Lots of photos. Lots.
First we have my third installment of Yarn Stash Appreciation Sunday. This week? Amazing handspun yarn (usually) bought from the artists themselves.
There are closeup photos in the Flickr Set so I'll just briefly tell you about each yarn. Clockwise starting from the top left: Two hanks Raspberry Tea by Maisy Day from Hello Yarn, Three different yarns (Pink thick and thin, blue thin, Santa Fe Rainbow thick and thin) from Sandstone Ranch.
Bottom Row from the right: Three big skeins of yarn (two green, one pink) from the Jitterbug shawl kit from Hello Yarn, in the bottom left corner are three skeins of lovely wool and silk from Greenwood Fiberworks, and above that is the unbelievable light sensitive yarn from Material Whirled.
Aren't they beautiful? I highly recommend each and every one of those spinners. And yes, there seems to be an awful lot of pink there. This wasn't exactly done on poipose but I certainly don't think it hoits.
Next, I finished the little collar project for Winter. I ended up just sewing the fabric inside and not making it a collar cover - just a collar itself. We never use her collar for the leash anyway, we always use a halter for that.
It's soft and it fits her nicely.
Oh, and here's something else I finished last night..
Yep! Finished my Jaywalkers! I even sewed the ends in. Go me!
Even though I made them a good bit taller than the original pattern, I still only used one skein of that Cherry Tree Hill Birches. Less than a yard to spare but just one skein. Which means I can make another pair of socks in this fun color.
Now, there's this backyard meme going around but to be honest. You really don't want to see my backyard. It used to have trees (that had to be cut down due to a fungus or something), and it had a big yard of grass with built-in sprinklers. But we both believe that having a yard is both a pain in the ass and completely an irresponsible thing to do in the desert so now it's mostly dirt with weeds and a lot of dog poop. So I'm going to show the parts of my backyard that I like.
This gargoyle that guards our back door.
Our only remaining full-sized tree
And this.
No, not the arroyo drainage construction that's been going on behind our house since last May. Nor the gross red wooden fence. But my little desert savannah camoflage dog.
Of course she makes the den pretty fun too
If you're curious about what the rest of the house looks like (with a few changes since this was made in early 2002) check out my eerily accurate Sims recreation of our house.
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Beautiful yarn! And I want a dog collar like that for Chulo!
Posted by: Scout at March 5, 2006 2:26 PM
YEAH! You finished the Jaywalkers. They look awesome and I am in love with that dog collar
Posted by: Ramona at March 5, 2006 3:46 PM
The dog collar looks fabulous!! Especially being modeled!
Posted by: Renee at March 5, 2006 4:22 PM
So, please add the dog collar pattern to the flower pattern for me. I'll take it! Maddie needs one, too!
Posted by: Beverly at March 5, 2006 7:20 PM
Way to go on the Jaywalkers and the collar looks fab too!!
Posted by: Carrie at March 5, 2006 7:23 PM
I was so smitten with the collar that I forgot to give my compliments on the Jaywalkers. Am I the last of the crawlers?!
Posted by: Beverly at March 5, 2006 7:28 PM
The Jaywalkers look great! Thanks for sharing your backyard. :)
Posted by: Chris at March 5, 2006 8:07 PM
You take some fine photos of my yarn!
I love the collar to death! I do believe Shambles needs one.
Posted by: Adrian at March 6, 2006 6:49 AM
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