Crafty Ashabee!
Friday, December 28, 2007
Of boys and dinosaurs...
Bryce has definately hit his dinosaur stage....4 is that stage right? He watches Discovery when they're on, reads books and even builds them out of legos. He asks me daily to take him to the Musuem of Natural History. He is such an amazing kid, and I can't believe he's starting Kindergarten in August!
Anyway, I was proud of his lego creation and thought I would share...enough of the proud parent stuff...for now, seeing that my little baby Levi will be 3 on New Year's Eve...
Labels: dinosuars
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
New Yarn...
Hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday! I am back with some fantastic news! We are getting a new base yarn for the shop! It's AMAZING!! Soft, scrumptious and uber shiny! It is a wonderful blend of 63% Superwash merino, 20% Silk, 15% Nylon, 2% SILVER...that's right...SILVER! Luxurious? I think so!
Hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday! I am back with some fantastic news! We are getting a new base yarn for the shop! It's AMAZING!! Soft, scrumptious and uber shiny! It is a wonderful blend of 63% Superwash merino, 20% Silk, 15% Nylon, 2% SILVER...that's right...SILVER! Luxurious? I think so!
Labels: merino, silk, silver, sterling, yarn
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Saturday, December 8, 2007
Irish Hiking Hat and Scarf
Finished objects here!
This is the Irish Hiking Hat and scarf . Both patterns were super easy and fast. The scarf has actually been finished for a while, it was one of my first cable projects. It's just a really great pattern.
As for the yarn, I dyed some worsted weight 50% Merino Wool and 50% Tussah Silk yarn...yummy! Can't wait until it gets cold enough here to wear them out!
Finished objects here!
This is the Irish Hiking Hat and scarf . Both patterns were super easy and fast. The scarf has actually been finished for a while, it was one of my first cable projects. It's just a really great pattern.
As for the yarn, I dyed some worsted weight 50% Merino Wool and 50% Tussah Silk yarn...yummy! Can't wait until it gets cold enough here to wear them out!
Labels: cables, FO's, hat, irish hiking, scarf
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Sunday, December 2, 2007
Gifts from the kids...
I have a family that pretty much has everything they want or need. Which makes birthdays and other holidays pretty hard. I mean, who really wants to give someone a gift card? To me, gift giving should be special and heart felt. Last year for XMAS and BDAYS, I let the boys paint pottery at our local pottery place for gifts.
Everyone loved the idea because now Papa can think of the boys every morning when he drinks his coffee. And Grandma can bake cookies to put in the cookie jar. Useful and thoughtful. So we decided this year since we aren't really celebrating XMAS, I would let the boys dye some sock yarn that I would use to knit Papa and Nana some socks for their BDAYS in the spring. The boys picked out their own colors (food safe colors) and painted until they were satisfied. Now they can keep their feet nice and warm and wear some art work from the grandkids.
I have a family that pretty much has everything they want or need. Which makes birthdays and other holidays pretty hard. I mean, who really wants to give someone a gift card? To me, gift giving should be special and heart felt. Last year for XMAS and BDAYS, I let the boys paint pottery at our local pottery place for gifts.
Everyone loved the idea because now Papa can think of the boys every morning when he drinks his coffee. And Grandma can bake cookies to put in the cookie jar. Useful and thoughtful. So we decided this year since we aren't really celebrating XMAS, I would let the boys dye some sock yarn that I would use to knit Papa and Nana some socks for their BDAYS in the spring. The boys picked out their own colors (food safe colors) and painted until they were satisfied. Now they can keep their feet nice and warm and wear some art work from the grandkids.
Labels: dyeing, hand dyed, sock yarn, socks
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Ready to be dyed
I have been working on getting some of my yarn skeined up so I can dye it right away. Let me just say, I'm glad it's done! My least favorite part of dyeing yarn is the weighing and skeining....oy! But I figured I better have some ready since the website is up and running and people can now place custom orders without e-mailing ahead of time.
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