I learned something new…

This was just too cool, I learned how to braid my rovings! Very simple really, but look how cool they look

And I learned how from a link to a video on youtube. My daughter (13,you know the age) can’t decide if it is cool or dorky that her mom was on youtube. Anyway, there are tons of great fiber videos for the visual learners among us. Here is the link to the braiding one Video

And another pretty roving pic:

You know how it is when you get kind of sick and tired of work you have been doing, then you learn something new and get all excited again? Yeah, it was like that. I like my rovings again, and am inspired to dye more and take more pictures and get some up on etsy – and so on!

The pictures were taken at Saturday market last weekend. This was the perfect market day, not too hot, not too cold, sun was out and folks were out. Nice booth neighbors, tons of friends stopped by to say Hi, and my little granddaughter (2 in July) even came and visited me for awhile. I’m going to be able to teach that one to crochet, she spent 20 minutes carefully pulling yarn out of a skein and draping it over a stuffed animal in artistic patterns. Then rewinding it and doing it again. The genes must skip a generation, as I have had no luck with any of the kids. My stepdaughter flirted with knitting when all the kids in school were doing it, but that didn’t last.

Anyway, I have decided that I am sick of writing about our goofy weather, but if you want the whole crazy story of the record highs and record lows for our Saturdays in April read Kim’s great Market Blog. Let’s just say from 84 one weekend to hail and 48 the next isn’t the greatest fun!