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so, go over and check it out, okay? i have some really purdy yarns, like thissy one here…

in the iris colorway, i have some of the top that i spun it from left, too, that is listed. what else?
pretty pony lite spinning top (see i listen to ya adrian! i didn’t call it roving, which is incorrect terminology.

my pretty pony top:

and amanda, i have some warmer tons of top like you luv!

what else? well, i made my boy butter 2 neckywarmers for his birfday, his is the orange one, the one on the left, i added cute buttons to, no worries:

also, i have worked up some poppies for scarves and some poppy yarn! i had been kicking it around for a while, the poppies will be separate, like the yarnwench does with bigger things, which i think is really smart and works better for working yarns up into something and adding things where you want to. i have been wiring the buttons on with thin coated jewelry wire and a sewing needle and then i make sure no wires come out the back, and that button is not coming off. no way no how.

otherwise, my new friend nichole came over and hung out with me whilst i did some workywork and we just chatted. it was really fun. my friend josh (her man) came over for a bit before work and then we just hung out alone. and mud wrestled. nah. not around my fiber! never!

i also got to chitchat with one of my most favorite people in the universe, gabe, today, and am hoping to pop in and see him at some point this week whilst i do errands. so.

we popped into joann’s to get yarn for jake’s hairdresser’s xmas present, i didn’t have anything in plum, somehow, and the didn’t either. i got a bunch of flowers to spin into yarn that i thought were on sale, but actually weren’t and was a bit peeved when i realized it, because some of them were kind of a rip-off. grrrr. i got a super cute outfit for my little niece with a black velvet military style jacket with big brass buttons and a red plaid skirt with kickpleats! so cute! the skirt is this odd swishy fabric, but it is just soo soo cute. peeps wanted to wear it, but you know how cats are, they want it until they get it and then it just sits in the closet!

we got groceries and headed home, i did my update (and while it was a million things or anything) i actually got it done by the time i said it would be done by! what?

i feel like i haven’t done a personal blog in ages, but i am feeling a bit emotionally and physically tired lately. i will come out of it, i swear.

oh, i almost forgot! i got the new knitscene that one of my favorite artists/people/craft mavens, regina did some adorable hats in…there is one online, it is number 15 on the link up there. if she was able to ditch her fancy job, i think she would be the bizarro martha stewart of the crafty world. and her daughter clearly has the artist gene. big time. they may take over the crafty world. look out! except, unlike martha, she is notoriously nice. so. woot woot!

also, let me say again that spin to knit is a super duper nice basic book for people learning to spin, or that think they might want to. it has all of the basics about cleaning fiber, technical terms, how to spin, all sorts of things, and some simple patterns that would work well with handspun yarns. and then most of the spinny greats are in there. but not me? what? nooooooo! shannon? noooooo. sob! sob! sob!

i got really good 70% cocoa dark chocolate squares for my customers’ packages! woooo hooo! that is a reason to order, if nothing else! also, i have new postcards with a pretty yarn photo on it, and you will get one! what about that? pretty cool, eh? huh? what say you?

ok. i am sleepy at 6:43p. i am using a different brand of pain patches (totally by accident) and clearly, the are more potent, so i am feeling a bit…well…high and dry. i mean tired. so. i may just knit a bit and try to wake up. shhhhhhnooooooooore!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
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