Je suis venue te dire que je reviens

The inspiration and/or desire to write usually befalls me when I am in the least position to actually do so. I will be driving on the highway, folding myself into a yoga pose or handling an all-consuming task at work; when suddenly a sentance or a melody decides to untangle itself out of my subconcious and mock my unability to lock it down right there and than.
Foward a few hours when I am readily installed in front of either pen or keyboard and all my mind will cough up nothing but less than worthy scramble.

C'est la vie.

The great re-stash of 2008

Between my part-time gig at Brooklyn General Store, Rhinebeck, Eiko Berkowitz's Spinning workshop at Downtown Yarns, an amex gift-card, Knit Picks getting all the good Palette colors back in and the weather induced desire to nest and seek warmth at all times, the ideal conditions have been met to engage in what I shall call the GREAT RE-STASH of 2008.
Yes my friends, I have been hording fiber like a squirrel hordes acorns.



Spinning is going great, I am so enamoured with it. I bought a second basic ashford spindle, as my original one is too light for proper plying.
this is my first yarn: spun out of some Bluefaced Leicester top purchased at Rhinebeck.
This is the second yarn made from the same top:
I named it Lilly Wonka, since it is pretty obvious that Willy Wonka's sister spun it. It was dyed with Switchin Secret and Strawberry Lemonade Kool Aids.
And this is how I block my twist hahahahah:

It's freezing cold out and I owe y'all tons of updates

I started spinning on a gorgeous drop spindle, acquired at Rhinebeck. Which of course entails that, yes, I went to Rhinebeck. No matter how many times I have posted this over on Ravelry, I cannot stress enough how awesome the art of megan's videos are for drop spindle spinning.
In other news I picked up some part time work at Brooklyn General. I love it enough to be afraid to jinx it by writing to much about it :).

It is late and I am cold enough to want to go curl up and get some progress done on my clapotis... oh yeah that too, I caved in and joined the bandwagon ...clapwagon? so I bid yet farewell, but:

Coming soon to a blog near you:
-the great re-stash of 2009
-i can haz business cards
-fluffy bunnies and other fuzzies
-Krafthaus goes live
and an endless slew of wondrous tales.

Say something nice

i posted this on bkg's "say something nice" thread but for some reason the post got cut off despite repeated attempts to fix it, so here:

this week has been all about bad things turning out good:
i lost my phone thursday night and this guy called me to tell me he found it. got it back from him the next day and gave him a starbucks card which he was really happy about <3; i turned it on and there was a txt message from my friend asking me to work the door for the **Three Bad Jacks** show. <3 wouldn't have gotten that message without that guy getting me my phone back <3
i also lost my metrocard and only realized it friday morning when trying to go through the turnstile, and this guy saw me digging through my purse and swiped me in <3
while getting ready for the show completely rushed I knocked over my wax heating thingie and poured the wax all over the floor. turns out because i decided to go with brazilian hard wax this time, i just let it dry and it came off real easy the next morning, whereas the other wax would have been an effin bitch to clean up <3
caught a cold while working the door at the show, and passed it to the bf, who called out of work on sunday so we spent our anniversary cuddling in bed sniffeling instad of him going to work <3

Don't drink the...

a coupla weeks ago, we - Brooklyn Krafthaus that is- held a "dyeing yarn with koolaid" workshop. from my pre-teen initiation into tie-dyeing i had always loved dyeing fabrics, but now that i got into this...i am addicted.
both b and my friend m, had to suffer going with me from deli to deli and supermarket to supermarket, from all the way down by coney island all the way up to clinton hill via the lower east side.

i dont' own (nor ever plan on owning) a microwave, but the steam cooking method works just fine and makes me feel like a little witch cooking up a wicked potion of powders and threads.
besides, b luurrves coming home to the delicious scent of steamed lambswool mixed with 20 different artificial fruit aromas [insert gargling barf sounds here]. but what can i say.. an addict will put up with anything to get her crack.

onto the pictures:
soaking yarn noodles.

Progress and Prospects (in pictures)

still not done with my ravelympique project. as you can see -or rather not see in this blurry cam-pic- I decided to add some short rows by using a size 13 needle for the back section, as opposed to the size 19 used on the rest of the garment. this is all done to create some extra fabric for my girlfriends.


gearing up for Brooklyn Krafthaus' yarn dyeing with koolaid workshop this weekend. this entailed standing in a supercrowded supermarket, counting 110 packets of koolaid under the confused supervision of a handful of little kids.
"what is she doing mommy? can we get koolaid too, pliiiizzzzzzz!!??".
needless to say mommies were hating me for being that supercool adult(yes i did, i used the A-word) whom one would rather hang out with.
the grocery stores near me only had the basic flavors. i must use this opportunity to thank michael for driving with me through various neighborhoods to stake out the local bodegas and score some ill' flavas! thanks to his patience we got to use a really wide palette of powders :)


started this shawl from the artic lace book for b's mom's bday, which has now passed. the shawl, however, is still in it's early stages, so i guess i'll just have to keep it for myself.

and now the prospect:
this is what i spent the evening doing, as a series of unpredicted circumstances kept me from going out: