Finally, after 5+ days without heat or power, we’re back. Whee!

Apparently a day of being the polite squeaky wheel can help. It was nice to make a pot of tea and microwave a grilled cheese sandwich. Unfortunately I can’t trust the 3/4 of a turkey in my fridge, but at least my heirloom plants currently look like they survived.

So, obviously, I’m a little behind on things, I had hoped to get Cernunnos or more Queen Mab up on the site before xmas/new years, but it looks like that’s unlikely now. ::sigh::

In good news…

I finished the threads for Dionysus. Still can’t get them to photograph pefectly, but this is fairly close. I got the serger thread for the vine yesterday.

I also finally, after many many trips to the dyepot, finished the last of my noiled silk roving (working on getting some more similar stuff). It’s called “Sapphire Surprise” and I can’t show it to you, because it’s someone’s self-surprise for the holiday. I’m rather pleased with it, actually. So once she receives it, I’ll post a photo.

Over the weekend, while Tom was visiting, we went to a new yarn shop. I was a little nervous, because it’s on Newbury Street in Boston, a street full of pretentious galleries and overpriced snobbery. The other yarn store there, I refuse to set foot in again after the last visit, “Can I help you?” with the tone of, “WTF are YOU doing here?”

It was hard to find, buried as it was in between aforementioned pretension, but find it we did. Despite my worries, prices were totally fair, the women were wonderfully nice, and interested that I knit and crocheted, and appropriately appreciative of Tom’s hat (which I crocheted last year out of Alpaca yarn he got in SF). Nice! I got two things.

Mountain Colors – Bearfoot, in the colorway “Moose Creek” which I think is gorgeous. This photo doesn’t do justice to the incredibly dark rich colors. Also, its given me some inspiration for a set of things I want to try on some roving. Also, very reasonably priced for handpainted yarn. 25$ for 350yds of 60% SW wool, 25% Mohair, 15% Nylon.

Jojoland. I don’t know for sure what I’m going to do with it, but I love the color. Unfortunately far too thin for a Clapotis for Mom, but really pretty. Maybe a lightly cabled scarf instead? 100% SW wool.

And I think I may have a problem.
You see, I feel like I’m “running out” of fiber.
But…

This is a portion of my roving collection. Hrm.

In my defense, most of that needs to be spun, as it’s stuff that is pre-dyed or is getting spun in natural colors (and alpaca locks that need to be flicked). I’m down to only three undyed rovings, plus one I’m keeping for myself (sorry guys, but Devante’s fiber was a gift and I waaaants it).

My little brother’s hat is coming along. Getting near the end of the straight up part, getting to the… pulling… into a… hat formation. Can’t brain today, have teh dumb.

So, that’s about it for the moment. Oh, things in lab are slowly getting back up and running, and so far working ok. And I got a haircut. Yay.

~The Gnome