Waiting for my island prince

Jeez, I am trying to be nice but COME ON! There is a certain lifestyle that is lived by the guys that trim the mistletoe out of my poor old ash tree, it is called Pacific Island Time...yes. PIT, which stands for...I'll come when I rouse myself and because my ratty truck is parked in front of that tree, this means that I WILL come there and do the work, when I am good and ready and remember where I parked that truck. Get the picture? I waited for him yesterday and he finally came to tell me that it will be TODAY (maybe). So at 4:30 he comes by again and says that it will be today because he is parking his truck...it is almost 10 and I have been up since 5:30. SIGH

All right, on to what I have been doing during this rude silence. This morning, I traded these

For this

Yup, I have been "reminding" The Husband to plan his attack for the evening, oh, the things that can be accomplished in an hour here and an hour there and so I decided to use my pacing time (waiting for the darned PI guy) to touch up a little bit in the kitchen, which means that I painted two walls. Uh huh. Nuts. I want to get the rock out of here and so I am doing my bit for the cause.

So, yesterday. I was busy busy busy in the dye room, and this is a portion of the day's work.

Things come in waves and suddenly Santa Cruz is a colorway that people remembered that they loved or saw someone else's yarn or just discovered it. It happens like that. I was able to get some for orders and some for stock, which is nice...TKGA is looming. Yes, this is a cotton colorway and it is one of my most beloved in the sweaters that I AM NO LONGER MAKING. :o)

Now, I do wish that you could reach through your screen to feel this stuff. It is a new yarn for me, a heavy worsted silk/kid mohair that was ho-hum when it arrived. I said, we'll see, and threw it on the table for a South Pacific skein day. Well, my friends, this yarn is mmmmmmmmmm delicious. Gorgeous and soft and silky and and and. I can't wait to make it jump into the arms of the unsuspecting next month. Oh, baby.

And then there are these things. The blue bobbin is the Bluez stuff that I have been showing you. I decided that instead of doing the sparkle through everything, I would just do it sparingly through a finer ply and then do a more fluffy ply for a nice texture. It is turning out well and now I just need to plant myself in my Princess and The Pea Chair and get it finished.

Things in the Universe are moving forward for us to have our Change of Life Change of Living shenanigans. I am just thanking said universe every day for direction and opportunities and so we are getting closer to our goal. Whoopee!

Comments

[Angela]

The Universe is good at letting us know when we are going in the right direction isn't it?

[CarolineF]

Whew, I was worried I'd have to go a day without seeing Lisa's stuff. That silk/mohair sounds a little like some of the Brooks Farm yarn I was avoiding buying...

Now, if this were MY life we were talking about, we'd get a fab offer on the house, find our dream home in the country, then the employer would come back with an offer to return with full pay, benefits, and seniority, and I'd have to decide what to do.

[Helle From Denmark]

Yummy yummy.......lovely. Like the colors in this kid mohair/silk stuff, looks lovely!:-)))

Hehe......i almost got afraid that you was attempting to start paint rovings and yarns with painting for walls!*GRIN*

[Lisa S]

This yarn is a bit heavier than the Brooks Farm stuff, I think, Caroline. I think that it will make the most luxurious throws or simple jackets or lots of things. It is buttery for next to the skin softness and so that is why I see it in a shawl or throw, I guess. That is a full pound that you are seeing there...HEFTY.

Postive thinking here, on the home and life front.

Helle, no yellow painted walls, just yellow painted knuckles. :oD