knit.spin.sew.

Here, kitty, kitty.....

Yesterday, DD called from school
DD: DAD i found this cat and he's friendly, and it's really hungry and dirty

DH: Where is it?

DD: Here, can you come pick it up and can we take it home?

Me in the background: NO WAY! we don't need a cat, what about Ollie (our 2 yr. old pug)?

DH: I'll be there as soon as I can.

DD: I love you daddy.

Poor cat, it's dirty and super hungry, we fed it and gave it water, DH and I agree that we are not taking it to the pound, we "know" what happens there. We called a rescue and maybe we can get him a home, he's really sweet and comes to you, he's been sleeping a lot, that just goes to show you how tired and hungry he must have been.
I'll keep posting and see what happens, it's already after 3pm on Friday and we have not heard from the rescue yet.
And hey! look he likes the old wool blanket. (grin)

the wool festival

Yes this is an angora rabbit being sheared by this guy at the Ca. Wool and fiber festival in Boonville last weekend, It was a nice and relaxing weekend and my wallet didn't suffer too much,
I did come out with some fiber, a spindle and finally a yard meter!
But the nicest thing was meeting some really nice people like:
Maia, Margit and the folks at the booth form the Sacramento spinning and weaving guild.

Here are some more pics (my camera is pretty crappy,sorry

and how about this WOMAN shearing a sheep

I'm Happy

Well, life is good I received my dyeorama yarn, still waiting to see who my pal is but she sent a nice little package with lots of goodies and a sweet card. The yarn was dyed with koolaid and has some pretty colors (tones of pink and turquoise) I love it! I will make Jaywalkers with it.

Here is a close up of the yummy yarn. In regard to my pal I'm still playing with it, I know there is not a lot of time left so I'll finish up this weekend and mail it by Monday.

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I have some other good news, last weekend we were walking thru a block sale and hubby saw a spinning wheel for sale, the tag said 150.00 on it, He asked me if I wanted it and I said no, can you believe me? Hubby said I'll give you 75.00 for it, the guy went in the house and we agreed on 100.00. Since I didn't know too much about spinning wheels I said to hubby, Thanks and I hope is a good one.

I got home did some research and found out that my bargain is worth almost 500.00 I'm so happy I was jumping of joy, the wheel is an ashford traditional and it was never used. It's beautiful, Karen at the Rug and Yarn hut was super nice and fixed up for me, now all I need is lean how to use it. but that will have to wait until we get back from our vacation, only 4 days left and I'll be here. We are working really hard until we leave. I'll post pictures and updates from there. See you when I get back, I'm sure I'll get a lot of knitting done on VACATION!!!