Tilt-a-whirl

When Pigs Fly

I have loved that phrase for so long and never thought that it would pertain to me and my life, and yet I have adopted the idea that in MY life, pigs HAVE flown. I look out of my office window to the forest, home and gardens that have been manifested here and thank the Universe, every day. To honor what I know to be good fortune and hard work coming together, I knew that I wanted to dedicate this place to the notion of flying pigs.

I found this, last Fall but Rod had to find the perfect doohicky to allow him to install our mascot at the peak of the roof.

Finding that doohicky proved to be a long process but there is nothing like inviting a bunch of old friends up for a barbeque, to get the search honed in on something, eh?

This morning, the weather up here was finally good enough for Rod to go up on the roof, to screw the doohicky down, in the perfect spot.

 

Now, I can look out of the window of the office or the open door of the workshop, see this and send up a silent prayer of thanks.

Now then, about that Appaloosa stuff. We have taken orders for 279 skeins, which before the extra $150 brings us to $5022! When July 1st rolls around, Holly will pull the colorway from the site but you still have 5 days, including today, to place your order. What a ride. Thank you, Pig.

Summer Eye Candy

I can't call it Steamy but the prospect of a very warm day has me soaking locks of Wensleydale Lamb fleece in little containers, all over the dye table. Mmmmmmm...fleeeeeeeeeeece. People who come to visit always crack up at MY stash...raw fleece. I just want to fall into if, face first, I love it so much. Of course I love it WASHED and that is the issue...gotsta wash the stuff!

Here is something purty for you. It is a basket of To Be and some of the Already Is. This is Merino/Baby Camel/silk in Bayberry.

Like my fancy paintjob on the wall? That's how we roll, around here.

Grace Foundation Fundraiser Update!

I certainly did not fathom a guess that we were going to have such a success but when you go into something with a pure heart and only the best of intentions, people come up to the call. I wanted to catch up the totals, so far. As of today at 3:30pm Pacific, we are sitting at 275 skeins and with the extra $150 of Pure Donation funds, we have broken the $5k mark and have reached $5080! This does not include the donation that will come from our old friends at the Corporation Formerly Known As Prophane Industries, which will cough up an extra $3k to match our effort.

This is a Big Gift from a business as small as mine but it is time to Give Back, for all of our luck and good fortune.

Thanks so much for trusting us with this endeavor. My accounting firm is called My Pen and A Post-it. We have gone to a second piece of that yellow paper and each tick mark represents a skein sold. I am so grateful to The Kolhers for the BIG order of 24 skeins and being cool and patient enough to wait until the end of the run, simply because I keep stealing skeins out of their pile!

On another note, Kristen Tendyke has been generous enough to release the pattern that she designed, using ONE skein of Lhasa, as a freebie! You will find the link on the Lhasa page. What a great thing to knit up quickly, as a terrific gift. Kristen is an accomplished designer of knit and crochet patterns and I am thrilled to have had her do this for all of us.

Next time, I promise to take care of the kid pictures. I have to show you some of the amazing work by a gold country photographer.

Thanks again and MWAH!!!