Spinning A Rainbow

A little video clip of Samson helping me spin yarn....

The Vineyard

The first night we slept in the house and the second night we slept in our tent.  I was a little hesitant to camp out as my imagination gets a little carried away thinking about all the nocturnal beasts that might stumble upon our tent in the middle of the night, but we camped out anyhow. It is so worth it to wake up to birds chirping in the morning and to the beautiful fresh country air.  It was unbelievably peaceful.

Samson didnt exactly understand camping - his first words upon entering the tent that night were "all done!", as in, get me out of here. He said the same thing when he woke up in the morning and then promptly exited the tent. He wandered the gardens and the vineyard and was literally barefoot all weekend. He even got a tractor ride from the farmer next door.

I got lots of knitting done (new projects for the shop!), and we ate delicious food. It was like staying at a country bed and breakfast, (but cheaper!), and we got to bring Winston too. Yay! 

Spontaneous Getaway :: The Ranch

A spontaneous getaway led us to the country this weekend, spending one day at my in-laws vinyard, and one (surprise) day visiting their friends ranch. It was immeasurable fun for my little animal lover(s) (Winston included), and super relaxing for J. and I. The ranch was like my dream property and since then I have been dreaming about our own little ranch full time. One day!

Hope you enjoyed the photo tour! Next up is the vineyard :) 

Mountain Bluebird Yarn

I've been spinning up lots of yarn lately, yay!  My annual visit to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival always gets my spinning juices flowing again (read - spinning up my stash so I dont feel guilty about buying more at the festival).  Then I took an art yarn class, and then there was that yarn naming contest at While Tangerine Dreams:  If I were a skein of art yarn, what would I be called? Mountain bluebird (of course), a variegated skein of blue yarn with scrappy nesty earthy bits of this and that. But what would mountain bluebird yarn really look like?  That got me thinking. I stood in my craft studio and looked around at all of my favorite craft materials: recycled cashmere, vintage fabric, vintage ribbon, recycled sweater yarn, roving in every shade of blue, mohair locks, scraps of turquoise shredded silk and more. My creative light bulb flickered, why not spin all of these things together into one yarn?
And so it was spun: Mountain Bluebird Yarn.

This Moment :: A Minute to Knit it

A Friday ritual (inspired by SouleMama). A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment to pause, savor and remember.