Livin' La Needle Loca

&...finally took some photos. It's been mostly spinning around here with some cross stitch thrown in. Here are the latest completed spins. Summer's End Handspun [ Ravelry ] is another Falkland from The Yarn Wench: and the close-up: Specs: Started 9/26/2025 Finished 10/21/2025 Falkland (4.0 oz.) from The Yarn Wench 101.1 yds. chain-ply, 8 WPI Morning Glory Handspun [ Ravelry ] is a new, limited color from Greenwood Fiberworks: and the close-up: Specs: Started 9/28/2025 Finished 10/22/2025 4.0 oz. Polwarth-Silk from Greenwood Fiberworks 217.7 yds. chain-ply, 13 WPI And finally, Galapagos Handspun [ Ravelry ] is a Stitches West 2018 purchase from Dragonfly Fibers: and the close-up: Specs: Started 10/8/2025 Finished 10/25/2025 4.0 oz from Dragonfly Fibers 175 yds. chain-ply, 12 WPI I was feeling like I was in a rut, craft-wise, so I started a weaving project on my Ashford Knitter's Loom. My Baby Wolf loom is in the POD co...

 ...because I forgot yesterday. I got caught up in finishing a couple of handspuns. I have a third one to ply and then I'll post them all together. WIPs Roll Call Worked On: CATrina (cross stitch) Working on the torso. Galapagos Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  Finished the singles; ready to ply. No Work This Week: California Red Poppy Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] My Recipes (cooking)  Website (other)  Queued for Starting Moon Lets Sun Shine (or Luna y Sol) quilt (quilting) Ready for Finishing: Finishing work for some old crewel pictures (sewing) August 1997 Hat-of-the-Month (cross stitch) Happy Pumpkin needleroll (cross stitch) Herding Cats quilt (quilting) Horrified! mini (cross stitch)  La Cat-trina quilt (quilting) Peaceful Night (cross stitch) Road to Chaos (quilting)   Sea Dandelion (cross stitch) IDJ (It's Dead, Jim): Chaca II (needlepoint) UFOs/Hibernation: Bear Paw pottery (needlepoint) Illusi...

...with some progress. CATrina is coming along. I managed to get a photo of it this morning: It is still the primary project in the queue because it's easy to work on. I'd love to do some sewing, but I'll just have to be satisfied watching Great British Sewing Bee for now.   WIPs Roll Call Worked On: CATrina (cross stitch) Working on the side motifs. Galapagos Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  Working on singles My Recipes (cooking)Entered a couple of recipes. No Work This Week: California Red Poppy Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] Summer's End Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  Morning Glory Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  Website (other)  Queued for Starting Moon Lets Sun Shine (or Luna y Sol) quilt (quilting) Ready for Finishing: Finishing work for some old crewel pictures (sewing) August 1997 Hat-of-the-Month (cross stitch) Happy Pumpkin needleroll (cr...

 ...because we spent some time making a path for our new washer and dryer that's being installed today. We were going to wait to get a new set until after the remodel was done. However, the set we wanted was on sale until October first and the price was too good a deal to pass up. You gotta do what you gotta do...  🤷 I still haven't quite got the swing of taking progress photos now that I'm out of the studio. Trust me when I tell you that the CATrina cross stitch piece is looking really great. I'm alternating between it and some spinning. While I was going through some old boxes, looking for things to purge, I found the hard-copy master for a cookbook that I created in 1994. It contains chocolate recipes that I collected from USENET groups up until that point. It was a gift for two co-workers who married their sweethearts that year. It's in FrameMaker which means that I either have to convert it to word (all 419 pages of it - ugh!) or make a PDF and load it into th...

 ...it was a strange month. Finished: 9/1 Horrified mini (cross stitch) 9/8 Dashing Through The Snow ornament (cross stitch) 9/22 Mom's Cookbook   Books: Captiva Moonlight, Annie Cabot Captiva Book Club, Annie Cabot Frames in Death, JD Robb Sleigh Bells, Annie Cabot Captiva Sisters, Annie Cabot Captiva Cafe´, Annie Cabot Dating After the End of the World, Jeneva Rose Winter Solstice, Elin Hilderbrand It’s a Date, Jeneva Rose Beyond Her Reach, Melinda Leigh Vanished in the Falls, Elle Grey Summer People, Elin Hilderbrand The Graveyard Girls, Rita Herron Started: 9/1 Dashing Through The Snow ornament (cross stitch) 9/10 CATrina (cross stitch)  9/26 Summer's End Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  9/28 Morning Glory Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  WIPs: California Red Poppy Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  Website (other) Ready for Finishing: Finishing work for some old crewel pictures (...

 ...OMG! I totally spaced on these recaps! Here's a catchup post. Finished: 6/4 Simplicity Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  Falkland (4.0 oz.) from The Yarn Wench 81.25 yds., Bulky 6/5 Primroses Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] Corriedale pencil roving (8.0 oz.) from Crown Mountain Farms 1) 114.6 yds.; 2) 106.25 yds.; 10 WPI 6/7 Amethyst Zen Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  Merino-Bamboo-Silk (4.0 oz.) from Lisa Souza 191.7 yds. chain-ply; 11 WPI 6/11 Road to Chaos quilt top (quilting)   6/23 Happy Bluebird mini (cross stitch)  7/1 August 1997 Hat-of-the-Month (cross stitch)  7/5 Pumpkin Spice Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] Falkland (4.4 oz.) from The Yarn Wench 45.8 yds. 3-ply, Bulky weight  7/5 Japan Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  Falkland (4.1 oz) from the Yarn Wench 112.5 yds., chain-plied; 9 WPI 7/8 Flahriduh Zen Handspun  (spinning)...