My First Superwash!

I bought my first superwash roving yesturday! I have been looking around for some affordable superwash roving, but they can be about 6 bucks more then just pure wool and lets face it.....I could spend that kind of money on other roving =P. So I was looking around Etsy.com and came across New York Yarns shop and there it was! 4oz of superwash merino roving for 9 dollars! In my head I am thinking they are going to get me with the shipping.....nope! It was only 2.50 more! So I bought the prettiest purple roving she had, destined to be machine washable socks!! Weeeee!! The colorways name is Dusk. Beautiful......

So of course I had to snoop around her shop because it was such a great deal and found out she has a fiber club! with all superwash merino! Can you tell I am in heaven? The best part.....it is $45 for three months of not 4oz but 8oz of roving! OMG!! That is the cheapest club I have ever seen!! The only catch is that you only get it every three months, so I am going to sign up for the June, September and December club. That doesn't really matter to me, it is totally worth it for that price! I will keep myself busy with the Spunky Club between months lol. Not to mention I will probably forget about it and when it comes I will be happily suprised! Weeeeeeee! Can't wait for June. Knowing me, I will be buying from her shop in the meantime =)

New Handspun

I have been a busy little spinner! I havent posted any pictures because...well...my camera sucks and getting a non blurry picture is a little difficult. But I have a few that are alright so I might as well post my favorite.

First I have my first Spunky Club fiber called New Day in Corriedale. I got about 120 yards in bulky yarn. This was the first decent looking yarn I spun.

Then I have spunky color Sumac in BFL. This one is my prize so far, it came out soo good! I got 192 yards in worsted weight yarn.

I will try to post pictures of the hanks when I can get a non-blurry picture, these aren't the best but I wanted to show something from all my hard work! I am spinning thinner and thinner and hoping for at least DK weight next time. Haven't chosen what I will spin next, will have to dig into the stash tonight.

More Compulsive Spending

I am lucky I have a boyfriend who understands my needs for fibery goodness or I would be in trouble since I am spending rediculous amounts of money on my hobbies instead of saving money for our apartment ( that has been two years in the getting) but he says that he loves me anyways. What a guy! Because I just bought 8 more ounces of roving! I figured that since I bought that snazzy new jade whorl spindle I should have fiber that is dedicated solely for my drop spindles. All the fiber I bought last time was for my new wheel, so I need to get more of course!

South African Fine in colorway Tundra from Spunky Eclectic

And BFL colorway Riverwalk from Spunky Eclectic. Can you tell this is my favorite store to get roving? Everything is so pretty and never felted! I have had a few bad experiences so I like to stick to what I trust. The club fiber is coming next week and I can't wait to see what it looks like! It is like getting a present every month! Highly recommended.

So these colored are reserved for my drop spindle. I want to see how thin of singles I can spin on them since I am not have quite as much luck getting them thin on my wheel. Practice make perfect and I intend on practicing alot!

Etsy Purchases

Last week was a pretty good week. I saw my Robert Gerard a bunch and I got my taxes back, with $600 more then I expected! Some stimulous thing...anyways I decided to treat myself to a little etsy shopping to celebrate. I think I spent a little under $40 and I am in love with both my purchases.

First I got a WPI gauge from KaratStix for my handspun. This will help me figure out the yarn weight I am spinning....I am hoping to get fingering weight some day for socks. =)

Then I bought myself a new spindle. I haven't been using my spindle that much since I bought my wheel. I just have a plain wooden ashford spindle, so I thought I would buy a more asthetically pleasing one to help inspire me to use it. It is 1 oz with a jade whorl from butterflygirldesigns....perfect for my Asian style.

Cant wait for them to get here, especially my spindle, I tend to spin thinner on spindles then on the wheel so I want to make a few bobbins full with it and ply it on the wheel to see what I get. I will give an update when I use it. Hopefully it will spin like a dream!

P.S 22 weeks til Disney!

So Excited!

I forgot to mention this before but my friend Lindsay ( the one who convinced me I can buy as much fiber as I want) is going to be making me a logo graphic for my page! She is a very talented artist, animator and illustrator and she said she would do it as a gift! I am siked about it and I can't wait to see how it comes out =). I am going to make tags for my handspun yarns and hand dyed roving (when I start doing that) using the design. Just want to write a little update about it, I know it will be awesome =)

New Developments

New developments with my credit card! It has burned a hole through my purse because I just put $100 bucks on it. ::Groan::

I saw my best friend Lindsay last night and seeing her inspired me to spend more money on my hobby because I love it so much and she said I could! Lol I am sure she didn't mean 12 hours later but oh well....I did it anyway. And boy what a load I bought!!!! All from Spunky Eclectic (my favorite fiber shop online). Its a good thing I ordered extra bobbins for my baby kiwi! Other wise it might get a little crazy haha

First BFL in Bluemoon, Sumac, and Thunderstorm colorways in that order

Then I have Corriedale in Nova Scotia, Toronto and Joshua Tree colorways.

Next I got a wool blend in the Rocky Mountain High colorway

And last but not least the prize on the bunch, 4oz of Alpaca wool in the Forcast colorway.

All pictures came from Spunky Eclectic because I don't have them yet. Aren't they all gorgeous??? I was so happy with all the purchases and I am not too concerned with the credit card, my taxes will pay that off =P

Feeling a little....uncreative

The last few days I have been feeling a bit depressed and uncreative. I have been spinning like a maniac and knitting on a new pair of socks but still I feel like something is......missing. I feel like something is stifled and I can't seem to get it back. I haven't drawn or painted in years and I wonder if that is why I am so.....lost.

I loved to paint and draw all through highschool and part of college. It was my outlet and I always looked forward to it. I am not saying I was very good, not terrible, but not particularly good. I never found my own style and pretty much just did it for fun. Once I started knitting again I put it on the back burner and started focusing on other things. Then I started spinning and you know the rest. I have tried to doodle like I use to but it isn't really coming back to me and I feel really sad about that. Like I lost something very dear to me. Maybe I am just crazy and just need to work on it like I use to and I will fall in love with it again. Who knows.