In less than a week now we’ll (hopefully) be on a big giant boat off the coast of California. My biggest fear? Forgetting my underpants. We forgot a suitcase when we went on our honeymoon to New Orleans in 99 and of course fate being the big mean jealous auntie that she is I needed underpants while we were there. I’m packing some in all the bags and even carryon this time. Dammit.

We’re also bringing every medication (and female necessity doodad) we might possibly ever need because my other fear? Running out of money and having to spend thirty dollars on a bottle of Pepto Bismol because Cody decided to eat his weight in Crab legs and I won’t be able to buy all the goodies I want to get when we drag Jocelyn to ArtFibers in San Francisco.

The pets are all up to date on their shots and they have their pet hotel reservations. We have a person set up to check on the house. Everyone has been paid. I even went to the yarn store and purchased extra needles for the classes I’ll be taking on board. Now we just have to do laundry and figure out what all to take.

Cody is under some insane delusion to get the house clean before we leave. Stop laughing! Oh wait, that was me.

I’ve been dyeing yarn and roving like a madwoman the last few weeks and spent several hours taking about 300 photos of all the yarn and roving last night. I’ve been editing them today. Etsy hasn’t been working properly since late last night so I can’t list them. I have mixed feelings about Etsy and have for a long time. But for the most part I enjoy the built in audience and am damned glad I don’t have to manage the software so I’m going to keep rationalizing it for a while.

I uploaded photos to Flickr and made a mosaic of yarn to sell. Hopefully I can list them on Etsy soon or if you see one you like just contact me and I can send you a paypal bill.

Everything has a 2.00 shipping price for First Class Mail within the US and another 1.00 for each additional item. Let me know if you want Priority mail for 4.05 instead.

Running from top left to right.

1. Her Secret Garden $36 325 yds / 1/2 pound 55% Mohair / 45% Wool
2. Itsa Samba $28
3. Harvest Gold $22 223 yds light worsted / aran weight handdyed merino wool
4. Dark Forest $22 223 yds light worsted / aran weight handdyed merino wool
5. Sun Dappled Forest $22 223 yds light worsted / aran weight handdyed merino wool
6. Rusty Nail $22 223 yds light worsted / aran weight handdyed merino wool
7. Spring Bonnet $22 223 yds light worsted / aran weight handdyed merino wool
8. Five Kinds of Blues $22 223 yds light worsted / aran weight handdyed merino wool
9. Scanner Darkly $22 223 yds light worsted / aran weight handdyed merino wool
10. Mossy Terracotta $22 223 yds light worsted / aran weight handdyed merino wool
11. Turquoise and Carnelian $22 223 yds light worsted / aran weight handdyed merino wool
12. Lonesome Cactus $12 4 ounces unbelievably soft Australian Merino roving
13. Tea Roses $12 4 ounces unbelievably soft Australian Merino roving
14. Tiger Lilly $10 3.5 ounces unbelievably soft Australian Merino roving
15. Neon Bird of Paradise $26 4 oz thick and thin handdyed then handspun
16. Sedona $24 thick and thin handspun then handdyed
17. Bandelier $26 4 oz thick and thin handdyed then handspun
18. Tulpen $24 thick and thin handspun then handdyed
19. Sabado Gigante $24 thick and thin handspun then handdyed
20. Hazy Jane $24 4 oz thick and thin handdyed then handspun
21. Rio Grande $22 223 yds handdyed light worsted / aran weight merino wool
22. Jam on Toast $26 400 yds merino tencel fingering weight sock yarn
23. Seven Cities of Gold $26 400 yds merino tencel fingering weight sock yarn
24. Electric Blue $26 400 yds merino tencel fingering weight sock yarn

Created with fd’s Flickr Toys.

Sorry I’ve been so slack about blogging lately. A lot of good things have been going on in real life. Hopefully I can blog about them soon. And I’ll try logging in from the boat to update with photos and stuff too.