Tuesday, September 30, 2008

My second handspun

I finished up my second handspun. It was from Yarn Love roving, and spun on my Ladybug.

Handspun#2

(Sorry about the dark photos, I took them last night after I got off call.)

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Back from Chicago

You didn't even know I was going to Chicago? Well, neither did we. I got a vacation this week, and we had nothing planned. Friday night, we decided spur of the moment, - hey let's go to Chicago. We booked a hotel late Friday night, while frantically packing. And so, we left Saturday morning.


The view from our hotel at the Raffaello


View from hotel room




We went to the Field Museum and saw Sue.
Sue


We walked down Navy Pier.



Chicago skyline


And viewed Chicago from the 94th floor of the Hancock Building at night. Which I cannot get Photobucket to put in vertically..... but you get the idea.....



Chicago Night Photo


And I did some yarn shopping at loopyyarns, and bought some Manos silk and some beautiful Koigu!


It was a nice trip, even if it was a spur of the moment decision!

Thursday, September 04, 2008

WIP: House stuff

I have given up on ever having a knitted FO! Things are just so hectic here lately. Between work, this house, and life... well... *sigh* I barely have time to sleep.

So here is a before:

Before skim coat1

Here is a now shot:

After skim coat1

This is the same room from this post.

Oh, and I do have some yarn happiness. I bought some Wollmeise off a Ravelry person and it should arrive this week. AND I got myself into the Sundara Yarn Club. The two yarns I wanted so badly! Yay!