A Few Sheep Shy of a Farm

SATURDAY!!!

My favorite day of the week! And we are having beautiful, warm, sunny breezy weather! I am still sick and feeling rather blah, and did a major bunch of running around doing errands this morning . . . but I’m taking my knitting (the lace gloves) out in the yard for a bit to work on them.

Progress is being made on the barn in the back yard. It now has a floor and 2 of the walls have been built and will hopefully be attached this afternoon. We’re still hoping that it will be basically done before we leave for Italy! In the mean time, I’m a couple of steps closer to having a spinning room! and I’m going to need it once that wheel arrives!

We were suppose to go out with one of the other couples from the trip last night, but didn’t since I was too sick, so now we are suppose to go tonight, I’m hoping to be up for it, but it will have to be an early night! Tomorrow I need to go and get hay and bunny food to last while we are gone . . . . I haven’t seen A for a few days but hopefully she can still take care of the buns while we are away!

Guess thats all for now . . . I’m going out to get some sun while I can! Have a great weekend!

I just love all these quizes!

Some of the answers to this one are a bit strange, but I’d live here any day:

You’ll live in…A Country Cottage!

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Good Morning!

Can you believe its Wednesday already? I sure can’t!

Well, its offical, I have my first cold of the year! I usually manage to hold off until sometime in October and then basically stay sick until sometime in May, but this year I’m getting an early start! Just great! I hope I’m better for the trip in 2 more weeks!

Yup, that’s right, 2 weeks from tomorrow I’ll be on my way to Italy! I’ve never been during the fall so this should be interesting, I’ve only seen it in March when things weren’t quite green yet . . . We have quite a trip planned and I can’t wait. Of course, I really should start figuring out what is being packed! Haven’t even looked at that yet!Hmm, guess we know what I’ll be doing this weekend!

I managed to spin the remaining 2 oz of the Romney from Mom’s shawl fleece, the stuff that didn’t get dyed. I’ve spun almost 4 oz of it now in a fine fingerling weight and last night the first skein of it managed to climb onto a set of dpns! Don’t you just love how yarn manages to escape from stash and throw itself onto needles? This yarn has asked to become the lace gloves in the Gathering of Lace book. I don’t know yet who they will be for (they haven’t told me, it must be a secret but they will be going in the holiday gift bin when finished.

I’m still working on 2 pairs of socks that go in the gift pile and I need to pick a couple of simple things to take on the trip. Maybe a pair of socks for the plane ride (on dpn bryspuns) and something else small for during the trip. I’m also debating whether to bring a drop spindle and a little fiber so I can keep practicing my spinnng, it may depend on how much my bag weighs when all is said and done . . .

Well, back to work, more later if I can.

Okay, I’m bummed!

I just called The Woolery and it turns out my wheel has to actually be built (like from scratch!) so it won’t be here for a month! Of course, a month from now I’ll be in a cafe in Italy some where . . . .so they are going to hold off on shipping it until closer to when we return, with the idea that it might arrive here around the same time I get back to work. They were very nice and helpful about postponing it so it won’t arrive while I’m away, but I am bummed that I won’t get to play with it until the end of October!

Oh look, the new Knitty is here!