Ravelry Widgets

Since we visited (and enabled, I might add) Luann last weekend, I have been adding a few more things to Groovy Spinning.  Luann helped me figure out how to add a Ravelry button to my project page and then I extrapolated that to a Ravelry widget for a link to a pattern I'm currently working on.  I suspect you have to be a Ravelry member to get to these pages.  If you are not a Ravelry member, please try them and give me some feed back.  I may have to put "login required" underneath as a caption.  I hope not.  You can find some really cute ravelry widgets by just googling "ravelry widget".  Too much fun!

Meet Lydia

I've been lusting after a new spinning wheel for several months now.  One in particular - the Schacht Sidekick.  Its not like I don't have...let's see...6 or 7 already.  Its like the old lady in the shoe- I have so many spinning wheels I can't even remember their names sometimes.  Time to get rid of one or two.  That will take some thought.  In the meantime, I have been bonding with Lydia since I bought her at Deer Camp from Carol (River"s Edge Fiber Arts).  I named her Lydia because I was listening to the first episode of the Craftlit podcast on my way home on Monday and Pride and Prejudice was the book being read.  She's amazingly stable and spins like a dream for such a little lady.  Take a peak.....

Deer Camp is a reference to the fall circular sock knitting machine retreat held in Coleman, MI about the time that deer hunting season opens.  Melissa, Edie and I stayed at our favorite B&B in Beaverton, the Nestle Inn.  We had an amazing visit and even though things didn't go quite perfectly at the CSM retreat (meaning I didn't finish 4 pairs of mittens and 8 pairs of socks). It was a great get-a-way.

Shaelyn Shawl from hand spun

I just finished spinning and knitting a shawl in a record 10 days.  I used my sport weight 2 ply hand spun.  The wool breed was Bond and it was in its natural dark brown color.  The pattern was easy and memorizable.  It was a very fast knit.  I knitted an extra repeat.

Recipe Rename - Lemon Herb Pear Jam | Canning homemade!

Recipe Rename - Lemon Herb Pear Jam | Canning homemade!:

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Sophie Madeleine Cover Song #04 - Pure Imagination - Willy Wonka & The C...

How To Make A Sandwich Wrap (Sandwiches)

How To Make A Sandwich Wrap (Sandwiches):

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I made a turkey wrap today with deli turkey, miracle whip, dijon mustard, baby spinach and apple slices.  It was too big to wrap.  But it tasted pretty good.  So I went looking for a sandwich wrap tutorial.  This guy's was pretty good.  I'll give it another try tomorrow.

Lovin' Every Stitch: Freezing Corn on the Cob

Lovin' Every Stitch: Freezing Corn on the Cob: Hello corn lovers!!! I feel I must share this super easy way to freeze corn on the cob... I have to give all the credit to my husbands co-w...

Fruity Drinks By The Pool

From Spunky Eclectic Fiber Club:  Merino Bamboo Viscose 60/40.  The January 2011 selection.  I didn't really enjoy spinning this. Its slippery and the fibers were quite short.  4 oz, about 165 yards.

tomato salad with crushed croutons | smitten kitchen

tomato salad with crushed croutons | smitten kitchen

Mordor

Corriedale from February Spunky Eclectic Club

The Pizza Lab: How To Make New England Greek-style Pizza At Home | Slice Pizza Blog

This looks just like Anthony's Pizza here in Ann Arbor.  I think I might give it a try.
The Pizza Lab: How To Make New England Greek-style Pizza At Home | Slice Pizza Blog

Pinterest / Home

Pinterest / Home

Inherited roving from Jeanie

When I bought my sister-in-law's Lendrum from her, there was a bag with some roving that came along with it.  The tag that was in the vicinity said "Kandinsky; 100% blue faced leicester wool" by Happy Fuzzy Yarn.  I asked Riin if this looked familiar to her.  She said she recognized it and now she's going to try to recreate the colorway for me.  Of course, it will look a little different but I will be happy if it comes close.  This batch of roving yielded about 150 yards of two ply sport wt yarn.

Yarn from Jacob fleece

Finally got back to spinning.  This was from a Jacob  fleece that I made a poor decision when buying.  It was the tail end of a fleece and I didn't check closely enough to see that quite a bit of it really wasn't going to be usable.  I blame myself entirely.  I ended up with about 150 yards of sport weight.  Its really quite beautiful so maybe I can use it in a project with some different yarn.  I used my Fancy Kitty drum carder to prepare the roving and it did a good job.

   

Episodes | The Splendid Table | from American Public Media

Episodes | The Splendid Table | from American Public Media

Jeni Britton Bauer from Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams interviewed about her ice cream and new book for making ice cream at home. Also, recipe for frozen lemon yogurt in the recipe section.

Checking Another One Off

Luke's Sweater (Acheron) almost done

I'm knitting a sweater for my friend Adrienne's baby Lucas.  I purchased the pattern on Ravelry.  Its called Acheron.  I thought it was rather difficult myself.  Probably because I had trouble interpreting the directions.  The other knitters who knit this pattern thought it was easy.  Go figure.  I still love the results.  Its a 12 month size but it blocked a little larger and has room to block even larger than that so hopefully it will fit the little dude this winter.  I just have to sew in the sleeves and attach the i-cord to the back of the waistline.

Michael Thompson

Michael Thompson - my nephew makes the most beautiful music. Must have gotten from me. Nice, Mike.

CSA

Picked up my CSA box at farmers market. Then we had Indian and Thai for dinner.

Cheryl's Visit and Marble Coconut Bread

Cousin Cheryl visited this afternoon.  We had coffee and marbled coconut bread fresh out of the oven.  We worked on our blogs and I worked on charting the Estonian lace stitch patterns.  Heading to Westside Farmer's Market to pick up my CSA box.