Knitting Dragonflies

While taking a break from spinning, I happened to catch a swallowtail on a hummingbird bush. I found this interesting link http://www.pjsadventures.com/DragonsKeep/personal/PVCWheel.html , plans to make a walking wheel from PVC. This is similar to the Babes Walking Wheel . On another spinning note, I have come across the Mother Marion kick spindle, I first saw a clip on ">'>you Tube . Looking interesting. The cicadas started to sing a few days ago. Even with the dastardly heat it's nice to get out in the evenings. Technorati Tags: Walking wheel , Link for plans Pvc spinning wheel , Great wheel , spinning

Here is a busy bee in my garden... I have been busy spinning, working and cleaning, how do two dogs make so much hair? I guess if I had that much hair all over my body and it was in the 90's I would be dropping an alarming amount of hair also. Here is the amount of yarn I have spun during the Tour De Fleece . This shows the amount of fiber I have left from the 4 oz. that I want to spin during this time. Also the primary spindle I have been using, a bottom whorl made by my hubby and a spindle bowl from the Knitwitch . I did get my Sursa shawl done. And I'm still working on my Lola bunny . Technorati Tags: lola Bunny knitting pattern link , sursa shawl , tour de fleece 2008 , knitwitch

Thanks to Paula at The Quilter for the pattern , and to Phyllis at Spin, Knit and Life for a great link to all kinds of cool knitted slipper patterns! A Feather Adrift also has made these slippers and says she started from the toe down. Many, many thanks, I think I am going to urge my girlfriend to try and track down her long lost friend from collage. She says she moved to Guatemala . How fun it would be to help reconnect two lost friends. I decided to "mend" this slipper in a red and white yarn. It is on the bottom and I managed to get it fairly "flat" (who wants to walk on lumps). Also washed these as she was afraid to due to the unraveling. So they are ready to wear. Everyone likes warm feet, and its nice to have slippers than you can fall asleep in also. She says these fit snuggly and warm her heart. Here is a cool link for a knitted heart pattern that is woven, thanks to Noreen Crone-Findlay . Technorati Tags: A feather Adrift , knitted slippers , kn