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Archive for March, 2010

A Sale and a Contest!

Mar 31

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So, tomorrow it is April.  That means a few things.  First, it means my big Boy is almost 4 years old!  Hard to believe . He was such a peanut as a baby.

The Day Beeba 1 came home from the hospital.

But, here he is this past Halloween with his little sister (who will be 2 in may… yikes!)

We had a thomas the train and a little ladybug. Geez they got big.

Anyway… April means other things too.  It means the weather is warming up, and it means April Fool’s day.  it also means I am all the more close to having the next baby.  And these last two things are where this post is heading.

So, the SALE.

Tomorrow only, on April 1, I am offering a sale at my Etsy Shop.  Mention in your purchase notes April Fool’s, and I will give you a random discount between 10%-20% off from your purchase (not including shipping) which will be refunded via paypal.  I will be using Random.org to determine the discount, so that means that everyone has as much chance at the 20% as the 10%. I kind of thought it was a fun idea.

Then, the CONTEST.

Being that as of this week, I am 32+ weeks pregnant… I though maybe we could play a little game.  The only requirement to this game is that you are a member of my ravelry group (its not hard to join, go here).

Now, once you have joined the ravelry group, Comment either there in the thread I will create for this contest, and tell me these things:

1. Do you think I will have a boy, or a girl, this time? (I have one of each right now)

2. What day and time do you think baby will be born? (I am due on May 23, and for reference, I went a little late with my DS, and a week late with DD.)

That’s it.  Join the group and post your answers to those questions.  the person (or persons, if there are a couple that are super close and I am feeling generous when the time comes) will win a prize… the winner may tell me preferences as to yarn, fiber, or stitch markers, and general color preferences, but I will choose something special.  I promise that the value of the prize will be no less than $15.

I will say that the winner should expect to be patient, however, since I will be making a prize specially for that person, and will have a brand new baby, it will probably take longer than usual to get it sent out.

This Contest will run from now till the end of April.  I hope to see lots of contestants.  And hey, once you are a member of the group, why not stick around and chat a bit?

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Photo Friday

Mar 26

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Photo Friday!  and I have new batts, and new yarn, and progress pics on the CPW to share!  Enjoy!

"Shocking!" - Merino, firestar, and angelina, 4.6 ounces. Coming soon to the Shop.

Handspun yarn - contains Alpaca, Merino, Milk Fiber, firestar, and angelina! a little eclectic, but pretty!

After a bath in denatured alcohol, here she is! (still needs the drive wheel to be finished, and some touch up in spots, then a nice oil bath!)

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She’s He-ere! (My CPW)

Mar 24

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Yup, She arrived on Friday Evening, not too long after I posted my Photo Friday entry.  Of course that means that the pictures I took Friday and Saturday will be in the post today, though.

So it happened like this.  Friday night, we had just sat down to eat dinner, and what should we hear but a knock on the door?  So, I went to see who could possibly be at the door, and just as I got there, the UPS man practically THREW this box at the porch.

Well, I knew my wheel was coming, but seriously, this box did not look like it could possibly hold it… the box looked too small.  Looking small or not, though, I knew that it must be the wheel, and began praying that UPS had not managed to damage the poor baby.

So, once the box was opened, I immediately assembled my new CPW.  Boy was she dirty… I got my hands all grungy just putting her together.

Saturday, We took her out to the yard for a bath, since it was so nice and warm out there.  I had planned to start with just the soap and water route.  But, after giving her a once over, I realized that while I now could avoid grunge hands from touching her, she was still too dirty to really be happy.

After a soap and water bath, she was still all sad looking... she wants to be shiny so badly...

So, we pulled out the heavy guns… Denatured alcohol.  This liquid is not for human consumption, but for wheel consumption.  It is a Shellac Thinner, and we are using it to help remove and even out the old shellac finish that is on the wheel.

We haven’t gotten too far yet, but you can see the difference in what we have done from what we haven’t.

The Hubby worked on the wheel, starting with the rim. You can see the difference in color... isn't it pretty?

I worked on the Mother of all and the maidens… which were caked in ucky black looking grease… well, I can’t seem to get that picture to upload right now… I think I need a new wireless router, it keeps kicking off.

Anyway, we did not get too far, since the kids woke up and wanted their dinner.  But we DID get progress made, and that is good.  And now, any time there is nice warm sunny weather, all I want to be doing is be outside working on the wheel.  I am forcing myself to work on other things too, of course… fiber and yarny stuff, family stuff, etc.  But it is a struggle… I can’t wait to see the wheel finished.

After her bath is complete, we will be applying a new finish of Boiled Linseed Oil, which is a traditional simple finish for these wheels.  And she will shine.

She is also due to get new hooks and a new bobbin in the near future.  As soon as I can afford to do it.

And she still needs a name.  The hubby thinks her name should be Aurora, for the princess in sleeping beauty, and keeps insisting on it.  But I want something that is a little french, and I HATE thinking that he might bully me into using a name from Disney’s movie… which really, has nothing to do with this wheel at all, after all.

So thats it for now.  I’m off to see what other productive stuff I can work on this afternoon… and with luck, Beeba 1 will stay in his room for naptime for once, rather than coming down to torture me… but not likely.

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Photo Friday- Road Trip

Mar 19

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Here we are again, Friday of the Photos… Sorry I missed last week, I was a little pre-occupied.

Anyway, here are some photos from the way back home.  You know I took lots, since I didn’t get very many good ones on the way down… Maybe some of these will serve as inspiration for fibers or yarns?

On our way out of Charlotte. It really is a lovely city.

We had a lovely clear blue sky the whole day long for the drive...

And gorgeous views all day...

The kids didn't sleep much on the drive, but when they did, they sure were cute...

As the sun set, he complained that it was in his eyes, so we let him wear daddy's extra sunglasses... it took 10 minutes after that for him to fall asleep, lol.

Speaking of the sunset... Isn't it a pretty one?

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Pheww! Home again, and all is well!

Mar 17

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Its been a long week.  Over the past week, I have been down in NC, at my dad’s house. I just got back last night, late.

If you read last week’s blog, you will know that at the last minute, we took off down south, since we found out that the surgery my dad was going in for this Monday was far more risky than we had previously known.  (seriously, he could have chosen an earlier time to tell us that he had a 33% chance of surviving the surgery… then we might have been able to plan better)

Well, we made it down in one piece, and spent a nice if stressed week visiting with dad and my siblings (I am the oldest of 4, and the other 3 all live nearby to him).

On monday, I spent the whole day in the hospital, waiting to hear how he was doing, and if you follow my twitter or facebook, you will know that he did indeed come out fine.  He is doing fine, as since we (my husband and I) both needed to get back to our normal schedules (he at his job and me for the business and the kids), we left there yesterday morning, after taking the kids to see their grandpa for a few minutes… we wanted to both assure them that he is ok, and to let him see them a bit too, before we took off.

And so, all is well that ends well.

In other news, My CPW should be on its way now, and I am deep in preparation for its’ return home.  I ordered some weaving bobbins for storage bobbins and to ply off of, so that when the wheel arrives, I will have enough to play with, and since I do not have a bobbin winder, I bought a small handheld screwdriver/drill to use for that.  I took a dowel that fit the hole in the bobbins nicely, cut it short, and drilled a 1/8″ drill bit into it.  this took some doing, as the driver/drill is not very powerful, and not very fast… the drill bit will stay in the dowel permanently, and with a bobbin stuck on the end, the driver turns the bobbin quite nicely.  not very fast, but well enough.  and I figure this way, I will be able to control the yarn much better than if it were going the speed of light.  the cost of the driver?  $10, and it came with the appropriate drill bit, by a chance of luck.  I think it will work quite well.

I also built a new lazy kate, designed purely for use with the new bobbins.  because the only other lazy kate I own is the one on my ladybug, and it is usually in use with its own bobbins.  I need to find a couple sets of thin knitting needles (I don’t typically use straights) and then I will be in business.

I also have some murphy’s oil soap for cleaning the the wheel when it arrives.  I can’t wait.

Now, I am waiting only for the wheel  to arrive, and for my hubby to take the dead computer out of my craft room.  gah!

Anyway, that’s my update this week.   I am off to get a couple new listings up in the shop and see what all I can do to create something.

TTFN!

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