Choosing again!

Sadly the winner of my giveaway never claimed the prize, so I decided to choose a new one:

 

Congratulations Kathleen!

 

 

And the winner is…

Thank you to everyone that participated in my giveaway! My favorite part was reading your wonderful comments. You guys are cool! To choose the winner I used Randon.org. And the winner is:

Number 187! Congratulations at55plus! I will be contacting soon you regarding you mailing address.

Giveaway!

Spring is finally here! Yaaay! I can feel it when the Swallows arrive in town as they make happy noises while they fly and start gathering mud to build their nests under the eave of the houses along the lagoon. So how about celebrating the arrival of spring with a special giveaway?  I will be sending to the winner 4 ounces of my “Funky Guru” Merino Top and the book Get Spun by Symeon North. I will ship the prize for free anywhere in the US and Canada. Oversees participants will pay half of the cost of shipping.

HOW TO ENTER

This giveaway runs from now until Monday April 30th 2012 at midnight PT

You have to leave a comment here in order to enter (please leave your email address where you can be reached).

FOR ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN:

Like BeesyBee Fibers on Facebook and post your comment here (one entry)

Tweet this give away and post your comment here (one entry)

Share this giveaway on Facebook and post your comment here (one entry)

Blog about this give away an include here the link of your post (one entry)

The winner will be announced on Tuesday May 1st.

Good luck! And remember, enjoy spring!

xo

Patricia

Balance

Working on regaining my balance again…

Make sure to keep your glue handy!

Good morning! This is the “Best Knitting Tutorial” ever! LOL!

Have a great day!

Be obscure clearly.

E.B. White

Gee!

Yeah, it’s me again. Do you remember me? I used to be more frequent with my posts here, but it seems that I’ve been out of the loop for a while. I’ve been spinning, felting (which brings me so much joy), a little bit of traveling, and just having a good time since I decided to quit (how do I put this nicely) an old job I had before,  and now I have more time. Yes… I have more time on my hands (and not posting anything here, uh?). I’ve been finding a little difficult to re-structure my day and my week. But I’m sure I will manage just fine. Good thing I did it in the middle of winter, so I can find an easy escape for my excuses and stay home on rainy and cold days like today. My studio happens to be about a mile and a half from my house and is where all the dyeing process happens. The place can be cold especially during the winter, because there is not insulation, and unless there is a little bit of sunshine, I freeze my ass out there, so going on a rainy day can be a little overwhelming for me right now. I’d rather stay at home and knit, spin or work on my felting. Still plenty to do here. Knitting is another of my favorite activities I love, and I HAVE to find the right place and space to do it since I used to knit while I was tending the shop (my old job) and never knitted at home before. So that needs to be re-structured too.

I’ve been trying to knit this hoodie with a cable pattern that I found in the “The Encyclopedia of Knitting” by Stanfield & Griffits and I’ve been enjoying knitting without a cable needle. It seems that it goes way much faster than using an extra needle that gets tangled between my clumsy hands, but I have to be really quick to catch the loose stitches before they disappear before my eyes. I also found on Etsy this useful magnetic bookmark that I can place right below the row I’m working on, that way my eyes go where my knitting is happening without getting lost and cross eyed. Brilliant idea! Well, I get a bit excited because I’ve never seen this clever idea before.

I just finished spinning a pretty batt I got from a trade I did with Lanitium Exmachina. The batt was carded with Masham, Camel, Tencel, Alpaca and so much more! Nea really packs her batts with so much yummy fiber.

I also got from Nea some Polwarth which I’ve never spun before in the form of fleece. This is really soft and clean, and the picture doesn’t do any justice to the actual fiber.

I still haven’t decided if I want to spin it from the lock or having it carded into a batt. We’ll see.

The days are getting longer, and hopefully I will be able to have full days again at my studio like before. But for now, I’m here happily enjoying winter wrapped in a warm cocoon. Well, I get out once in a while too.

Tomorrow happens to be Valentine’s day, so have a HAPPY VALENTINE DAY!

One more show to go…

And this will be my last show for the year, at the Bazaar Bizarre on December 3 and 4th at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco. Booth 177. I love that the event is for FREE. I don’t understand why people should pay to go shopping when they are trying to support crafters.

I’m cranking on the dyeing, although since this is a craft fair, I’m kind of guessing what to bring with me. It will be definitely a learning experience. I need to dye some wool locks, card batts and try to have a little bit of everything and see what will sell. In the meanwhile, I managed to spin a couple of skeins for a client in Canada.

It came out well balanced which can be a challenge when spinning single ply yarns.

Well, this is the time of the year when we get to stop and be thankful for what we have and who we are. I want to thank my family, my wonderful and loving husband, my dear friends (Yes you! I know you are snooping), my great costumers that supported my shop for another year, my aches pains and, because of your gentle way of reminding me to slow down, and for being able to breath every day which I consider to be these days a privilege.