Time-out!

     The other day my daughter gave me a 'time-out'.  No, not the you've been bad go sit in the corner kind of 'time-out'.  The other kind.  The you've been good, working hard, and deserve a little 'time-out' of the hustle and bustle of your ordinary everyday life.  The pause-the-game, take-a-break, recharge- the-juices-kind of 'time-out'.  The go-out-and-smell-the-roses kind of 'time-out'.
     So she whisked me off to Chihulyland. (If you're looking, it's just to the east of never never land.)  And this is what I saw......

Oooooooo.......Ahhhhhhh......OMG..........color!, color!, color!.....Breathless.  Thank you Chihuly, and LME dahling.  Spirit refreshed!  Imagination recharged!  Juices flowing! Game on!

Hand Spinning Fleeces Anyone?

    Okay, they are ready!  I have been enjoying several days of complete fiber nirvana.  Fondling, skirting, fluffing, primping 20 luscious Nash Island Hand Spinning Fleeces.  I had to push through several intense lustful moments.  I'm proud to say I resisted temptation.  I've had my moment, and now I'm ready to share.  After all how many Nash Island fleeces does one girl need? (Don't answer that.)
    E-mail me, we'll chat, I'll hook you up.  Join me in fiber nirvana.

jani@starcroftfiber.com

Simon & Lang

     I've been listening to the radio lately while I'm milling about (thank you MPBN & WERU).  Paul Simon has a new album out.  So does k.d. lang .  It seems these 'old' artists have come out with 'new' music that is based on their 'old' work.  They've revisited their earliest roots to re-discover that place where their artistic journey was born.
     Must be something in the air.  I've dusted off my spinning wheel and returned to handspinning,  back to where my fiber journey began.  As machines hum all around me I synchronize to their rhythm while I treadle and spin. (Sometimes we race.  They always win.)
     I have spent countless hours playing/knitting with the colors of Nash Island Yarn.  I don't know why I never thought to do the same with Nash Island Roving. Until now!  Look at what I've been spinning!

 I'm playing with color combos,

 

knitting up lots,

and lots of samples,

and having way too much fun!

     Sweater possibilities are flooding the brainwaves.  And yes! there will be new Nash Island Multi-colored Rovings in the offering soon.  Just as soon as I crank up the Simon and Lang and try a few more color combos.....