I got mail, Prayer Shawl FO and YARRRN PrOn!!!

I received my 1st set of stitch markers in the Stitch Marker Swap from Michelle! THANK YOU! They are LOVELY!


I haven't gotten around to starting my stitch markers yet. I blame the heat 107' today. 107' I guess we shouldn't complain, it's 117' in Baghdad!
I'll start markers tomorrow so I don't sweat on them! We can't get the inside any cooler than 87' today! It's supposed to rain and be about 86'. That I can take!





The mailman brought another wonderful package today. It contained this:


It's from Kelly who destashed some Homespun and increased my prayer shawl yarn stash!
The peachy is coral gables. SO PRETTY! The partial is destined for a scrap shawl!
THANK YOU KELLY! YOU ARE THE BEST! =)



I finally finshed a prayer shawl! It is for my husbands grandmother. She is cold in the summer;)

I used Homespun, "Baroque" I love the colorway. It really is pretty.

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NOW FOR THE YARRRN PrOn!


I went to Cottage Fiber in Mission, KS a few weeks ago. DH had the camera in Colorado. ANYWAY... here are the pictures:
First we have the lovely large skein of Sari Silk, destined for "UNBIASED" from knitty.com
I think the colors in this skein are so pretty!



The wonderful owner of Cottage Fiber showed me how to spin roving on a spindle!
WHAT A WONDERFUL LADY, wish I knew her name!
She had already spun a hank using this roving:




It was so pretty! Like rainbow sherbert.... wish I had a big bowl of that right now!
Isn't it lovely!








I tested my LYS one day I won't say their name... Rhymes with DARN DARN! I went to the spindle section and picked up every spindle book and looked at it, practically read one! Then I picked up every spindle and looked at them. I was the only customer in the whole store for 15 minutes and the sales lady kept looking at me, and I her...
She NEVER offered to see if I needed advice, help or tried to sell me anything!
So, I left the store without anything! YES I DIDN'T BUY ANYTHING, imagine that!
SO.... COTTAGE FIBER, YOU ROCK!!! If I ever can afford a spinning wheel, you are the first place I'll go, FREE LESSONS TOO!

I started my first kitty pi a few days ago (DH had camera in Colorado!) so I couldn't take pictures. I have two to make, we have had an addition to our zoo!


My progress so far...

I stopped knitting with the solid blue Reynolds Lopi at row 30 and switched to the varigated blue. I love the striping effect!



Here is the reason I'm making the kitty pi's...
Spoox the white 1 yr old kitty-cat and Sophie is the brown kitten and is 3 months old. They are becoming great friends and have so much fun playing (at least Sophie thinks so!) Sophie tackles Spoox and Spoox will grab her with her paws and then does a WWF SMAK DOWN* move and slams Sophie on her back (*no animal was injured in this post)


DH and DS's have returned from Colorado and all I got was a pile of laundry!
A Boy Scout vacation for them. I stayed home to be a slave to the zoo! I deserve a vacation that doesn't require sleeping on the ground. SOMEDAY....
Oh and DH took some beautiful photos but I'm just going to post a few.
This is RED on a rock!


They had a ton of rain in the Rockies and the streams were running fast and COLD!


And here they are on the trail, stopped because DS's horse (in the center of the picture) had to go!

Here are two of my boys, the third is camera shy!