whackadoodle coconut

we're all clear. praise God! I have so much to be thankful for. thank you to all my friends and Christian family for your prayers and well wishes. I am blessed to have you all in my life! and yes I would put a lamb jumping instead of me....or a person.

I still don't know what the cat drug in, the catch of the day or what.  It's been a little less than two weeks and my marathon of appointments begin today. In the meantime, I have been spinning like nobody's watching except me and it's been a doozy.  I have almost finished the 4 ounces that I separated from the 8 ounce bag I purchased a LONG time ago.  I can feel the wheel begin to slow on the scotch tension and there's still room to add more fiber.  I hope it will all fit, but somehow I know it will. such a bad photo, but what can you do in poor lighting on a whim?   Then in my stress fueled knitting frenzy I make this.  It's adapted from Danger Crafts knitted bunny nuggets .  It was super cute knit in pieces with some finagling in the sewing up parts, but I like one piece toys so I made it that way.  Then we had a little sewing emergency last Friday and I had to do some uber fast thinking to fix my hubby's shirt at 5:00...

ooh just knit this in two days - not for me, but I really like the color choices.  it reminds me of berries or a berry sherbet.  it's not really a pattern, just something I figured out.  cast on 100.  join in the round.  garter stitch 4 rows, knit 25 rows in same color switch to contrast color for 25 rows and then finish in 4 rows garter stitch.  bind off. Oh gosh - the pictures don't rotate properly.  Ugh.

two posts in one day - holy cow the world IS ending.  actually I just checked in with a blog I follow and was inspired.  mostly by the random deep thoughts that she posted.  it's Joy the Baker and sometimes, it's not about cooking.  and that's okay. I am definitely a half full kind of girl.  it could always be worse, it could always be better.  it just depends on where you want to be on that line.  it isn't something that just comes or part of your personality - it's a choice that you make.

Unexpected, yes.  Thank you friend.

In 15 words or less what are you doing right now? I'm waiting to see what they caught from my fishing trip. Until then, I'll be spinning this... Potluck Roving, Colorway: Black Crimson Very striking color combination and when it's spun even more so   Which is turning into this...   And I washed up this, which came around really nicely once it was washed.  Not sure what I'll make with it, but it's still a good practice batch.  Low yardage, so maybe knit with a few other random yarns?

I haven't really been "fishing" but I've been out.  So, I say "gone fishing".  It works and gets the point across.  I'm out, I'm not answering or returning calls until I'm back and there will be some time to recoup.  Well, I have the weekend to prep for my next fishing trip and I'd like to share some of the newest adds to my knitting and spinning crafts. My latest project is the wwww#1 headband from Kate Davies.   It's really smart color work and finishing.  I've done one other color work piece which I haven't posted anything about or even logged in my ravelry account.  But here is a good place to begin!   I dyed my own yarn using kool aid and keeping the base color the same for all the colors except the yellow and of course the white.  From top to bottom: Galaxy (purple), Planet (blue green), Barium (green), Solar (yellow) and Star (white). I also spun a little before going fishing, but since I couldn't spin,...