Another Rolled Brim hat finished!

 2nd roll brim hat is finished....pretty soon it will be on it's way to Norway....I think Norway is a good place for a hat this color to live :-)  Spinning right now for a scarf in the same colorway, but the yarn will be very thin - lace weight type....spinning to knit lately....it keeps me out of trouble! Snort!

BlueBerry Muffins - an early saturday morning project ♥

Inspired by a young, married ranch-gal that I know, Callie Hyde Smith, to make Blueberry Muffins on this fine winter day.  This morning it's cold and crisp outside, but I'm in here having a little bite of muffin and some hot black coffee....Life is Good!!!!!   ♥

February 13 through 17...snow

Golden Crowned Sparrow

Robin the Border Collie

Turkeys for Tommy!

Full Winter Moon

Finished the rolled brim fair isle hat!

I finished the Fair Isle stranded knitting hat.  This hat yarn was handspun on my Schacht Lady Bug spinning wheel, then I found a cute pattern to 'learn' from.  I did a pretty good job and liked the pattern so much I'm starting another one...I usually only knit in the winter, so it's almost time to put it away for the season!

Nathan and Eli

Nathan and Dawna Beth weren't expecting a FOOT of snow overnight! They are sort of socked in up on Mount Sexton, but that doesn't mean they aren't having any fun! Look at this great picture Dawna Beth took of Nathan and Eli....He sure looks happy for a baby doesn't he....well heck yeah!!!!! They totally look alike!!!!!!!  Way to go Nate and DB....what a cute little grandson I have now!!!!!!!

Fair Isle

Started a new hat tonight! I am using hand-spun wool from 'roving' that I purchased from Cindie at Eweniquelyewe Fibers in Grants Pass, Oregon.  The white skein is Falkland Wool Top and the Turquoise is Merino Wool

Top Roving is wool that has been combed and then slightly twisted to hold the wool together...it is a smooth type of roving and slicker, at least for me to spin. This wool is from the Falkland Islands. Wool is the leading export from the Falklands.

The turquoise skein was spun from "Ashland Bay" commercially dyed Merino Wool Roving, also purchased  from Cindie from her Etsy Shop site

Here is the started hat.  It is a stranded knit hat (Fair Isle), knit in the round on a size 10 16 inch circular needle.  I am still teaching myself stranded knitting and this pattern taught me how NOT to twist the strands while knitting.  I kept one colored ball on one side of me and the other on the opposite side of me.  One color-in this case Color #1 Turquoise was always kept on top when moving back and forth between the two colors.  That way not only do the yarns not get tangled on each other, but it makes the back side of the article being knit looking neat and tidy!

It's Rachel's Birthday...she is Sweet Sixteen!!!

Rachel is my youngest son Davy's girlfriend - Her birthday is on Valentines Day!!! 

This is a Lavender Sachet that I made for her...I knit a square out of red wool and threw it into the washer and dryer to 'felt' it.  Then I hand embroidered her initial "R" for Rachel and stitched the little hearts and filled them in with purple (her favorite color)...I hand stitched a little pouch and filled it with lavender that we grew here on the farm, then backed it with a piece of purple commercial felt and did a blanket stitch with embroidery thread all around...It's got a really neat Homespun look about it and I hope she likes it!