)
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Date: 2009-03-30 06:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-03-31 01:59 pm (UTC)i am glad you got the rest you needed. :)
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Date: 2009-04-10 12:03 am (UTC)One of these days I want to learn that.
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Date: 2009-04-10 03:22 pm (UTC)i will be happy to teach you ANY time. i am having Such a good time challenging myself right now.