Saturday, January 22, 2011

It's almost the end of January!


This last week has been pretty good for me. My husband was finally offered a job at my program so he will no longer get beaten up at work. I decided to try and start spinning my own yarn, which turned out pretty well for my first time. I am also on track for finishing my current custom order, which is great, I am almost done with Mini Monkey #3 and by next week I should be about half way done with a Big Monkey. I also discovered another awesome yarn shop in Portland and I found an authentic Korean grocery store where I was able to find some of my favorite Korean foods that I haven’t had since I left Korea.

My first attempt at spinning my own yarn using a homemade drop spindle:


Wool

Parts for the spindle

Finished Spindle





Its Yarn!

Knit up yarn


Close Up
With a Crochet Border



Finished Product

















The finished yarn wasn't perfect, but I think it was good for a first try. I think I'm hooked. Now I want a proper spindle, some dyes and bags of roving.

Food I’ve made:

I made these wings for the recent Oregon Ducks game and they weren’t spicy, but they were delicious! I believe I posted the recipe last week.


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