the Akamai Knitter

The Ravelympics started bright and early this morning. Like I’ve said earlier, I’m going to be doing the Handspun Heptathalon for Team Splurk and while I was awake for the opening ceremony, I wasn’t able to start a new project.

You see, I got overly ambitious and I thought I could finish a 3-ply yarn and finish off a couple of other projects in 3 days. All while battling a Fibromyalgia flare. Ha! I think the heat made my brain a little runny. Or was it the painkillers fogging up any rational thought?

Either way, while I have these two bobbins finished, I still have the third bobbin to complete. Not to mention the two sets of singles to ply. Bah.

No name yarn. Eek.

Still,  I have a Plan. I won’t say anymore then that, because my Plans rarely work out the way i want them too and I don’t want to jinx it. Instead I think I’ll flash you with some ECF fiber that I just received this week.

Merino from All Spun Up

Splash! from Hungry For Handspun/Moonlight Baker

Warmth from Hungry For Handspun/Moonlight Baker

As for the contest hint? I’ve already spun four of the rovings into yarn. I’d also like to clarify that you need to guess which of the rovings have become completed projects for full-fledged yarns.  Make sense?

Again, you need to enter by Sunday, August 10th, by commenting here.

Good luck to the contestants! Happy Friday everyone!

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Several people have asked me if I’m in a blue mood. I didn’t think this was the case until I took a long hard look at what’s been arriving at my doorstep.

Fiber Mosaic

You can see that for the most part there are little bits of blue in nearly every single colorway there.

For awhile there I was making a conscious effort to step away from the blues. Only I wondered if there was really a need. After all, there’s enough variation in what I’ve got up there so that there’s no chance of my becoming monotonous. I think this is just another case of following your bliss.

I can’t figure out a way to segue into the contest gracefully, so I’ll just dive in. I’ve already spun some of the above fiber into yarn. To win the contest all you need to do is guess which ones have been spun up. If you click the mosaic, you’ll go to my Flickr page.

Just leave a comment on this post by midnight eastern, Sunday August 10th. I’ll pull a random name from whoever has the correct answer.

The prize? A free set of stitch markers. You can see some examples here.

Hints may be given in the posts to follow. I’m not sure if that will happen as I’m not sure how difficult this is for you all yet. :)

Happy hump day everyone! Follow your bliss!

ETA: Thank you to Patrick and Sallee for pointing out the fact that this contest shouldn’t last till July 10th, 2009.  I have edited the post to reflect that the contest will end August 10th. :-)

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I love.. car and errand knitting. Yesterday I was able to finished the first Canival Tweed sock.

Carnival Tweed Sock

I was also able to make some progress on the second sock. All while running errands and hitting the multiple doctor appointments I had.

Carnival Tweed Sock - Second Sock

I love.. mojitos. I ordered one while at my favorite Italian restaurant this past Saturday. I’m not sure it matched the food, but it was delicious.

Mojito at Bravo

I love… lasagna. Especially the one at the restaurant Bravo. Too bad I’m rarely in that neck of the woods.

mm. lasagna.

I love.. Cookie. She’s inspired me to start knitting my Springtime Shawl again. I may only get a row or two done a day, but that’s better then nothing at all. I only have to finish the current repeat to get to the edging.

Springtime Shawl

I love.. all the new charms I got in this week. I’ll probably be drowning in stitch markers this week, as will the shop.

mermaid stitch markers

I love… rainbows. I haven’t seen too many of them this year due to the lack of rain clouds we’ve been experiencing. So I was lucky to capture this one on the drive home on Saturday.

Hawaiian Rainbow

Can you believe I didn’t mention spinning? That’s because my Suzie Pro has been squeaking lately. The squeak really disrupted any thoughts of peaceful spinning time this weekend. I bought some bike oil for it yesterday and it seems to have banished the squeak. So far so good at least. I remain skeptical, yet I harbor a secret hope.

Happy Tuesday, everyone! I hope your day/night is squeak free!

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Friday has snuck up on me. I’ve been so busy, the whole week has gone by in a blur.

There has been spinning. Spinning of an unexpected colorway. I’m calling it Spring Bouquet. All I could think of when I was spinning the singles were Easter eggs, but it’s not Easter.

alpaca/silk/merino singles

I normally don’t choose pastels, but I couldn’t resist this blend of fiber. It’s 50% alpaca, 30% silk, and 20% merino by From The Wool Room.  It was heavenly to spin despite the fact that I kept expecting the Easter bunny to jump out and yell “boo!” at every turn of the wheel.

Once I finished with the pastels, I searched for the antithesis of pastels for my next spinning project.

I came up with this.

100% Superwash Merino - Spirit Trail Fiberworks

I feel like I’m diving into the ocean whenever I work on this. I just love these deeply saturated colors.

Deep Sea Diving

It’s also been a great mail week. Since Kris has shown me that she’s got a bigger fiber stash then I do, I’ve decided that I need to catch up with her.

My newest acquisitions from Hungry For Handspun aka the Moonlight Baker.

Water Lilies by Hungry For Handspun

Earth Day by Hungry For Handspun

I don’t think I’ll have a problem catching up with Kris’ stash size. In fact, I might already have done so and more.  But pulling out all my fiber and taking a picture might be too traumatizing, so we might never know.

Another acquisition for the week was a gorgeous sock project bag by Cheeky, my Plurk buddy. She just opened her Etsy store this week and I was her first customer!

I couldn’t resist the hot pink kittehs and I’m really impressed with how well it’s sewn.

new sock project bag

One last thing. I’ve  thrown together a shop blog, so I can blather about what I’m doing for my little endeavor there instead of doing it here. Hopefully I can maintain both blogs without too much trouble.

Happy Friday everyone! Have a great weekend. :)

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