Cooper visited the Studio to get some Burlup

Little Cooper was up for a visit last night to get some Scottish Burlap,  he rolled around on the floor and found the perfect spot to watch us finish dying some yarn.

This is the whipping for a project that Nancy and Grace are working on, sometime it is just easier to dye the exact wool / yarn color as to search the craft stores for a compliementary color. 

Garage is coming along nicely

Update on my new Garage,  these are from last month. 

Finally a New Post

I thought I better get into the mode of posting again,  this is a rug hooked by Gracie and designed by Nancy. 

I'm waiting for an IPad2 maybe that will encourage me to post more often. 

Free, Got to Love Free

I'm still amazed that everyone is using a MagicJack,  I have used this little device several times while travelling.  It can be hooked up a LAN phone (even cordless) or just plug into the jack on the side of your laptop for audio.  I didn't pay the extra to have a Canadian phone number but who cares it's FREE calling. 

I was given this little change purse which my MagicJack just fits perfectly in it, the embellishments are so adorable. 

Lots to Do this Spring, Dying Wool and more Rennovations

Update on a new project that Nancy is starting. Several photos of a family pet are being used to custom dye the various shades of wool needed.  I will post an update on this portait next time she brings it in for viewing.

More and more wool to be dyed this spring.

busy with the new in-floor heat kit going into the second bathroom. The electrician forgot to install the wiring for this heat kit so it had to be installed after the fact,  disconnecting the baseboard heater and cutting holes in the wall. and then of course foam insulation again.

Beside the kettle to boil my dye water you will see the piles of tools that are being used to rennovate my bathroom.

Insulation is a wonderful product if your not the person that has to install it.  And guess who was nominated to do that job 'me'  I survived and the sheetrock is now on also. Notice the path to reach the wool bolt on the shelf -- little fancy foot work to get around in this room.

Loonie Monday

Update on the Loon project that Nancy is working on this week,  just a little of the backing left to be finished. The sunset sky was Dorr wool that we painted one evening. 

I spy with my little eye, something 'adorable'

Do you see anything unusual about this photo above?  I was talking to a friend of mine coming out the the Wool Shop and she looked up and said  " look at the shape on your tree".  Last year the tree was growing over the new entrance to the Wool Shop and it's branches were cut back.


Look closer.........

the branches cut off on the tree,  it is in the shape of a Heart!!!    I had to share this one.  Ahh  Signs of Spring, I won't show you the snow still on the ground from yesterdays late spring snow showers.

Dying for Winter to Leave

Some new colors dyed this week,  technique: painted and rolled in tinfoil to bake.

 

To add to the fun I had Libby (my dog) Cooper (mom's dog) and Luke (foster dog) running around in the dye kitchen with me, Luke was only with me a week but he did leave a special place in my heart. Luke loved to cuddle in bed and on the couch unlike my little independent Libby.
 

Luke supervised the color planning of the next Loon pattern, above are two different version of the same pattern that Nancy and Grace are hooking away on.