Thank you.

I truly appreciate the sweet comments, emails, sales (!), and custom orders (!!!) from my post on my Etsy shop.  Thank you, thank you.  

I am more self-deprecating than boastful when it comes to most things, but I will share that with my dyeing, as it immediately was with my knitting, I simply feel at home doing it.  I truly love it.  And it is my sincerest hope that it shines through in every skein.

Oh, and psst, Duck Duck Wool is on Facebook if you are so inclined to visit.

Sandra

p.s.  I knit a sweater for Max for his tenth birthday, which was today.  

I hope to post modeled pics soon.  I cannot believe I have a ten-year-old.  For the main color of his sweater, I used some of my hand dyed BFL DK in a bluey gray.  The colorway is Thundersquall and I loved how it knit up.

Testing the waters.

Over the past few months, during my unplanned blogging hiatus, I found myself drawn more and more to my dyepots.  It’s been fun and I’m excited to share a few things I came up with.

I am working my way through the various bases, using them in knits so I can give an informed opinion.  In doing so, I soon learned that you can only link to yarns in Ravelry’s database if they are offered for sale (who knew?).  So I went ahead and opened an Etsy shop. 

Now, it does not escape me that a far better business person than I could ever hope to be would do a proper shop-opening announcement.  But the reality is I’m doing this for fun.  And because some dear friends on Ravelry are very persuasive.  So without further ado, may I present my yarn label:

Available on Etsy (only occasionally, for now).

Here’s my favorite current listing, a color I’m calling Malbec.  It’s on Merino Sport and I’m seriously thinking about keeping it for myself.

Sandra

2013 photo calendar.

I think I say this every year, but time sure  is flying.  Seriously…how is it mid March of 2013 already?  I can’t think about it or I begin to panic.  Things I cannot control stress me out.

I have a goal this year of getting more on top of protecting the many photos I take every year.  There are files on various computers, an ancient hard drive, discs, you name it.  Again, cue the panic. 

I know it will be a long-term process but I’m determined to get the photos out of the computer and into safe-keeping…and in the process, make up some casual books so we can flip through them and enjoy the pictures.  Viewing an online album is convenient, but not so cozy, you know?

So far, I’ve only managed to keep up an annual photo calendar.  It’s a great way to revisit the fun we’ve had throughout the year.  Here’s our 2012 version. 

It’s rather shocking to look at the calendar and see how much they’ve grown in merely a year.  How can they look so much younger?  Commencing deep breathing sequence now.

Sandra

 

Our little mover.

Many wise people have told me you can have it all.

Just not at the same time.

The past few months, my “all” has been wrapped around coaching Max on a school team, dipping my toe into more serious dyeing, dealing with sequestration woes for clients, juggling two competing schedules for basketball, swim, and lacrosse, serving on the board of our new elementary school’s PTO, and training for my fourth half marathon.  Occasionally, I cook and keep house.  And knit—not as much as I’d like to, but it is still a constant.  

We also decided to host Will’s fifth birthday at the house—Imagination Movers style, with family, friends, and his entire preK class.  Because you only turn five once.   

He had a ball.  Momma needs a nap.

 

Sandra