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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.

Yesterday I finished the dinosaur from the book Knitted Dinosaurs I received as a special gift from Never Not Knitting .  I worked it in leftover yarn from my stash and really whittled it down to only the darker purple and white remaining from this project.  The pictures are the best, but still really cute. his legs are jointed so he can sit and stand his head is a little tilted, due to the frill, but he looks inquisitive