Sunday, July 3, 2022
Saturday, July 2, 2022
The Right Words
Saturday, June 25, 2022
Time To Air Up Your Tires
While it seems like summer lasts forever (at least to me), it's almost time for the 2022 Tour de Fleece! We are a week away. It's time to pick out your challenge, tune up your wheel, pack some snack bags, download a good audiobook (or three) and get ready for three weeks of fiber fun :-).
Pinto is going to be our team captain this year. He was the obvious choice not only because he's the newest sheep on the block, but also because there has been so much interest in what breed(s) of sheep he is and what his wool is like.
I know what his wool is like, having processed a sample amount, spun some yarn and knit a swatch...but apparently I never posted that over here...fer cryin' out loud :-/. I'll go find some pictures. In the meantime, I'm going to process another small amount and offer it as one of the team prizes.
I'm pretty sure Pinto would be that interested in a spinning wheel if he had access to one. He's a pretty smart sheep ;-). For a fun Tour kick off I'm going to set up a zoom with him out in the barn. I'll most likely start it off with an Instagram Live and then switch over to zoom so more people can access it. Details to come.
The Tour de Fleece (and Tour de France) starts July 1st. Here is a link to the main group. Here is a link to the Punkin's Patch group. You do not have to participate online, but the Punkin's Patch group is a fun small group of kind and encouraging spinners and we have a good time :-).
Since Pinto is having to learn a lot about his new life as a wool sheep on a fiber farm, I would like to encourage everyone to add something to their challenge this year that will help us all learn something new. While I haven't picked out my spinning challenge for sure yet, my "learning something new" challenge is going to be washing an entire fleece in locks.
Who's in?
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Porch Days
Friday, June 17, 2022
Still Watching Out
I mentioned a "fun, surprise gift" in the post describing the yarn and ornament gift boxes.
Wait. This is a spoiler alert for the people who haven't received their boxes yet (and there are also two boxes left if anyone is interested - yarn or ornament) so I've blocked out the surprise part and will trust anyone to look away if they will be disappointed to not be surprised.
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It's just something silly and small, but I love fun surprises and would totally wait to read this if I thought I had one coming. However, the story is so good and I've been dying to share it so I'm going to go ahead.
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Tucked in each gift box, yarn or ornament, is a mini pack of the sheep's (and dogs and chickens) favorite cookies, Vanilla Wafers. In the conclusion of the booklet it mentions that the sheep are mostly okay with sharing their cookies, but would really prefer that you just bring them back to the farm for them (aka an invitation to come visit the farm :-).
I initially only bought three cartons of mini wafers because I thought that would be a good start. When I ran out of cookies I headed back to the store to buy more and the shelves were bare. Tim checked in Lexington and Georgetown and Auntie Reg checked Winchester. We looked online. No. Cookies.
I sent one yarn box out with a sad apology and no cookies and and continued to look. Tim continued to look. Reg continued to watch for them. I needed one more carton to complete all the orders.
Then came the call I was hoping for. "I found a box of mini wafers!" Reg had found one box of cookies on the bottom shelf of the snack pack aisle.
"It was tucked in behind a box of dog biscuits! I have no idea what dog biscuits were doing in the snack aisle."
Dog biscuits are sold on the complete opposite side of the huge store.
I knew immediately.
Hank had guarded those cookies for us.
{{{heart}}}
Sunday, June 12, 2022
Rocking On
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Spinning With Friends
Sunday, June 5, 2022
Saturday, May 28, 2022
Back Breaking Bee Garden Bail Out
Thursday, May 26, 2022
When Your Crafts Pay Off
I might not have gotten hooked if the word had been anything else, but it piqued my interest so I started playing. Soon after we all added in WordHurdle, which was just a six letter game to start and now has a six, five and four letter game, morning and evening.
I almost always get the words in six or fewer tries, which I still find amazing and makes me feel a bit smart. Some players use the same word as their first guess - the most popular is ADEIU apparently - but I like to just pick a random word that fits something that's going on that day.
Tuesday was Wool House Crafter's Night.
I have no words for the rest of Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Your Laugh For The Day
I'm so glad I asked for favorite stories and/or favorite sheep to go with the yarn box orders. That has truly been the best. I've loved finding out who stood out and why. Some were lambs, some were older sheep, some were rescues, some just brightened a day.
Last night I was reminded of one of the funniest stories to hit the blog. It, of course, involved Maisie. Do you remember her pulling Saint Tim's pants down? I'd forgotten about that! I'd like to say that's the only time a sheep's pulled someone's pants down around here, but alas... ;-D
That picture of Maisie is one that never fails to make me laugh. I toyed with using it for her booklet picture, but that picture is best as it is. If someone "new" saw it they'd think we were laughing at her, without knowing we were laughing with her.
"Whatever. I'm laughing at you!"
After Early died, a friend left a comment about everyone holding on to all the memories for me. That means more than you can ever know. It hit me similarly this morning reading kind notes from friends who have started receiving their yarn. I am so glad there are now actual bits of those good lambs being tucked in safely all over as well.
Thank you so much for not only all the orders, but for sharing your stories and memories and your care. Even the holding of memories that weren't shared. Thank you for being part of the stories.
Thursday, May 19, 2022
A Chicken Mystery
I received a comment on the previous post about the chicken picture being a puzzle, so I thought, "Ah, I must have just forgotten to add the The Adventure Chicken label!" and that's why I couldn't find it...and then searched the "puzzle" label and it's not there either...so I searched through my Jigsaw Planet gallery...and it's not. there.
I am completely stumped.
So I made the picture into a puzzle.
Again?
Who knows.
Enjoy :-).
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Counting Chickens
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Reach For The Stars
I posted this picture on Instagram yesterday saying it was "the best one star review ever" and totally missed Archie climbing up the fence! Auntie Reg always tells us to look up, but sometimes we need to look down, too.
Should make a fun puzzle! Enjoy :-).
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Keep Those Cards And Letters Coming
Monday, May 9, 2022
The Yarn Might Not Be The Best Part
