Froggin', Finishin' & Spinnin'
I know, the picture has nothing to do with the title, but it's been so cloudy here that I couldn't get a decent picture.
Froggin' -- Laurel Hill is no more. I got out the swift and spun away all my hard work. So what will the 20 skeins of dark olive green Jo Sharp wool become? Probably not another Jo Sharp design. I recently purchased
A Season's Tale by Kim Hargreaves and there are some gorgeous sweaters that I have my eye on. Since Jo Sharp wool is DK weight, I should be able to substitute easily.
Finishin' -- I have been making a little progress on the blue cardie, but the second sleeve apathy has kicked in. Ho hum. However Maude is near completion. If only cotton weren't such a pain in the a**, I mean hand.
Spinnin' -- Okay, I have a picture for this one. At this rate I might have enough yarn for a scarf in three months!
It is pretty though, isn't it?
TypePad Here I Come!
Did you know that there is a new blog tool coming? It's called
TypePad and it's from the makers of Movable Type. I have been chosen as a beta tester for this new service and you can see the
TypePad version of my blog here. Let me know what you think by leaving me a comment on my new blog!
Decoupage and Beer
It was a very busy weekend! I finally felt like doing some spring cleaning and I found this box that I got at
IKEA a while ago and decided to
decoupage it. I just took some decoupage medium that I had sitting around and a bunch of origami paper and went to work. I'm pretty happy with the results and it was very easy to do. Here's what the box looked like before:
Last weekend was the huge IKEA shopping trip (pretty much an annual thing with us) and the furniture arrives tomorrow. This little box will go on top of my new computer center and my printer will sit on top of it -- yipee!
What's that about beer? Well, Pete and I decided to visit the
Home Brew Shop in St. Charles, IL this weekend. We came home with a beer making kit and the ingredients for some Brown Ale. Yesterday we cooked everything up and started processing our brew! The above picture was taken yesterday before the addition of the yeast and . . .
this picture was taken this morning after the brewer's yeast started doing it's thing. This stuff is ACTIVE! More updates as the process progresses.
