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Awesome Shawl by Wendy Johnson! you should try it!

NEW YARN IN MY EtSY SHOP!!

PLEASE VOTE!!

At the Animal Rescue site there is an ALL Star Shelter Challenge!! BEECH BROOK FARM is on there and if you could please go and VOTE EVERYDAY!!

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3

Thank you!!

Monet

HELP the HORSES

I found my blog lol

Its been crazy and not so crazy but mostly lazy when it comes to my blog. Sorry about that! Lately i've been trying to turn the page in my life and get my dreams going again. When I had to give my horse away in Feb 2007 I was heart broken and I feel like I've been in a slump ever since. Well it's damn well time to STOP!

I've gotten my horse books out of my cedar chest down stairs; I've found a GREAT horse rescue to volunteer at; still trying to find the right place to take lesons but need boots and a helmet first. hopefully those are comming soon lol and speeking of the horse rescue...it's only 12 minutes away from here. It's called Beech Brook Farm & Equine Rescue!! i've been a volunteer there for about 3 weeks now and LOVE doing it. It's gotten my spirits up and gotten me off my lazy ass! So anywho...now i'm gonna go into the pitch LMAO

Please visit their website:

http://beechbrookfarm.webs.com/

There is a paypal button to donate. ANYTHING HELPS!! Or go to the Fundraiser page where you can buy things and part of the profits go to Beech Brook. My etsy page is on there as well. 100% of te profits in my Help the Horses section go to the rescue! Will have more horse related items soon...promise!

So thats helping getting my ass back on track to my dream...it's a start.

LOVE YOU ALL!

Monet

Shop!!

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This is what I have so far on my Faraway So Close Shal for the Ravelympics. It's about half way done and 34" wide :)

HELP FOR HAITI!!

Until 15 February 2010 Anything bought in my shop, 15% of the money will go to Knitters Without Borders for the relief in Haiti! Or if you do not see anything here please consider donating straight to the cause! THANK YOU :)

Grrrr

What chain clothing stores are doing to unwanted clothes instead of donating!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/nyregion/06about.html

So many people could have used those clothes and saved from filling up the dump.

Just GRRRRrrrrr....

PISSED

ok so I went in to change some html on my blog...no big deal right? BIG DEAL...the freaking bird jumped on my keyboard and somehow ALL of my kewl blog rolls and pics and html stuff disappeared so I haven't been able to get my butt on here to put it ALL BACK ON!! Maybe its a good thing that I can start from scratch? to that I just say UGH!

ANYWHO...i know i didn't post much last year cause last year sucked for me! I'm hoping this year will be better because damn it I'm gonna make it better!

JANUARY 2010 (so far)

SPINNING - I've been spinning for a shawl for the Ravelympics!

KNITTING - got a hat and a dishcloth done

CROCHETING - did a thread gingerbread man and am now doing a cowl.

WIPS - i did do a few rows on my crochet baby blanket

I have also been putting my stash into the rav database slowly but surely! I have been trying to do it for 2 years now and i WILL do it this year durnit!

JEWELERY - I have been trying to organize my stuff into bins or baggies

CERAMICS - Have had an itch to start painting again but need to find a good shop around here.

I've also had an itch to start the dollhouse i never built for shade before she was born. :(

Sorry no pics but maybe later when more coffee has gone through my system! :)

NEW Stitch markers and Earings IN SHOP! :)

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FREE PATTERN

DC Cluster Granny Hexagon

PATTERN TESTING PHASE! :)

Materials: I used worsted weight yarn and an I hook but any weight yarn with appropriate hook will work.

Size: 7 1/2 inches from side to side

One hexagon needs about 42 yards

Stitches used:

(Beginning cluster) ch 3, yo, insert hook in ring, yo (3 loops left on hook)

yo bring through 2 loops on hook (2 loops left on hook)

yo, insert hook in ring, yo,(4 loops left on hook)

yo bring through 2 loops on hook (3 loops left on hook)

yo bring through last 3 loops on hook. Beg. cluster made.

(cluster) yo, insert hook in ring, yo (3 loops left on hook)

yo bring through 2 loops (2 loops left on hook)

yo, insert hook in ring, yo,(4 loops left on hook)

yo bring through 2 loops on hook (3 loops left on hook)

yo,, insert hook in ring, yo (5 loops on hook)

yo, bring through 2 loops on hook (4 loops on hook)

yo bring through last 4 loops on hook. Cluster Made

Hexagon

Ch 5, sl st into first ch to make ring

Rnd 1. Beg. cluster, ch 3, *Cluster, ch 3* repeat from * to * 5 more times, sl st into beg. cluster. (6 clusters)

Rnd 2. Sl st into next ch 3 sp, beg. cluster, ch 2, cluster, ch 2 in same ch space, *cluster, ch 2, cluster ch 2* in next ch space and in each ch space around, sl st into to of beg. cluster. (12 clusters)

Rnd 3. sl st into next ch 2 space, beg. cluster, ch 2, cluster, ch 2, in same ch 2 space, in next ch space, *cluster, ch 2, next ch space cluster, ch 2, cluster, ch 2*, repeat from * to * all the way around and sl st into top of beg. cluster (18 clusters)

Rnd 4. sl st into next ch space, beg *cluster, ch 2, cluster, ch 2 in same ch space, cluster, ch 2, in next 2 ch spaces*. Repeat from * to * around, sl st into top of beg. cluster (24 clusters)

Rnd 5. sl st into next ch space, beg *cluster, ch 2, cluster, ch 2 in same ch space, cluster, ch 2, in next 3 ch spaces*. Repeat from * to * around, sl st into top of beg cluster (30 clusters)

Rnd 6. ch 1, sc in same space, 2 sc, ch 1, 2 sc in next ch space (and in all corner spaces). sc in top of cluster, 2 sc in each ch space around, sl st into fist sc, bind off, weave in ends

If you would like a bigger hexagon just leave off round 6 and keep increasing until it is the size you would like. Same with a smaller hexagon, just leave off a few increase rows and skip to round 6. Possabilities are endless :)

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Hello my fellow friends....

Just wanted to put a quick note on here that I added my Facebook Fan Page to the right of my blog. If you have Facebook please go ahead and become a fan! If you are that is. :) and you can friend request me if we know each other. Thanks and have a great day!


Monet

Hey Guys...

I'm still here...had a REALLY RUFF June and July.....but now I've got to be positive about things. Got my wedding coming up in September and try to register Shade for preschool. HOLY SHIT it feels like just yesterday she was 7 pounds 8 ounces and looking like a salamander! Anywho...been getting my craft mojo back :) Doing a tablecloth, scarf, learning how to do my first socks and spinning some beautiful fiber from my friend Sandi. :) All 4 ounces are spun and hopefully ply them in a day or 2. Not sure what else to say for now since I hear my darling daughter whining about NOTHING!!

Talk to you all later!

Moe

I'm alive!!

Yup I am :)

NEW IN SHOP!!!

BATTS, BATTS and more BATTS

These batts are great for spinning, felting or any fiber art you can think of. :) Made of Coopworth from a local farm (gotta support our local farms) and mixed with merino, mohair, silk, sparkle, etc.

This is a batt that is pure coopworth and is a dream to spin. Great crimp and pretty much spins itself! You won't want to miss out on some of this BEAUTIFUL coopworth!

you can find them all @ SHADY FIBERS

And don't forget to look out for more batts that will be put up in the shop!! :)

Hello

Hi everybody that may read my blog! Sorry I have been away but I have been going through legal disputes with our landlord! I haven't had a bathtub in over 2 weeks!! Good thing we have a half bath at least! We spent the weekend in a Hilton Hotel as a little Mini family vacation, and to take a fucking shower!

CT Sheep & Wool festival was on Saturday and was cute. I think that I know a little more about fiber/yarn it didn't WOW me as much this year. I did get some nice Cormo/Alpaca roving and some mohair locks I'll be dyeing up! Then I had to rush home by 1:30 to get married to my wonderful man Casey! We then just chilled for the rest of the day! and Sunday was the Mystic Aquarium...I don't know why we didn't go there sooner! Shade loved it and even had a fit because we had to leave. That's a 3 year old though. :(

Came home to the house and cut the grass. Even though we are in a legal dispute with our landlord I didn't want US to look like assholes. Ya know? All we wanted was the bathroom redone (because it was in disrepair) and done right! Its the only reason we agreed to move in cause he said he would fix the bathroom ASAP BUT he is a cheap ass trying to cut corners to save some money so we called the state inspector on him. Now he isn't fixing the bathroom and sent us a "Notice to Quit" for eviction, which he has no grounds to do that. We know hes just doing this to try and get back at us for calling the inspector which is ILLEGAL to do in CT. So what he didn't know is that we have a lawyer in the family and that we don't get scared. I think that hes hoping we were going to tuck and run so he doesn't get caught in all his lies. Cause we heard him tell his wife (before we moved in) that he had already fixed the bathroom. LMAO So now he told her this time that he only came out to fix 2 bolts on the toilet! So not only is he going to get fucked legally, his wife is going to find out he lied to her! WHOOPS!!

Anywho, enough venting. I'm off to do something..I'm just in a blah mood.

TTFN

Moe

My Mosaic!

First, the rules:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.

b. Using only the first page of results, pick an image.

c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker (register and log in first, if you haven’t already

Now, the questions:

First name?
Favorite food?
What high school did you go to?
Favorite color?
Celebrity crush?
Favorite drink?
Dream vacation?
Favorite dessert?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
What do you love most in life?
One word to describe you.
Your flickr name.

And my answers are:

ACE Team Easter Egg Hunt

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What I've been up to!

Well wedding plans of course but that's for another post!

Since I rented a Baynes ST wheel I've been doing a lot of spinning.

Here is a Jazzturtle 1 0z Treasure Chest Batt that I spun into 145 yards of lace "textured" singles. I forgot to take a picture of the batt cause I was excited but I do have these wonderful pics of the yarn. If you have any ideas of what I could make out of it, PLEASE let me know. :)

Next we have Shady Fibers Pretty Persuasion SW Merino roving made into lace singles:

Then we have Shady Fibers Born In Ice SW Merino roving spun into whacked out thick and thin:

AND THEN I plied them together and got:

So I have 77 yards in one skein and 48 yards in the second out of 4.6 ounces.:)

So thats it for now. Hope you enjoyed it. I know I did. :)

TTFN!

Moe

OMFG!! Very Crafty!!

RIGHT HERE!!

I'm ENGAGED!!!

Yup that's right!! Casey asked on March 23rd and gave me a beautiful ring that his father gave to his mother! Just have to have it sized because his mother has a size 4 finger! WOW.

Do not know dates yet as we have decided to do a JP thingy for us and an actual wedding thing later.

In all this excitement I started a wedding site HERE!!


WOOOOOOO WEEE!!! Yeah ...

New Rovings!!

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Spinning Right Along!

OK, so here is the lace cotton that I have been doing on my .75 ounce spindle. I usually just spin this whenever I am flying somewhere while playing WOW (World of Warcraft) Makes the flying time shorter. Specially when you hit 50 and you have to fly EVERYWHERE to get one or a few things done. UGH!

And below is the worsted singles from my Zoot Suit Riot roving from dkKnits fiber club. It is going right along now since I have 2/3 of a 4oz roving finished and will be plying tomorrow. Got about 106 yards with barely any waste. YAY!! And cats haven't gotten to it either so no waste there as well.

Can't wait to ply it up and see how it turns out. I have been following dkKnits blog

for her tutorial. The only problem that I just noticed is that my roving is green on all ends to where she says to split it for shorter bursts of color. :( So I, i believe, i will just be getting LONG strips of color. With these colors it will still look GREAT!

I ALSO bought 8 ounces of alpaca/tussah silk roving. OMFG is it soft and GORGEOUS!!! This is definitely a wait till i am good enough on my wheel fiber. I was thinking of dying it but it is such a nice beige/tan color. PLUS i don't want to ruin it because i don't think my dye will dye the tussah silk. Of course it would be a kewl variation in the roving if the tussah didn't take the dye. Maybe I will take a little bit and experiment.

Yeah I think thats it for now.

*HUGZ*

Moe

After last post

Shade just wanted to say good morning! :)

OK new post..

Lets start with crafty stuff. OK so I only have a few rows of the raglan repeat on my sweater before I can try it on and see how bad I fucked up. lol No I'm kidding. looks pretty good actually.

I have 1/3 of my roving spun up into singles for the March SAL in the Sweet tooths group for my dkKnits fiber club. :) Here is my Zoot Suit Riot roving. Awesome isn't it? :)

And Becky (dkKnits) over at her BLOG has been making tutorials about different ways to spin up your roving to get different effects. Lots of good info. Go check it out.

Still spinning up the practice cotton on my smaller spindle. LOVE cotton! But such a short staple. We are talking millimeters people, not inches like merino or BFL. Definitely have to keep your hands closer while drafting or like some people do is just pull off strips that are the same size so you don't have to draft at all. Somehow I drafted and am ending up with lace weight. I'm actually proud of it. :)

I know I need pics right. Well I'll get to that soon.

Life in a house with a 3 year old while stuck inside from a snow storm kinda sucks ****** ****. Yes i was cursing. We got about a foot and a half of snow. Very pretty but turned into ice last night so that kinda kills the gleam of things. And it froze up to soon to take Shade out in it. ;( Was still snowing till after her bedtime. SORRY KID!

Anywho, off to check my e-mail, etsy, twitter (shadyfibers if you want to follow) and Rav, then go down stairs to knit. I'm sooo tired of the computer.

*HUGZ*

Moe

Spring colors to put a bounce in your step!

YES, I was at Becky's (dkKnits) house yesterday helping and she has a

WHOLE NEW SPRING COLLECTION

of yarn. *insert drooling here*

To see the names and e-mail her for this AMAZING yarn you need to go to:

WWW.DKKNITS.COM

HAPPY SHOPPING!!

And for us fiber freaks out there she has more fiber comming up soon! I had a sneek preview yesterday and you are NOT gonna wanna miss out. lol

New PIZZAZZ colors. :)

FUCHSIA............ DARK TEAL .........BABY PINK

SHADY FIBERS