Look What Came In the Mail Today!

My wonderful husband bought me a beautiful skein winder for Christmas. I love this skein winder! It has everything I would want in a skein winder/swift. Yardage counter, different skein sizes, solid wood, and easy to use.

This is the picture from the website, but it looks exactly like the one I received. Here's their etsy shop address, in case someone was interested in checking them out. Wooden Spinner skein winder

Merry Christmas!

Catching Up...

My son is home for the holidays and he brought his camera with him.

Yea, now I can catch up on all the things I've been doing. To me, blogging without pictures is boring (no offense to anyone who doesn't blog with pics) so that's why I haven't done any posting lately. 

The lincoln/alpaca yarn came out lovely.

I would certainly do this mix again, should I come across more lincoln.

I'm knitting Spring Tulips Stole as an introduction to lace work because I have to admit, I'm a bit intimidated by Gwendolyn, the shawl I'm going to make with the lace yarn I've made with Moonstruck's  fleece.

I've also finally gotten through combing Moonstruck's June clip 2010.  It was soo clean that I am able to use the "waste" from combing. That will be hand carded for wollen spinning. But, that will have to wait till I've gotten a few other projects completed, and Christmas over with. Next yr, I'm GOING to start Christmas projects in summer!!! So much to do, and so little time (grin).

Here's what I've been doing outside with Shadow as my helper.  Raking leaves and piling them up for a compost pile for the spring garden. This pile is about four feet tall and about 30 feet around. When I clean out the sheep shed (thank you Shadow for helping here too) the cleanings go into this pile. I still have more leaves to gather, but it's been so cold and damp I haven't been out to get it done. Plus, Christmas is coming upon us very quickly and I have many projects to finish!

I've also added a solar light on my portable chicken house. Yea, solar chickens! It only cost $15, and works very well for what I'm using it for. Lighting for winter eggs.

I'm closing for now, though I'm sure I've left something out. But anyways, Have a Very Merry Christmas.