It's nice to be back to it. My daughter finished with her daycare at the end of November, so I had all of December and the first two weeks of January with her in the house, as well as Christmas visitors. I can spin under those conditions, but dyeing requires unbroken time to get anything useful done. Today -- I have unbroken time. And a full pot of coffee!
Here are two pots full of wool and dye, cooking away:
The Farmer's Market yesterday was better than last month, in terms of sales and the warmth of the room. I was prepared yesterday with wooly tights, wool socks (handknit), jeans, boots, a tank, a very thin sweater, a thick sweater, a scarf, arm warmers (handknit Koigu), a hat (handknit handspun), and mittens (handspun handknit). I'm nothing if not a walking advertisement for the benefits of wool, and the joy of knitting. Needless to say, I didn't find myself needing all of those things, which is great, because when I'm wearing all of them, I look a little bit like I'm the victim of some sort of knitwear pile-on.
The Winter Market is getting a number of the regular visitors, those who frequent the summer market, but there are new faces too. I continue to enjoy talking to the various crafters who visit my table and tell me about their projects. I'm afraid I was slightly in "pounce" mode though. More than one person heard me respond, seemingly casually, "You know, I teach knitting at the Port Moody Arts Center.. I managed to give out all of the brochures I brought with me, and there seems to be interest in my classes. Not that I didn't enjoy the 3-4 students per class last term, but more would definitely be better.
I didn't trade yarn for anything, but I bought 3 loaves of bread from an amazing baker, a few pounds of organic fuji apples, eggs, carrots, strawberries (thank the flying spaghetti monster for vendors who freeze their stuff so they can sell it in the winter!), ethically and organically raised beef, and fig stuffed olives.
Lastly -- I did indeed write up the pattern for the colourwork mittens. It's available on my shop for a small fee, but free if you buy the yarn from me. Here's a suggested colour combo that I really like:
3 comments:
Oooh the suggested combo is so pretty! I need the hubby to get his vacation pay NOW instead of mid-feb! :P
Oh aannnddd... do you ever spin a 3ply worsted/aran BFL, or would you possibly for a custom order in the future? I lovelovelove BFL for my soakers and longies, it's so yummy and wars so well!
I'd be willing, but I think the cost would be prohibitive. Think, the cost of my sock yarn, plus 30%. SeeJayneKnits on Etsy has some nice (commercial spun) aran weight BFL that she says is gorgeously soft -- I was actually going to buy some off her to make myself a hoodie. She's also a Port Moody crafty mama, so you'd be supporting another wonderful WAHM. Her shop is at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5130205
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