Adventures NOT at the Ren Fest: Final Weekend

In the last bit of silver lining hunting for a cancelled Faire this year, I did absolutely nothing. It was fantastic. Not to say I literally just sat and did nothing, but I wasn’t required to go anywhere. Unlike if there had been Faire this year, I would have froze outside in the wet and […]

NaNoWriSweMo?

I’m struggling a lot more again, and when I do that, I make plans (which is probably a huge reason why I haven’t been handling the current situation very well). I haven’t been writing (outside of work) very much lately, and I’d like to pick it back up again since National Novel Writing Month, or […]

Adventures NOT at the Ren Fest: Sixth Weekend

Funny enough, just as I would be if Faire had gone on, I’m pretty sick of spinning now. The good news is I don’t have to, now! I finished up my Spin Together competition. It wasn’t my best, I didn’t even make the mile, but I had at least something to turn in to my […]

Spin Together Update

What a week to be in a spinning competition… Work’s been especially crazy and I have been craving more human interaction than I’m used to getting. Still trying to do my part, though! Of course, I have the money yarn, but that will only count for the plying. My spindle project is coming along, but […]

Adventures NOT at the Ren Fest: Fifth Weekend

This was the weekend for the Kaw Valley Farm Tour that I have missed for the past several years. It seemed a safe, family outing, so I was really looking forward to it. Even though it was almost completely outdoors, this was still one of those events where it probably was better just to miss […]

Keep Acting Natural

Well, I finally bit the bullet. I waited this long because I wanted the most out of my precious, home-grown Hopi sunflower seeds, but I learn best by doing. That said, mistakes were made. My first dye bath (with alum as the mordant) was gorgeous, but I worried I didn’t exhaust the seeds, so I […]

Adventures NOT at the Ren Fest: Fourth Weekend

This week’s post will be a little light. Full disclosure, I had a (thankfully short) panic attack on Saturday, so not as much got done as I would have liked. I did get to spin on another friends’ deck, though. Even better, these friends have a puppy! This is Fritz! He’s a mutt of some […]

Act Natural

I decided I wanted to give natural dyeing another go, ’cause my dad went through all the trouble of growing Hopi sunflowers this summer. Plus, natural dyeing just seems like some ancient, elusive magic that I definitely want to say I practice. My first foray didn’t go so well, but I’m chalking it up to […]

Adventures NOT at the Ren Fest: Third Weekend

This year, Worldwide Spin in Public Day snuck up on me. I normally don’t have to plan for it, ’cause I’m always spinning out at Faire. Of course, that wasn’t an option this year. I’m not too mad about that, though. It always felt like cheating a bit, since the spirit of the holiday is […]

Color Me Impressed

Finished up another square of the My Years in Yarn(Ravelry link) blanket last night: This one shows quite a trend since May… Everything was blue or gray (or both). So it came around to adding a cat square for the Many Cat’s Cushion, and I think I’ll mix it up; I’ll add some green to […]