Wool...Dye...Yarn

This post would of course be more interesting if I had pictures or it wasn't 11 at night and my brain is functioning normaly but it doesn't and my brain is half awake. Anywhoo-Wool is for the Wool festival in Estes Park that I went to on Saturday. It was fun seeing all the animals that yarn comes from. I am in love with the sheep. I was completly unaware that sheep literaly said "BAA!" I could not stop laughing after the first BAA! The llamas scared me because I didn't want to get spit on. I got two lovely things of roving. One is purples and white and the other is greens and purple (pics coming soon).

Dye- Today my mother and I had a dye day. WHOO! I got to dye some Faulkland roving. I decided to do blue, purple, and red. The colors were a smudge dull but I still love it because its the first thing I have ever dyed. Yarn- I have finished my very first skein of yarn. It isn't insanly horrible I am very glad to say. I am very proud of it. I just can not wait untill I start spinning 1 in July. It is now 11:30 and I am quite tired, so I am going to jam to my ipod until I fall asleep.

R.I.P Socks :(((

My first pair of socks, I am sad to say, have died. After knitting a majority of the foot, I realized they were too big for my feet. Shortly after frogging 4 inches of my lovely socks, I tried to restart. I went down a needle size and casted on less stitches, but became very frustrated with the cast on process. I tried 3 times before violently throwing them into my knitting bag with no progress to show, which I might add was very frustrating.

Because of my failed attempted at restarting my socks, I have been working on my blanket. I have the first row and two squares on my second row finished. I have already fallen in love with this blanket and cannot wait until it is finished. One of the squares on the other hand is 15 inches when the squares are 12 x 12. I will end this paragraph with a loud, angry, "GRRR!"

Tomorrow is off to the wool festival with my mom. I am so excited to go because this year I will be able to pick out roving for my to begin spinning. I start a beginner spinning class in Boulder on July 17. I am stoked! My mom has shown me the very basics of spinning but I am no where near as good as I want myself to be. Any who, I am sure tomorrow will be stellar.

My First Pair of Socks

I need to get better at blogging, that is a fact. I have been doing some knitting but not an insane amount. I have started my first pair of socks, which of course I am happy about. The pictures are out of order because I am not used to adding pictures or blogging for that matter because it has been about a year. lol. Any whoo the second picture is the yarn my mom spun after I picked the colors and carted on the drum carter. I am knitting them from the toe up (as seen in picture number 1) and in stockinette stitch. I am absoulutly in love with how they are turning out. YEAHH! More blogging tommorrow. :))