May 2006

Ok, first things first. I got a new faceplate for my phone
and it brings me much joy. it also brought me joy to make this
rollover picture of the front and back of my newly faceplated phone.

 

Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival - 2006

So here are the pictures from my small solitary afternoon:

"Welcome to Elkton, Home of the Shotgun Wedding!"

 

Various sheep, alpacas and angoras:

I love twinkies, but seriously?

 

So I instead went for ribbon potatoes with sour cream, chives and cheese.

 

Festival Swag

Alpaca bear for Marley

 

Felted Ornament

 

Old granny looking lisence plate (it's already on my car)

 

Yummy smelling soap

 

Pin for my bag

 

New hoodie

 

Cashmere/silk yarn in a kit for a vintage baby bonnet

 

Here it is finished

 

More detaling

 

Kool-Aid Yarn Dyeing

I started with Patons, as it is cheap and locally available

 

And I bought 3 of every packet of Kool-Aid that the store had to offer

 

I strung the yarn out on my counter

 

And put it into bowls filled with Kool-Aid. After
a few minutes in the microwave, I have:

 

And yeah, the only thing I could find to wrap the yarn on way a large dinosaur book

 

And here it is in a nice little hank. I reminds me of
the sherbert I used to get as a kid

 

This is worsted weight yarn, and only one skein of it dyed, so I decided
to knit a small sockette (just enough to keep tootsies warm, but not too
warm) and the only sock pattern I had committed to memory at the moment
was the jaywalker pattern.

 

Marley needed to get in on the action and chose the colors for this.
I like to call it "Blood and Pepto"