Yarn Haul!!

I totally just realized that I forgot to update my Christmas yarn haul on here. Dressew is EVIL!! $1.99 a ball!?!?

So the story is, I went to Vancouver before Christmas to be a nice and drive my sister up here for the holidays. She had to work on the 23rd and I figured if I got there the night before, then I'd have plenty of time to check out the yarn stores down there since I'd never been. First Yarn stop (not the first stop of the day, in fact by this time I'd already spent most of my budget) was Sweet Georgia Yarns, a lovely lady who has a dye studio that's not really a shop, but you can drop by and see her doin her thing.
An unassuming building:

What you see when the elevator door opens:

I got 2 skeins of Fairy Floss (Purple), and after Christmas I went back and got 2 skeins of Big Buttercrunch



Next stop was Birkeland Bros. where I picked up a little bit of roving. And after MUCH to much walking I made it to Three Bags Full, where I picked up my first 2 balls of Noro.

Then I was headed down to East Hastings to check out Bad Anna's (which was totally awesome AND having a sale the day I was driving my sister BACK to Van) where the totally awesome girl told me about the yarn they had at Dressew for $1.99 a ball. I wasn't originally going to go there as it's mostly just acrylic junk, but they had some 100% wool too, and as it turns out, some yarn that I had been looking for in Kamloops and couldn't find.

So things got a little out of hand there:

Knitting Knot

It's ridiculously hard to motivate myself to get knitting again. I still still have a million gazillion projects that need to be finished, and I don't want to pick up a single one. I apparently would rather spend all my time in front of the computer.

Maybe it's because all these projects are in the beginning stages and aren't nearly close to being finished so it's not like I can go "Oh! I'll just finish up this one!" and get into the groove again. They're all just monotonous and boring stitches too. Or I have to frog and start over on some... I did start a new scarf with a heavy cable (getting ready for next winter YAY me!!) but, I didn't like the gauge and I don't have any bigger needles, so I have to go buy some. And I stepped on the needle that it's on and broke it (grama's old plastic ones so no real big lose). I have the knitting blahs. Maybe I should try spinning for a bit. I'm sure increasing my yarn supply EVEN more will motivate me to knit more. NOT!!

In other news, I opened up my Etsy Store!! Yay!! You can now by my stitch markers and jewelry sets at Pandalina.etsy.com. And what ever I decide to make and put up there in the future. I just got a yummy book on how to make soaps and bath bombs GLEE!! Need to get supplies for that now. Why do all the things I like to do require me spending money I don't have? Well, I guess that's why they have etsy! Good thing there's a good sale at Michael's this weekend.

I've also got to get a shaped cake pan for a 4 y/o. My little princess Quinn's birthday!! Haven't made one of my cakes in FOREVER!! So yummy!!

Hand Painting Genius!!

Yes, I'm a natural at hand painting Check out my lovely work:

Organic Wool


Alpaca, Mohair, Silk



Mmmm... Can't wait to spin it!!!

Yummy New Yarns

Here are the 4 yarns I've spun up since getting my wheel last week.


The first one is Hand Dyed (not by me) Alpaca Top, plied with some pastel roving (I think Merino). So yummy and soft!


The second is the same pastel roving plied with some silk roving.


The third is the 2 New Zealand Combed Wool knots that I got from Twist of Fate. I spun the solid colored bits (coral, and 2 shades of pink) together and then plied it with the multi-colored stripy bits. It's so bright and cheerful!!


And the fourth is Hand Dyed (not by me) Punta Top plied with Silk from hankies.

As the Wheel Turns...

My back hurts. It doesn't like it when I try to sit up straight for long periods of time. That's what happens when you slouch all your life. So why am I sitting up straight for long periods of time you ask? Because it's hard to see the amount of twist your putting into the yarn your spinning if you're all slouched back on the couch.

I think I might run out of fiber by the end of the week... (Ok maybe that's a lie. End of next week maybe.) I need to take pain killers and go to bed now... Will post pics of luscious new yarns latter.