Super Soft Merino Roving, Hand Painted 4.1  $18

My Violets

Just recently took this picture of my African Violets. I have always kept violets, my whole life. They are one of my favorite flowers. At the begining of the year, I lived away from my home for a while. I left these guys at my house and came back now and then to water them. I lost quite a few, and the ones that were still alive where gasping for their last breath!

 This is My Grandmother's Flower stand. They seem quite happy in here!

So when I got back home I started watering them regularly, but that wasn't doing the trick. So to fertilize them I threww a bunch of rabbit poo in each pot. Well, look at them now! Never, ever have thay looked this good!!

Confessions!!

Yes, I need to call the admit it line!! I LOVE LOVE Old China! The kind with Pink Flowers and Gold Trim. I surely don't need any more, BUT I always end up leaving our local thrift store with a new treasure! Here is what I found this weekend!

Petunias!!

My Rainbow World!

                            

                        Hi Friends,
  Just some images from my new Studio!! It definitely is getting that Lived-in, Worked-in look! I still need shelving for books and yarns, but that will come. I have been doing alot of dyeing this week, not so much spinning. As you can see, the work is piling up.

Getting some Beautiful April Showers this morning, and it has me pulling out some of my Favorite garden books. Since this is a rented space, I am looking for ideas on container gardens. Putting in a patio out my studio door from some free rock next door, I would like to incorporate a garden pond. At my home on the other side of the state I have many ponds and totally enjoy them big or small. It's the "not-perminate" (like it's not mine) that I am struggling with at this moment!!!

Peace, Patti~                        

A couple new yarns!

                                                  Rainbow Boucle plied with Merino

                                                 Rainbow Merino Handspun, Hand Painted

                                                  Wildwoman Art Yarn

                                                  Crazy Train Art Yarn

                                                Rainbow Boucle

                                                    Passion Flower

                                                     Merino Turquoise/yellow/green

Ready for the New Year!!

Hey Yarnie Friends!

Well some how work on my Blog got on my New Year's list, so came over to take a look and I haven't been here all year!!! I don't seem to read too many blogs anymore, because I'm on face book. Looking at a friend's blog i noticed she had more pictures than wordage, so I could try that, as I have a million pic~~

Patti

Sweet Heart Yarns..

Here's a couple Valentine yarns I've been working on!

A Valentine Yarn!
Peace, Patti

Over the Rainbow!
Peace, Patti

My First Yarn bombing!!!

Here it is my First!! Save The Ta-Ta's!!!
They all laughed thru the knitting these Boobs this week, then it came down to the planned moment...and you know I heard it all, but half a sheet to the wind..I was doing it!! The spot was our Local Gallery, opening a new show on Saturday for Brice Hammond, sure to get a TON of people. At the final freak out with a cop car racing around the corner...nooo not after me...the Boobs were thrown and there it was for the Gallery walk! As I was taking pics a Gray Haired man commented that was today's Free Lunch!!!
Let Your Inner Extrovert Out,
Love P

Valentine Yarns

Good Day!
I've been planning some Valentine Yarns, So I have been dyeing like crazy...and waiting for them to dry. I am a little impatient at this point. I just want to get Spinning. ready to go are The brown Alpaca (his name is "Charlie Brown, he lives here in New Smyrna Beach), some cranberry mohair and some of the yummiest Pink Angora....soon to be yarns...
Keep Spinning!
Patti

Happy New Year!
Wishing You and Your's the most Awesome Year yet!!! Much Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity to Everyone!

Here's what's on My Drying Rack this Beautiful New Years Day! A positive kick off for me as I Look back at what I created last year.

I have 2 pages of Goals written down for the months to come. Some attainable, some are Dreams, some that are Changes I need to make inside my own head.I'm Thinking my Motto will be...

LET YOUR INNER EXTROVERT OUT....!
I like it, it speaks to me on so many levels! (And it's a lot more fun than Get Organized or More Exercise!!!) I want my Fiber Work to make me Proud when I look back in a year!! All those ideas swimming in my head, are coming out!!!

Much Love and Light
Patti

More Autumn Yarns...

Well, Here are a few of the fall Yarns I have spun up already. I have lots more ideas, but ahh so little time!
Hope you Enjoyed! Patti

New Yarns!

Hey Here are some Halloween Yarns! "Bone Yard" and "Swamp Monster".

Halloween is my son Max's Fav Holiday! Beats everything, even Christmas! So we have Costumes and Goosebumps movies on our Brains-Big Time here! Still have to decorate, may have enlist some help. Cobwebs, Scary Pumpkins, Black-a cats...Oh he loves it all!

Our Community as a whole really sucks at decorating for anything!!! When Living in the mountains, Everyone got into this First Kick off of Fall.

so, I have been spinning all kinds of Fall/ Halloween Yarns....
Keep Spinning.
Patti

Current Project!

Hello!
I have totally decided I am the Worst Blogger ever!! I even tried to hire my Daughter to Blog for me, I still suck. Life gets in the way, you know, if you have any life at all! So I bought a Book on Blogging, good place to spend my money, Right? One trick was to write about a current project.

So here is a Scarf I am Knitting right now from my Handspun. Well you know as I'm making my Handspun Yarn, I ALWAYS know what I would use it for, that's how I work. I Love Spinning, for me it is the perfect action+project=done, because I'm already moved on in my thoughts about the next project. Now don't get that wrong, I am a Weaver for 25 years, and that is where I have to focus on a Project for a long, long time.

Well, I am asked how would I use this or that yarn...here is my favorite project with my Bulky thick and thin Handspun. A Scarf, Knit on #11 Needles, about 10 to 16 stitches across, but always embellished with some Sweet Fabric or fiber. Silk, sheer anything that I have in my stash or picked up from a fav thrift store around here! I like to put together a few different of the handspuns to see what I come up with. Something Plain with something fancy or crazy. Add in something that makes it Just be one of a Kind!

Just Sayin'!
Knit on my Friends! Patti

Posting from my IPhone

Ok, trying to blog from my phone! Since I have done everything else with this thing what the heck! I'll be the first to say darn thing is amazing.


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Raise Your Hand if you want to be A Beach Bum!

Finally Summer is Here! We are so Happy to get a Break from School, Well I'm happy because I can relax a little in the mornings, instead of rushing around getting people off to school! Max (12yo) totally Loves school, they do have the Most Fun in his Class! We are planning to be Beach Bums for the Summer. Easy when You live 15 minutes from the Beach.


This week I was inspired to Spin these thick and Thin Yarns and they Turned out really Cool. Dyed them some sweet Colors. I have been knitting with this Yarn for several Years..Well those patterns are stored in my head, so I'll work on writing those out, and get them into my Etsy Shop.

Keep on Knitting! Patti

Goood Morning!!! Beautiful Rainy Morning here! My Garden will love this, already have squash, but woohoo, can't wait for fresh tomatoes!! I have everything growing for my fresh salsa
Here's the recipe:

2 medium ripe tomatoes
1/4 medium onion
4 sprigs cilantro
2 cloves garlic
2tbsp lemon juice
1 jalapeno

put it all in your chopper and shazam the yummiest, goes with everything you can think of salsa, especially with your favorite Beer! Now we have two kinds of salsa eaters in this house. Hot and the not Hot!!! So I have to make both kinds, labeled accordingly.

Here the yarn I have on my Country Craftsman right now, it's thick spun Angora, it is Sooo Soft. I guess I like soft fiber, cuz that's how I have to describe most of what I spin. Using that wheel cuz the Majacraft Rose, well, got a boo boo. She has been with me a long time, she'll be back to work shortly, couldn't get by without that Wild Flyer as I'm always shoving something crazy thru!

Sure like to try Majacraft's new wheel that Pluckyfluff (Lexi Boeger) is unveiling! It is Sure to be good!

Keep Spinning thru it all, Patti

Fiber Batts and Heart Yarn

Just finished the Super Soft Merino yarn, with little hand cut felt hearts spun into it, yummy. its so cute...






















I love spinning up these Fiber Batts, they are Fun to work with, well you know I like to add all kinds of things into my Yarns. I thought I'd shoot pictures as I was trying to decide what to add into these Yarns. I listed them in my etsy shop, you can get ideas by looking at some of my yarns there.

WooHoo, been a long week!! You know how it is with kids, constant! I love being a Mom, that's for certain, so it comes first, So there was little time to get anything else done this week!! Ha, that's life.

It's almost the weekend and I feel I need to WORK!! just kidding of course, I'll hit the beach for awhile, with a pen and notebook for the ideas that spin thru my brain, never to be seen again :) ( I attribute the loss of brain function to being a Mom.) It's hard to knit down there on account of the Suntan Oil. I think I just need to be alone and not think for an hour! Just a couple cold ones, people watch. After a while I am energized and ready to be creative. It nourishes my Artist self, which gets pushed into the back of my brain as I tackle family issues.

I did have a Profitable week, but I always judge my successes to What I Created this week!! My brain is wired to the Art! all right enough babble.....going spin, Peace ** Patti