It's just about spring equinox and along with the occasional snow melts there's that whiff in the air of major to do lists to jot down. Indulge me here.
- Of course, every proper list begins with what's next in the knitting basket. I have yet to knit Kale something. I know, I know. What kind of Soulemamawannabe am I? SO, like any good wannabe, I'm going to whip him up a vest like the one Soulemama made for her little guy (our guys are the same age. She got pregnant, then I had to get pregnant. Wait a minute. I got pregnant first! SHE'S the wannabe. Cool.) Poor little guy. There he is on his first date and he didn't have a stitch of handknit to wear. HER mama whipped up a cute little dress for her. Please don't call the authorities on me. I try my best.
- Speaking of vests, I have to finish my Isobel that I started back in January. I am so close yet so far. I ran out of yarn so had to order some more merino roving. It has since arrived and I spun up a skein yesterday and I shall resume knitting it tonight while we watch season one of Project Runway just to make sure there are no weird skips on the dvd before we post it up on Ebay. Our duty to society.
- Oh yeah, Mama also needs some new slippers. All my favourite socks are bust now. Even my beloved Monkey socks pictured above are composting away in our pile. I'm on project destash still so we'll see what I can whip up from there. Holy crap, everything on my to-do list is related to knitting. How about if you're on Ravelry you just check out my queue there and if you're not, oh my gawd! What are you waiting for? Knitter's paradise. Sign up for the waiting list already!
- Move away from the knitting. We are researching and deciding on animals. For sure chickens (those are chickens, right?). Then we're deciding on some kind of milk-giving device other than me. First we were thinking cow but then it's hard to knit cow fiber. Maybe a pig to help with plowing the field preparing it for bigger gardens next year. Really it's all about the food. We're buckling down and trying to raise/grow as much of our own as we can. Edie's really into this project too. She phrases it "then we don't have to go to the store for x, y and z anymore!". Interesting how she hates shopping almost as much as I do.
- To help us with this grand endevour, as some of you may know from past posts we're members of the local Farmer's group. There are monthly meetings with workshops ie chickens, greenhouses, seedsaving. We're going to host the next one in April so the oldtimers (as in farming long time) can tour the land and help us with this blank canvas to decide optimum sites for chooks, sheep etc. I'm kind of nervous/excited about this. There's going to be somewhere between 20 to 40 people here for the potluck. I'm better with smaller numbers but this will be a good excercise in de-analization for me, if there is such a word.
Much more to do including a book club we're partaking in, my sewing frenzy for my spring 2009 collection soon available in my shop and spring fiber fun. Might have to have a part two-do list. HEY! Tomorrow's the debut of my first newsletter so if you want to receive it and along with some special top secret passwords on discounts on my store and heads up on giveaways sign up now (right there on the right margin) before you sign up for ravelry. Ta da for now.
