finished projects

This weekend I finished 2 projects I have been working on this past week:
The above pic is of the 5 hour baby sweater I made for my friends new neice.

This I have been working on a bit longer:
I love this pattern!

New Sock Club!! Wooo Hoooo!!!

There is a new Sock Club going on--- with Registration open now!
Isn't that exciting??
Did I mention that the colorways are going to be ice cream based???????
Now who wouldn't enjoy working on socks in the middle of the summer- knowing the names of the yarns will make you think on a cool dish or cone of the sweet stuff?
Just look at the inaugural colorway:
(yes- I have the same pic that is on the site! But--- I have Permission!! - Thanks Carla!!)

I can personally vouch that the yarn to be used is great-- and the colors are scrumptious, and I can't wait to dig in - or rather knit my way through them all!

You can find out more on this here.
I am very excited about it, especially as I am the one doing the dyeing for the club. So don't miss out! Join Now!
Registration ends on June 1, 2007!

Virginia Tech.... saddness

Such a sad situation. My heart bleeds for the familys of the victems, including the shooter's family.
Maybe that sounds bad, but as we all go strraight to making him into a huge villian, we do need to stop and remember his family.
Yes he is gone.
Yes he did a absolutely horrible thing.
Yes it was the most horrible attack on young adults in our nation.

But what about his family? What must they be feeling?
Were there warning signs? yes.
Did others try to get him help? yes.
So what went wrong?

Maybe the Heathcare system failed him, maybe the society as a whole.
But what about us?
We as individuals need to help each other.
I saw a report about how he had been hospitalized at one point as he was making threats I believe they said. But yet he was discharged the next day, as the powers that be in the hospital felt he was okay.
What responcibility do they have now?
I am not saying we need to take their jobs away. But what about a double check system for those who make that type of decisions. I see many people who go into a Psych unit come out quickly, too quickly. Often with no or little help given other than a place to sleep for a night. Who is at fault? Is it the insurance companies, and their "managed alotment of treatment time"? Or the Dr's?
I don't know.
But I do know that watching the news media drag this through the wringer is depressing.
so, I guess I will leave it at this:

To ALL of those touched by this act - You have my prayers.
May you all find peace in this darkest spot of your lives.

The boys are here!!!!!!

Okay- I am gushing here, But the boys arrived on Friday! Here are some quick pictures I took of them!


Meet McSteamy:And Mc Dreamy!!

I am totally in love with them. So look forward to some posts about them LOL.

March comes in like a Lion...and ate me....

Well, maybe that is not true, but it sure seems like it did. This month has been a bit of a strain. First we had son move out, which is a long story, but it happened. Then the washer decided it had enough of washing clothes. Did you know that they no longer put belts in washers?? What the heck?? I mean - lets make it so that the average person can't fix the dang thing so you have to buy a new one.
Then on a snowy morning DH was heading to work, and the car was clipped by a TruckDriver - who didn't stop and truely should have been a bit more careful on bad roads... we won't go on that rant... Thankfully DH was not hurt, however- the car(neon)..was..totaled. Dang it. So much for a good start to the month. Did I mention I turned 40 too??
Okay, so it should get better then right? Well, not exactly.
The Chevy was now the only car left, and due to being left out of the fun- it decided to have the water pump go. Oh yeah--- and the Hampster escaped too.
What a start.
On the bright side, We caught the hampster, had the chevy's water pump replaced, found a used Truck for Roy to purchase.
Then since the chevy is not in a really great shape at moment, and it doesn't quite fit my needs, we found a van for me. Thankfully the tax refund was enough to allow me to aquire it.
We also managed to get a new washer, and to recapture the hampster. So I think March may just go out like a Lamb.... or rather- maybe a Rabbit this year. Or how about 2??

Well I am excited here- I am getting 2 angora baby boys! So I guess the month isn't a total wash out. I have been spinning a huge amount, and I am so looking forward to getting some babys to play with - and shear for spinning too.

I havn't come up with names for them. So anyone have any suggestions? Leave me a comment. They are both litermates and are about 8 weeks old.

what to do.....

Okay- I promised Opal a while back I would post some pics of the works in progress --- however my Camera is not working Grrrrrrrrr.

So instead I will tell you what I am working on. I have been spinning a bunch, and have 1 1/2 of the huge black socks for Husband done, and 1 1/2 pair of the Monkey socks for me done too. I have the back still in progress and on the needles for the Weekend Sweater - that is being worked in Kraemer Yarns Summit Hill yarn in a green. The last thing I have on needles - is a lace Estonian Garden Wrap being done in a pale grey laceweight.

So I will try to get some pics later for you all to see, but until then that will have to do.

Happy Valentines Day

Its to be a great romantic day.
I dislike forced feelings. To me - forcing the feelings is almost painful.
I would rather do other things- Like Spin or dye some yarns.
Speaking of dye--- here is what I did last week:Don't those look like something to roll around in? That is my idea of fun.

I want to apologise- this is a photo heavy post - but - Blogger left me do it!!

I had a night of fun - playing with dyes again.


Some of the yarn was already dyed- so I got to learn about color again, and have fun at the same time.
I love working with colors- each set of skein I dye up I fall in love with - until I do another set...




This was one of the favorites

- or was it that one....






or this one????



Anyhow- all 29 skeins are done and ready to finish drying up. Now to watch the superbowl commercials tonight -LOL!

Ground Hog Day!

Spring is to be 6 weeks away according to Phil- so in that thought I figured I would help ward of the bitter cold weather that is heading towards Central Pa and show you some beautiful new yarns that I hand dyed this past weekend.

Its Hand dyed sock yarn! Yummy warm colors- that remind me of warm days.
Cool huh?

I dropped these off tonight at Victorias House of Needlearts, in Ducansville, Pa. I even got to return home with more to dye up! So I shall be nice and warm and in color fun times this weekend.

Hope everyone stays warm!

Snow!!

So, today we got some snow squalls - and finally it looked like it should have in Dec.

I went out on the deck to sweep the snow- and was followed by the pups..who seemed to think I was there just to play. So I snapped a pic of them, or rather tried to. Kaya was good and kind of stood still, Chey on the other hand, decided to try to eat the snow at my feet and thus put down her head. Silly girl!

Huge Socks....

No you are not seeing things- to give you some sort of reference - the smaller sock- is a womens medium sized one of mine. The Larger one - is my DH's - his calves are huge and this is the first of a pair for him to wear in his boots for work.

Yes - I have officially lost it.

okay - obligatory Family pic time

Uggghhhhhh !

Okay, so blogger has not been nice to me this past week and would not let me post.
But - in spite of that I have perservered.
This past week - I have managed to finish one of 2 socks. I had hoped to get a pic of it, but of course blogger won't let me upload it.
So you will have to wait till I get the 2nd one done. I know- you are thinking big deal- its just a sock. Well it would be if it didn't have to go around a 16 inch calf and be 15 inches long. In other words---- ITS HUGE!
I am makeing them for DH who needs nice warm socks for work.

I did spin 2 lbs of roving up this week and -- made a scave for a little one at bus stop too.
I am really trying to keep to the 2 projects at a time-- one that is involved and requires some concentration and a 2nd to keep in car and for trips. Its not easy at the moment - these socks are really big and black, and have I mentioned BOOORRRRING!!

Going to get the 2nd one done as quickly as possible - then I plan on getting to work on finishing the Weekend sweater that is taking forever too. Remind me not to keep with big projects.
I did figure out last night that I have about 3.3 MILES of sock yarn. I am going to try to knit as many socks as possible this year.

Wish me luck.

What have I been up to?

Okay- first the good stuff:
I recieved a fabulous box from my secret Santa - Carole!! You should have seen me trying to behave( yes that was trying to) while I waited for her to get online so I could open it.
Once I got into it - and yes- the DeLoache name on sender gave it away---- I was so spoiled!!






Even Rochelle got a Polly Pocket - she was estatic!





A few days after the New Year I got another box that had a wonderful hat in it from my Dear friend Nancy--with a gorgeous hat in it for me, and one for each of the girls:





























So very wonderful for her to do that for me!!

I have been working on spinning and knitting - will get a finish pic of the Clapotis taken soon so you can see-- Its Finished!


So I have the Weekend Sweater still in progress, and I have the take along project of a pair of socks for Roy too.

The Rocking Sock Club has had me a bit upset- not the club itself- but the issue with the bank.
First- Let me say- I want to congradulate Blue Moon for the professional way they have handled it, and I was happy to see that the Bank involved at first was on its toes to notice the activity of the group on the site and money coming in.
However- I can't say I agree with them in their decision that it can not be a good business plan, and cancelling it. I really think they should have taken into account of the wonderful class of Fiber addicts we are and how with the temptation of fresh sock yarn- we gladly part with money.
But the good thing is - the Rocking Sock Club is still on- and I shall be having a blast I hope.

time is moving....

Faster than me LOL.
Okay- so I have been busy here- got to Victorias House of Needlearts on new years- and got lots of new yarn. Why do I do that to myself? I had issues with the cable pattern again on the Weekend sweater( from interweave knits fall 2006 mag). So of course--- I started the clapotis from knitty again.
I have a good deal done on it now- hope to finish it this week. I will get pics soon of it, I am using some Tattamy Tweed Yarn from Kraemer Yarns in teal colorway. Its a wonderful yarn.
Oh yes--- There is a new yarn at my LYS - Tofutsies!!!
Of course I had to get 2 skeins of it- and its on my list to make some of those too.
So the list grows... again LOL.

Happy New Years!!

May the new year give you a wonderful time for Knitting.
I have a new list of projects started- here is the first 10 on list so far:

1. Finish weekend sweater
2. Socks for Roy
3. Sweater for kait ( white)
4. socks for Rochelle
5. Finish sock for Jo
6 Finish Philosopher wool sweater
7. 12 day of Christmas sweater
8. Pink Sweater for kait
9. Clapotis
10.Yellow Mock Shell tank top

So here goes me keeping up this blog better than I have been.

badddd Blogger

So its almost been a whole month since I posted anything! goodness--- what has kept me away?

Well, I have had one of the dogs at the vets for an emergency surgery on a abscess. I did finish a pair of 11 inch ribbed mitts for Dad for hunting, made 3 pair of fetching mitts from Knitty dot com (these will be teacher gifts),and I have gotten Sammi's poncho done.

So now have Melanies poncho, Kyles sweater, Claires sweater and Keifers scarve, and then.....I also need to get Bill's socks done, and finish Jo's socks too.

I will get pictures as soon as I can!

48 things

48 Things

I picked this off of Amy's blog, so here goes.

48 Things You Could Care Less About

1. FIRST NAME?Shelly
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? nope
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? not sure- I am usually pretty happy
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? its okay
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? roast beef
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? definatly
7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? a few of them
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Is that a spinable fiber???If not forget it.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? grape nuts ( kind of fits doesn't it??)
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? and waste time?? Heck- I rarely wear shoes with ties- best to be able to slip off the clogs and be able to spin in a instant
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Depends on the day
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Chocolate with caramel on or in it
14. SHOE SIZE? 8 1/2
15. RED OR PINK? Deep Red
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? my weight..we won't go there.....
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? my Grand parents
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? since its a stolen list...nope
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS, SHIRT AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Blue Jeans, no shoes- but do have hand knit socks on...a commerically knitted sweater in 2 tones of brown with white snoflakes on it.
20. LAST THING YOU ATE? pizza
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? nothing...silence is golden
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? deep rose
23. FAVORITE SMELL? roses...lots of roses
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Mom
25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO?their eyes
26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON you stole THIS from? Yes! Amy is a hoot to have around and is a "spinning child" of mine.
27. FAVORITE DRINK? Pepsi....
28. FAVORITE SPORT? umm is tailgating a sport??
29. EYE COLOR? hazel with green
30. HAT SIZE? med
31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? no- even though I probably should...
32. FAVORITE FOOD? coomfort food...fresh bread from oven with butter....yummm
33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings
35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Winter -- there is only so many clothes you can take off in general public before the men with white coats come for me
36. HUGS OR KISSES? Kisses
37. FAVORITE DESSERT? cream puffs
38. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? No idea.
39. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Again, no idea.
40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING?
41. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE Pad? Umm - don't use one at moment- on lap top..
42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Ghost wisperer
43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? natural sounds of water in a creek, pipe organs,
44. ROLLING STONE OR BEATLES? beatles
45. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME?California
46. WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? Handspinning yarns...
47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Pennsylvania
48. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? I stole it from Amy's blog.

sweater in progress....

As promised - here is a picture of my sweater in progress. The lighting in the house is not great for taking a pic- will try to get a better one in a few days.
I have decided I really like the cables in this and the whole design.

Can't wait to get it done!

busy week

I have been spinning and knitting a bunch this week, Also have been putting things up on ebay too... My id on ebay is shellsfibers, and I have lots of new yarns up on the site too.
I have a goal to clean out the fiber in the basement- well maybe not clean out- how about just getting it all processed or washed and then ready to spin.
I will be getting a pic of my sweater I am currently working on. Thanks to a dear friend - I am trying to only work on one project (knitting) at a time. So far so good...but its a hard thing when I see the new magazines!
By the way- have you seen the beautiful scarve on the front of Vouge Knits Holiday??? Goodness I am having a problem keeping from starting it right now. Of course- that is the 'carrot" to finish this sweater!

what I did today - LOL

Was watch this branch fall from the tree. I had made several calls to Local Highway dept, and to city cops..but noone came...
















How would you like to see this part coming at your windshield??













So I called and sat out front watching the street so I could call 911 when and if an accident occured.
This is the spot it came down - thankfully noone was hurt - but it barely missed a car.



And the Local police have not yet stopped by to see the issue we had.


Wish the drug people would leave town - so we could devote them to things that are important to safty of city!!

Bedford Fall Foliage!! Finally!

Yes- Its a Craftshow!!!
This is how my booth looked at Bedford Fall Foliage this year!




























Isn't this sweater beautiful??











I really enjoyed demonstrating and showing off my yarns- keep and eye out for them to show up on my site soon!!

colors....

Color - alot of it! I dyed this roving this week...look at the pink!















and this bin of yarns are ready to go for the show!














of course - I also dyed up and blended some fiber for a dear friend of mine too - hope she likes it!

Time is running out.....

But I am almost ready!!
As of today - I have 129 skeins ready for Bedford Fall Foliage show in Oct.. that calulates out to - you better sit down, 1,233,4 yards of 2 ply yarn that I have spun!! YIKES - I had no idea I had done that much! Its amazing how fast it adds up!
I still have several skeins to count and lable yet too. Will try to get a picture of it soon.

Okay....

I am getting worse at keeping this up than before!
Goodness, its been a bit since I updated this...in that time - I have finished Ryans Sweater - and silly me forgot to get a pic of it before I sent it out!!
But - I shall get pictures of him in it - I certainly hope I do!
AnyhowI have been busy canning and working on yarns. Hope to get some pics up in a bit.




But for now you will have to look at my handsome great nephew, Ryan, his daddy- Randy, and his Grandpap - Rusty.











And of Course.... Ryan and Rachel!!!












They are sooo cute!

Ugggg! Hate when you cant remember anything!

Okay - so for the past several days I have been trying to get into this acct and do you think I can remember the password??
Goodness my mind is fried!
Anyhow - I have a bunch of yarns done - and will post a total here soon, but I did want to post some pics of what is now done:









This is a hat I shall be using for the Bedford Fall Foliage as a display peice..








I really like this and it turned out great - I felted it slightly to make it even warmer for the winter this year!




















And Rachels dress is DONE!!










Bodice detail..its very pretty.

















Anyhow I have been busy and dealing with having to get a new water heater, and I even went to a yarn mill this past week- Kraemer yarns!! Goodness I would love to live in the mill!
I will post about it next.
Hoping this week will be better!

82 Skeins!!

Yeah- I am on a finishing spree- this is my quick project this week- a moebius scarve.
This was a very fast knit- started Thurs night - and bound off on Sat Morning.












I also have been spinning a huge amount - and - I now have all of 82 skiens ready for October Show!!


so now -back to spinning!!

A Bosworth Spindle!!

Here she is - my new Bossie- a tulipwood mini that spins like a dream!

Ohh is she pretty!!













Love the side view...


























And here is a better pics of the Romney blend yarn I am making....12 skeins so far! The count for the Foliage festival is now at 80 Skeins!!

The bottom pic of the white skeins are for Madame De Farge!! 540 yrds in the 2 skeins!!

knitting content

Yarns

Ryan's Sweater and yarns

Rachel's Dress

Sharon's Yarns

So I have been a bit busy at the moment, working on the yarns, and baby dress too. I tried to get a pic of my Big Black Sock for Socks for Soldiers but umm taking pics of black socks is not really recomended inside...and have you been outside at all today? NO WAY! So those pics will have to wait till it cools down some. Humidity, heat and I do not mix.
Now to just get a bunch more spun..ohh the Sharon's yarns are silk Blue faced Leichester blend. She is going to use them to make apair of kilt hose. I can't wait to see them finished.