Dreaming of Dubai

Ive been carding like mad, both my orders of fibre arrived practically on the same day so I have 20 batts worth to get through (about 2kg worth). so far I've managed 10, and I'm dyeing to start the next colour, but I'm trying not to overload myself (i tend to bite off more than i can chew, and that leads to trouble), so I'm taking a little break today.
anyway, here are some sneaky peaks of what will soon be in the shop. hope you all like them. I've been thinking about foreign climbs, so several are named after cities.

this one is called Dreaming of Dubai

and this one is called Damasdus, maybe ill make one called Istanbul to go with them.

the weather cant seem to make up its mind at the moment, right now its blustery and cold but very sunny (when the clouds don't sneak over) yesterday it was absolutely baking in the morning, then decided to downpour, even though it had been stormy overnight. very odd. more sunshine would be nice, then all the tomatoes will be nice and ripe, just ready for picking. the chicks have inherited their mothers Houdini like traits and are now living in the veg patch (we cant get them to stay in the run, they just escape every time we shoo them back in), this is good news as far as pests go, but bad news for my pak choi, as they seem to have taken a liking to it. they are incredibly cute though, so i can probably forgive them munching my stir fry staples.
I finally finished the 4 ply that is eventually going to be the strap for my bag, all i need to do now is sow everything together and then put the button on and it will be done.

hopefully it will be ready to wear very very soon.

Yarn Update

Just a small selection of some beautiful yarns I've had cooking for a while.

I really need to get spinning, I have so much fibre (all of it deserving to become something beautiful) and only limited storage space. I just don't seem to be able to find the moments to spin it, life keeps interrupting.

I have a great batt mixture in the works though, very middle eastern colours, cant wait to see how it cards up. but for now I'll sneak you a peak at some of the yarn ive been making.

the tomatoes are starting to drop of the branches in the greenhouse, and everything is bountiful in the veg patch. I love this time of year, when everything on our plates (except the meat) is our own home grown. I hope everyone else is having a good harvest season, with enough veg to enjoy some next year.

Head Space

I decided I needed to knuckle under, I've feel like I've been waiting for something to happen which is back to front, people can spend their entire lives waiting for something to happen, you need to get out there and make something happen. so, I've got myself in a good head space and am now spinning up new stock, which seems like a positive thing to do and what needs to be happening. at the moment I'm working my way through 200g of Tree Nymph batts, I've don't 100g so far and am just starting on the next spindle full. cant wait till they're done. I love the greens, and every so often you get a surprise splash of the shiny turquoise nylon which is such fun.