Another KAL...

Thank you to all for a sucessful update.  I know all of you will enjoy your new stripes and skeins.  It looks like the ones I wanted to knit myself sold, so I'll be back to the dye pots soon.

Not one, but now I have successfully completed two KAL's.  This one is my favorite patterns which I have knit several times.
Monkeys by Cookie A, but the no purl version.  I chose a skein of  Barn Cat that got a second chance.
It was one of those skeins that was not so pretty and I knew it need to be over-dyed, and what I got was oh so sweet and chocolatey.
Before

After

and now I have these.

 I'll also be doing some more knit alongs starting in May.  I've been asked to join Alice Yu's Socktopus KAL group on ravelry.  I have had the book for a while now and there are several pair that need to be added to my sock drawer.
There will be prizes from Indy dyers to encourage us to keep on knitting and you may just see a skein or two of Wandering Cat Yarn being offered up.  Come on over and join us.

Spring....

Well another month has almost passed, and signs of spring are showing.  It was so lovely here yesterday I spent a couple of hours on the front deck closing toes on socks.
Big Red greeted me for breakfast and actually hung around for some photos.  Look at those buds. 

The term "I work for yarn" has been in my repertoire for a long time.  I cranked out these socks for a friend in exchange for more yarn.  These were cranked with the German Wollmeise yarn.  Everybody goes crazy over her saturated colours and great yardage.  I do have to say, I have a couple of pair for myself and there may be a few more in my future.

I have also cranked out a few pair for gifts.
Wandering Cat Yarns Barn Cat, I love the twist on this yarn and the 80/20 blend of merino/nylon is a great combination for socks.  This is Midnight Posey dyed by BossCat.  I'm not sure if she can dye this one again, it was supposed to be something else and didn't work, so I snagged it. I actually think the skeins we flub usually turn out to be my favorites.

This pair is our Twisted Top Cat, it has the same twist as the Barn Cat, but it's a blend of 80/10/10  merino/cashmere/nylon.  Just a little bit of luxury on your feet. This is Bleeding Hearts, my concoction.  It reminded me of my lovely plant out in the garden, which I'm anxiously waiting to see again this summer.

Today will be a day of winding up yarn to dye of for stripes, and re-skeining some that will be in the shop very soon. 

You could hear a pin drop..........

It's been so quiet here since the girls went home.  I think Lady realized they were going and she would get her window seat back.

We had a fabulous week but it went too fast and we didn't finish all our projects.  We'll have to finish them next time.
I did manage to crank out a couple of pairs of socks the next day without distraction. Everything is back to normal.
One pair for BossCat in Alley Cat BFL  Fairy Garden

And one pair for me in Regia Blitz  Terra.

I'll have some to post very soon,  they're caked and ready to crank.

Crankin' good time........

The yarns were dyed and dried and ready to crank.

We managed to get all our cranking done on Friday.

 The Rowanator's scarf for Momma's birthday

Some beautiful hand/arm warmers made by Miss "P"

and 2 pairs of birthday socks for momma.

The little vixens even took the rest of their yarns home for momma to knit them some socks too.

I really didn't have the heart to keep them for myself, but I wanted too.

Are we there yet?

Well, the week is almost over and I'm exhausted already.
The yarn was dyed and dried.

We hope to be cranking some socks tomorrow for Mommy's birthday.
We started our Maggie Rabbits and hope to be stuffing them tomorrow.

Today was Disney on Ice, I told the girls we were going shopping, you should have seen their faces when we walked into the Colliseum for the show.

They are both down for the count, and I should be in bed too, we have a busy day tomorrow finishing up all our projects before they go home Saturday.
This week has gone too fast.