Mossy Cottage Knits

i consider the addition of crumbs and other edible delights in handknitted goods an essential-kinda like the fact that everything i make is also liberally 'tweeded' with offerings from the kitties and dogs- give meaning to 'adding a personal touch'-

stay happy-

Well, in that case my newly dyed alpaca yarn is very tweeded. When I was rolling it up into a ball, some of the yarn touched the floor and proceeded to come up with some very interesting "passengers" aboard, most notably Frankie's hair! (How is it that she gets her dark hair into my light yarn and her light hair into my dark yarn?)

You know, I just interviewed an alpaca wool spinner who says that sometimes she folds in a little soy silk to give it that je ne sais quoi. I wonder if it's possible to knit edible garments that are delicious *and* nutritious.

The circle over at Ravenwhatever are *very* talented. Gorgeous colors and patterning.

My hair is short, but Myria's is waist-length and I almost always wind up knitting one of them into whatever I'm working on. I tell her she's a part of everything I make.

And that thing that your supposed to get on your clothes? That's coffee :) - though I admit the lemon bar sounds purty tasty!

Vewy scawy, Cuzzin Tom. You are starting to sound just like One of Us, the Pod People. Bwa-ha-ha! The next step is to get you to start knitting. It's a very meditative activity--hint, hint.

You know, I/we would be interested in getting a copy of whatever that publication is you're writing the article for. With some arm-twisting, I'd even be willing to fork over some dollahs for it.

Edible AND nutritious, I don't know about, but at knitty.com you can find a pattern for...er...an edible g-string knit out of licorice.

Yep, Robbyn, lots o' my long hair gets knit up into my objets as well. Wasn't it Jerry Seinfeld who said once it was funny how people will nuzzle their faces and noses in their significant other's hair and never give it a second thought, but once that hair is off the SO's head and is just lying around somewhere--euuuuuuwww!

Ya know, spreadsheep wouldn't have made me snort as hard if it wasn't for the fact that I have an Excel sheet of my stash holdings. Yes, it's true. I need help. I don't have them seperated by fiber at least...but then I live in the acrylic capital of the world. They are seperated by weight....ye gods I need to get out more. So anywho, I do, in fact, have a spreadsheep.

And I am still roaring over the image of you gifting the stripey sweater to the proud mother then yanking it back from her to suck on the sleeve cuff because you missed a spot. Yes, I am a sick woman but I so needed the laugh.

Hope everyone has a great day!!!!

If you ever need a DNA sample from me, just examine anything I've ever knit--I'd swear that my hair keeps some of the older socks together. It gets caught up in every project! I should coordinate better: light projects when it's been a while since I've seen the Clairol, dark ones when I'm my younger self...

Looking forward to Cuzzin Tom's article.

I got a giggle out of spreadsheep. Thanks for being the kind of geek that I prefer. I wear the title with pride!

First mammy-gram. Now spreadsheep. Doesn't help that I spend a good portion of every day with Excel.

Will the insanity never stop? LOL

Wrote a reponse yesterday but it was so whiney that it was rejected by your server. anyway.. I wish I lived closer. to hang out with the ferals and soak up all that helpful stuff and lovely yummy food. Note to self: start petitioning Sue to move to the NE.

Uh, Anj--you already LIVE in the NE. But we'd welcome you to the NW! Just think; you'd have a ready-made knitting community and ready-made friends who would be willing to show you all over the city! (Loved the idea that the server censors emails. Spooky idea, but funny.)

Just met cousin Tom as he entered the shop to interview a local fiber artist.
Nice web page!

'Spreadsheep' really made me chuckle :) I just have to exclaim over what a talented group the Ferals seem to be...gorgeous color knitting... wow! Your stripey sweater looks good enough to eat ;)

Hold onto David, ya'll. When I walked into his new shop, Unravel, that he owns with his wife Charmagne in Flagstaff, AZ, he was sitting at the counter knitting li'l coverlets for the upcoming birth of his first baby. He was into a mean cable stitch, too. And he can spin! Showed us a cap he knitted from his own spun wool, based on a 15th c. Flemish model. All of you would've plotzed.

Biggest guffaw was had when I asked him if the shop's Wednesday night gatherings had a name. Well, no, he said, not officially. But the ladies call it the Stitch 'N' Bitch!

I then spent the rest of the afternoon with Sequoia, Dante, Floyd, Pearl, Porsche, one other, and Ollie. The U.S. Synchronized Swimming team? No, but good guess. Actually the happy residents of the Carefree Farms Alpaca Ranch. Ollie was just ten days old and pure white. I think I went a little hoarse going, "Awww..." Article coming out in Nov.

Cuzzin Tom, we love ya', but ANY get-together by women of the knitting ilk, from New Yawk to L.A., is referred to as a Stitch & Bitch. In fact, there are two books out (the second one soon to be out? already out?) by that name. I don't particularly cotton to the term myself, but what are you gonna do?

E-N-V-I-O-U-S of your visit with the 10-day-old alpaca. Did you get to pet him? Did his softness make you go to your happy place?

"Would have plotzed." See, your use of that phrase is why you HAVE to keep posting. It alone made me snort out loud, Cuzzin, nevermind the synchronized swimming comment.