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Just a quick not to say hello and share what I've been up to - Apple Picking at Gopher Glenn Gopher Glen - See Canyon Road Loading up the car with 15 lbs of apples! Korean BBQ at SizzlinGogi yummy pork jowl cooking on the grill And a fun Halloween Party at the local Children's Museum waldo, Japanese lady, a ladybug and the exterminator

I don't recall posting these little pink mittens I designed over summer.  They're called thumbalina, made from Patons bamboo yarn in magenta.  I also made a pair of socks for a friend from the same yarn and with the left over, I did the mittens.  Now I love inventing things and usually they don't turn out so well as these did.     What you should be looking at is the narrow slit in the thumb in picture 2.  I had been contemplating the idea of designing mittens, because over the last couple years I always thought that mittens were really just the toes of socks with a little tube on the side where you put your thumb...oh yeah and no pesky heel gusset.   Here's the good part.  I was listening to the WEBS broadcast that I subscribe to on my iPod and they were interviewing Kristin Nichols who will be teaching a glove class in the near future.  About halfway through, WEBS asks her about using a smart phone with gloves on and that yo...

there has been a bit of a heat wave, that is coming to a close in my hometown.  it has been aweful for October, but not unusual.  we occasionally have warm weather into October, but I don't welcome it or hope that it happens.  In the meantime, I have been trying to stay cool and avoiding any activity that makes it feel warmer than it is. stay cool!

this week has been a little busy since I went out with a friend early on and then took a couple days to spin some yarn and watch the last couple Bond movies I had before returning them.  my latest spinning was an adventure to say the least.  I had a lot of trouble getting the fiber to attach to the leader and almost gave up, but the last try was successful and I went ahead and worked up about an ounce of practice. yesterday I plied them together and what I had thought was going to be a muted rainbow of sorts, it turned out really "fall-ey".  by this I mean, the colors while separate didn't take too much of a scheme, when spun and plied, resulted in a very pumpkin color.  I was disappointed, if you get right down to it.  I tried a new plying method, chain plying or navajo plying.  It's a way to keep your colors together when you are spinning stripey yarn and still produce a 3 ply (like) yarn from singles. I certainly didn't master the technique by any me...

the latest adventure in photography.  Ari and I headed to downtown SLO for some 32 photo shots of some pretty challenging images.  I have yet to be able to edit and ween down what I took, so those will be up in the next week. in the meantime, check out our lunch options at the cookinator blog; out to lunch . Updated: Episode 2 is done! take a look at the video below -

One of the most magical transformations ever is taking the wooly coat from a sheep and turning it into a pair of socks, or toy or sweater.  But nothing compares to doing it yourself. Awhile back John bought me some fiber to spin and I had worked it up and practice for weeks to get enough to spin and all I had was about 100 yards (estimated).  There was also some other yarn I spun that was turned into a zombie.  It was bumpy and lumpy. However now, I have been able to spin a better quality yarn (just over 300 yards) and knit up some socks with it.