luxe

yesterday i was awake for roughly 4 hours. literally. i woke up this morning, after another headache last night, and felt…tired, but ok. okay? what? okay! and the sun was shining!

so, i dyed about 6 lbs of fiber and 2 lbs of sock yarn, which came out super pretty. the batteries on the camera died and took some of the photos with it, so i will post them to-morrow…i am totally out of sock yarn on the site, so there will be 6 new ones to-morrow. what does 6 lbs of dyed fiber look like, you ask? there is fiber hanging to the ground on both sides of my drying rack, on the railing of the deck, hanging on the frame of our swing and then the loose silk noil and icicle top that i dyed is on top of the roving…and somehow some of the silk and nylon came out neon. literally NEON. amazing. i cannot wait to spin it up. i did turquoise, teal, fuschia, pink, a burnt orange, bright green…that might be it. and then the sock yarn.this is one of em. purdy, eh? they are so fun to hand paint. i did a couple of them jackson pollock style and it was fun. oh yeah, and i used the citric acid instead of vinegar this time and jake said it didn’t stink in the house at all. and i just mixed it in the little cups of dye with hot water and it works awesome.

i also spent time in the garden cleaning up whilst the fiber was cooking/cooling. it was so nice to get into the dirt. so nice. i cannot wait to plant stuff. my strawberries leaves are nice and green so hopefully this year we will get lots of berries. yum! also the raspberry bushes are nice and green. the thyme, sage, mint(s) and chives are all back and i imagine they will spread soon. i need to buy new basil and check out what is new at the nursery. yay for spring! i have spring fever! i opened all the windows in the house, and when i went out to do something, peeps followed me. i felt bad putting her back inside. i do have a harnass for her that i will probably try out to let her come out and eat grass. she loves it.

jake and i walked around the neighborhood after dinner and i took photos, so go to my flickr to see our neighborhood. it is pretty. parts of it. we had tuna helper for dinner with peas in it, i always add peas. makes it not taste like a box so much…i need to find out when our local farmer’s market starts.

needless to say, i am really tired and fighting myself not to go spin. i should sleep ok tonite, eh?

ok. off like a dirty shirt!
smoochies y’all!
n.