May 9th, 2009 Blog
Whoops time sure does fly so I thought I’d make a little entry here tonight. I will try to pull some pictures together because to me words without a picture on blogs are bleeeck (well my blog 
SO now I have to try to pull something up…Does this make you hungry? Probably not if you don’t care for spicy or jalapenos. I adore spicy everything pretty much infact tonight I made the hottest chili ever in my life. You know Chili powder from India is SUPER hot? Well, I did not know that until I dumped 1/2 cup into my pot of turkey and multiple bean chili WOWZERS…
SOAP…I don’t think I ever blogged about making my ORGANIC soap did I? See I’ve been so busy with other tasks I forgot to update here whoops….I’ve been including some samples of my new venture with my customers. If you happen to get this surprise in your order I would LOVE to hear your opinions of it please :) I personally love it but that is me ha ha.
And I began to roast my own coffee beans as well (((BAG)))……
I think that is about it for this evening….next month will be SUMMER and I am so looking forward to many adventures with my family. I might have more pictures….I love our BIRDS! This is out of my dining room window such a treat.
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March 16th, 2009 Blog
A faithful customer of mine requested some matching yarn for her DD. It was such a joy to dye up coordinating yarn for her to knit up with. Above are a couple of pictures of girliness. I hope to share pictures of her project if she’ll let me share.
I’ve been busily dyeing and have a stocking planned for this week….No definite date/time for stocking yet.
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March 1st, 2009 Blog
Well then come and join us over on Creatively Serene congo on March 2nd!
I was invited to come help celebrate their first Anniversary so….I dyed up a new colorway “Northern Lights” which will debute at 4 p.m. March 2nd.
I won’t spare you anymore details but provide you with the link now 
and then naturally the picture.
I have something else offered on there as well so just take a few moments to shop around….
http://hyenacart.com/CreativelySerene/
P.S. I’ve been dyeing quite a bit this week yarns and fiber.
And even some DREAMY C..A…S…H…M…E…R…E!
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February 18th, 2009 Blog
And a somewhat mellow week and more to come… My 8 year old boy is having surgery tomorrow morning. Several months ago a sleep study revealed that he has Sleep Apnea. We have surgery set and will find out sometime today the exact time for his adneoids/tonsils to be removed. He will miss 7-10 school days (well less) since this week is mid-winter break to the weekend. I had my tonsils out about this age but do not remember missing school. Of course the popsicles, ice cream I do remember lol. So our house will be somewhat mellow the upcoming weeks. I plan to dye here and there but really nothing extreme. I will be excited to see how my boy bounces back though and of course praying over all of these things.
As for dyeing & work related news I will be having some exciting things in March. Different things that haven’t been offered in my store actually :) I’ll start talking about it very soon I hope….for now I can say that I will be Guest Vendoring in March with Creatively Serene http://hyenacart.com/CreativelySerene/
I cannot believe week after next is March. I am for one VERY exciting Daylight savings begins the 2nd Sunday of the month to have some more daylight hours :) I have been knitting up some stripey slippers for J’s surgery tomorrow so hope to cast those off completely before morning. I think this is about it I just wanted to do a little blog entry to keep ya’ll up to date…
Wishing you all a blessed week,
Kimberly
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February 5th, 2009 Blog
I do not know how long it has been…but it just dawned on me that I changed my method once again. I didn’t like the application method of my first trials LOL. It was just goey and I don’t like that feeling on my pits much bwahhh. I went further and used again household items that I own. Cornstarch and good old orange essential oil. I had a shaker that I re-used from some already eaten Garlic Gold Nuggets. Now before you think eweeee garlic I cleaned it out first of course and can’t smell a hint of it. Now imagine in the below picture cornstarch and drops of orange essential oil inside LOL. As for application? I just put it in my hand and apply with my SHIRT on lol. . Nothing is worse than getting powder on the outside of your clothes. And well those nice commercial smudges on the outside of your shirt lol they don’t show. And my current soap on deck is Vanilla soap from Frost fish cove soaps with real vanilla beans inside mmmm.
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February 5th, 2009 Blog
and there will be more news than just that. I’ve casted on another pair of LTK Felted Moc’s for my 8 year old. He wanted them to be purple and red so I dyed up some small farm corriedale I had on hand:
I also decided to finally take the plunge and do socks. I ordered myself some needles so in a couple days they shall arrive in my mailbox. As for colorway and yarn to knit up first is hard to decide on. I’m dabbling with some sportweight yarn I have on hand but, really LOVE fingering weight (wear wise). And time will tell in what my actual decision will be lol. This is the sportweight yarn I’m tinkering with but by no means “commited to”:
In yarn/fiber news I have some new yarns and fibers I received on Monday. I am excited to have these additions to my store in the upcoming weeks. I am right now working on about 5 lbs of custom yarn orders and will try to get in some other dyeing along the way. I have a couple of other new yarns in the works as well should be here in the upcoming weeks. I love new yarns so much fun to see how they dye up. Each yarn is unique with different characteristics. Some have a quick dye uptake others do not. I like working with both types and saturation that’s a different book in how the yarns soak up dyes.
I wanted to take a moment and just share some information. That while my children are no longer at the teething age I still decided to order them some Amber Teething Necklaces. I am super excited to receive these and see how they work. I since ordering them have heard they help with knitter’s wrist (which I DO get). So I’ll have to borrow a necklace and perhaps order a bracelet at a later date ;) And here is a link on Baltic Amber as well very informative!
Necklace:
Bracelet:
So yes I still have my lovely handspun (note posts below). Do you have ideas/recommendations on what I shall knit with it? I should post yardages, etc and I just grabbed the yarn so can do that.
“Vision” 2 ply Targhee/Merino 350 approximate yards
“Doniel/Lilac Mist” 2 ply Merino handspun 312 approximate yards
“Doniel/Pear Tree” 2 ply Merino/BFL handspun 169 approximate yards
All for now and I hope all my readers are enjoying their week. And getting some crafting time in when you can
~Kimberly~
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January 30th, 2009 Blog
Our HC is loaded with lots of yarnie goodies. A nice variety of yarns, colorways and so forth….
This week my favorite would have to be Rowan on Buttercup Organic Merino
This colorway has a history along with it. It was first offered back in February 2008 in a collaboration with BTRT. This is how it was paired with Lori’s incredible talent. Please see Lori’s website here Beneath The Rowan Tree
This is the collaboration we did…
I am looking forward to dyeing up new yarns in the upcoming months. I have been dyeing up fibers slowly but surely. Speaking of fibers I recently had my fiber that I dyed up sent off to Yarnoodles to be handspun…
Paula does AMAZING work with my fibers to her wheel.
Vision Merino/Targhee 2 ply yarn lighter worsted:
Doniel/Lilac Mist Twist in my superfine Merino (worsted)
And then I wanted something more of the bulky weight and am soooo pleased (mmmm)
Doniel/Pear tree in BFL/Merino (Bulky)
Now to figure out what to make with all this delicious handspun she did for me.
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January 24th, 2009 Blog
I’ve put up a couple of lottery custom slot style listings. They are running for 24 hours in my HC and will generate a random person to get a complete custom. Your choice of sock yarn custom or my lovely buttercup organic merino yarn.
I also just moments ago added a nice weight of my DK Superwash Merino in my “Eileen” colorway. I was talking about the lovely Ridinghood sweater a couple posts down if you read that entry. Well this yarn would be FABULOUS for one of these sweaters. If not sweaters they make a gorgeous, soft pair of socks. My favorites (or one of my favorites) are my Abriannna bananafish socks in this exact weight of yarn yummy.
Well, off to dye up some organic buttercup merino this evening….lots to do :) Wishing you all a fabulous weekend!
You need a photo right?
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January 23rd, 2009 Blog
So I put a couple sock yarns in my etsy store just now!
Enjoy,
Kimberly
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January 23rd, 2009 Blog
I hope that everyone is having a lovely week. For me this week has been taking care of my dear sick children. Thankfully, they are over the yucky part and on the upside. It is so sad to see your little ones sick my DH, myself and youngest I believe had a variance headache (migraine type), sore throat and body aches. And well my 8 & 9 year old got the full on flu buggy poor things.
So beyond sickness we’ve been working on some special things in the upcoming months. I won’t spoil any surprises or give any hints yet (sorry!) I don’t let my kids peek at Christmas and no spoilers as of yet ha ha.
Ok maybe a itty bitty hint….I will be working on some fibers soon. I also am beyond excited that within the next week I should receive my fiber to handspun shipment. I will share the specifics on that shortly. I got some spoiler pictures but, seeing the handspun IRL is the best thing EVER. Plus, I’d like to take a collaboration of all of it…The hint will be I had 1.5 lbs spun up and they’re lovely combinations mmmmmm.
And as for the natural deoderant option…well its going nicely. It works well but I’ve stepped up one more stone (or down) and went NO deoderant. Before you say ewwwwwweeee it isn’t bad at all. I do not use commercial soap and exclusively use my frost fish cove soaps. I do freshen up mid-day and it suits my body just fine. Did you know that Julia Roberts uses NO deoderant? I am not in the “know” of stars at all and all that just something I came across. I thought it was cool though I mean one less thing I have to use on my body kwim?
I think that is a wrap right now….I need to start up a new knitting project and post pictures don’t I? I am waiting for the handspun though because I’m sure I will want to do something with that the moment it arrives. I am dyeing up some of my buttercup organic merino today. I’m thinking of doing a pre-order type of selection for a colorway or two. So many ideas so little time to do it all :) One step at a time though I have my list hee hee.
I have to blog about this Ridinghood sweater It is the most gorgeous thing ever. I have shared with all my girlfriends whom have girls and realized I never posted it to my blog. If you are on Ravelry you will find this sweater and the projects that have been completed or a WIP (Work in progress). I sent some yarn to Norway a couple months back. A mama made the most gorgeous Ridinghood sweater with our DK Clementin Superwash Merino on Ravelry. It was done up in our Peppermint chocolate chip colorway I love these colors and her detail on the sweater. I could go on but probably should stop oh to have a girlie.
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