Livin' La Needle Loca

 ...and it's mostly cross stitching around here. After finishing the last spinning project, I've been concentrating on the Sailing Dreams piece. Here's what it looks like today: Tour de Fleece starts Friday, 7/1. I still need to clean my wheel, but that won't take me very long.I'm looking forward to starting! WIPs Roll Call Worked On: Sailing Dreams (cross stitch) Working on the tail No Work This Week: Effortless Cardigan (knitting) [ Ravelry ]   Hot Enough For Ya? (cross stitch) Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilting) Pacific Waters tapestry (weaving) [ Ravelry ]   Phat Fiber Weaving (Weaving) [ Ravelry ]   Singularity Shawl (knitting) [ Ravelry ]  Waiting for Finishing: Finishing work for some old crewel pictures (sewing) UFOs/Hibernation: Be My Baby for My Baby (knitting) [ Ravelry ] Bear Paw pottery (needlepoint) I...

 ...and getting ready for Tour de Fleece! This is Wild Things [ Ravelry ]: and the close-up: Specs: Started 6/10/2022 Finished 6/24/2022 Merino-Bamboo-Silk (4.0 oz.) from Lisa Souza 233.3 yds., 14 WPI I've joined the Greenwood Fiberworks and Lendrum Love unofficial TdF teams. I'll also join the Peloton team to participate in the official Tour.

 ...and it's so hot here! It's hard to stay motivated when you're sweating like crazy. I still haven't picked a large project to work on. However, I did find a medium-sized project to start. This is Sailing Dreams: It's by the same designer, Barbara Ana, who created Dreaming Frida. I really enjoy the look of these "Dreaming" designs! WIPs Roll Call Worked On: Sailing Dreams (cross stitch) Started 6/17; working on the face Wild Things Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] Finished the singles; ready to ply No Work This Week: Effortless Cardigan (knitting) [ Ravelry ]   Hot Enough For Ya? (cross stitch) Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilting) Pacific Waters tapestry (weaving) [ Ravelry ]   Phat Fiber Weaving (Weaving) [ Ravelry ]   Singularity Shawl (knitting) [ Ravelry ]  Waiting for Finishing: Finishing work for some old crewel...

 ...yesterday was kind of a wash. We were pretty tired after Sunday. We sailed on the San Francisco Bay to drop my mother-in-law's ashes in the approximate location that we dropped my father-in-law's ashes. We spent 3 hours on the water, going almost all the way to the Golden Gate Bridge. Afterwards, The Daughter hosted a family gathering in her home. We shared funny stories and memories of both parents. It was a wonderful day, but exhausting. Spinning is always my go-to craft when I'm tired or stressed. I spent most of the day finishing up Blue Eyes [ Ravelry ]: and the close-up: Specs: Started 5/28/2022 Finished 6/20/2022 Yak-Silk (4.0 oz.) from Greenwood Fiberworks 177 yds chain-ply, 13 WPI

 ...that week went fast! The Blenheim apricots are ripening. It won't be long now! The hydrangeas are mostly blue with touches of purple. We have some squash blossoms... ...and the marionberries are going crazy.

 ...life got a little complicated this last week, so posting fell by the wayside. I'm doing a little spinning because it's easy to pick up and put down. I've finished the Blue Eyes [ Ravelry ] singles, a yak-silk.  I've spun yak-silk before and didn't enjoy it as much as camel-silk. I've waited several months before trying it again. This spin is a little better than last time. I have a few braids left of yak-silk, so I'm just going to power through them. WIPs Roll Call Worked On: Blue Eyes Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] Finished singles and ready to ply Hot Enough For Ya? (cross stitch) Still working on the sun rays. Wild Things Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] 6/10 Started spinning the singles No Work This Week: Effortless Cardigan (knitting) [ Ravelry ]  Illusion hexagons (knitting) [ Ravelry ] Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilting) Pacific Waters tapes...

 ...still reading a lot. Finished: 5/5 Noche de los Muertos quilt 5/10 Bean Me Up! quilt 5/11 Faded Roses handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] Bamboo-Wool (4.0 oz.) in RMB18 from Creatively Dyed 156.3 yds., chain-ply; 12 WPI 5/24 Mermaid Songs quilt 5/28 Big Bee, Little Bee mini (cross stitch) 5/31 Bee Hive Violets (cross stitch) Books Fun and Fury, Annabel Chase Birds of Fury, Annabel Chase Black Wings, Gray Skies, Hailey Edwards Hummingbird, Helen Harper Pink Moon, Annabel Chase 22 Seconds, James Patterson Love & Curse Making, Kelly St. Clare Love & Magic Shaking, Kelly St. Clare Love & Heart Braking, Kelly St. Clare Forest of Stars, Linsey Hall Dead Against Her, Melinda Leigh Hell Hounds Don’t Heel, Kim McDougall Started: 5/13 Big Bee, Little Bee mini (cross stitch) 5/26Bee Hive Violets (cross stitch) Works In Progress: Effortless Cardigan (knitting) [ Ravelry ] Illusion hexagons (knitting) [ Ravelry ] Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilti...

 ...catching up. After finishing the previous mini cross stitch project, I pulled out another JABC project. It's called "Hot Enough For Ya?" It doesn't look like much yet, kind of like a summer Chershire cat. I still haven't picked the next large project, so I'll just continue doing these small projects until then. WIPs Roll Call Worked On: Effortless Cardigan (knitting) [ Ravelry ] Still working on the body. This stash yarn is in different dye lots. It's acrylic yarn, which sometimes is not affected by dye lots, but this one does. Rather than do some of the different tricks to blend yarns of different dye lots, I'm just alternating skeins to get a subtle wide stripe on the sweater. What the heck, it's for me to wear in the studio...I don't care about the stripe! Hot Enough For Ya? (cross stitch) Working on the sun rays. No Work This Week: Blue Eyes Handspun (spinni...

 ...I pulled another one out of the stash. I had the pattern and buttons together. I lucked out that I had  piece of fabric the correct count and size, and I had all of Weeks Dye Works threads on hand. Yay! This is Summer Garden: Specs: Started 6/2/2022 Finished 6/6/2022 Pattern by Shepherd’s Bush Buttons from JABC Assembly delayed for now I was a quick stitch. Now I have to find another small project to work on!

 ...and it's another mini! This is Bee Hive Violets: Specs: Started 5/26/2022 Finished 5/31/2022 Pattern by Just Nan Assembly delayed for now Since I can't decide on a large project yet, I've pulled out another small project from the stash.