Beth Smith's Blog, page 20

Where I’ll Be

I’ve got the end of the year figured out. Who’s coming to see me?

August 22-24 - Greater Los Angeles Spinning Guild

Friday – to be determined

Saturday – The Importance of Sampling and one more to be determined

Sunday – Breeds Study – 12 breeds in 6 hours!

September 5-7 - Wisconsin Sheep and Wool

Friday AM – Adding Speed to Your Wheel spinning

Friday PM – Cormo in a Nutshell

Saturday AM – Working Toward Consistency

Saturday PM – Finish That Skein

Sunday – book signings

September 19-21 - Happy Camper Fiber Retreat

Brighton, Michigan

October 16-19 - New York State Sheep and Wool Festival

Thursday – Spinning Fine yarns

Friday – American Breeds Study

Saturday AM – How to Buy a Fleece

Saturday PM – Rare/Endangered Breed Study

Sunday AM – Hand Carding the Color Wheel

Sunday PM – Quick Hand Carding – One Method

Sunday PM – The Importance of Sampling

November 1-2 - Black Sheep Guild

Ithaca, NY

Two Day in Depth Breed Study

December 6-7 - Yarn Hollow Studio

Grandville, MI

Classes to be decided

White

When I was in Pennsylvania last time my mom and I and my sister-in-law, Marlene, stopped in a yarn shop. It was in the Kitchen Kettle Village if you are interested. There are lots of nice little shops there. The yarn store was called Lancaster Yarn Shop. They had some local wool to spin as well as local yarns to knit or crochet. My mom chose a ball of yarn and a pattern while we were there. I promised to make it before we return. Well, that’s next week.

So I started knitting a little less than a month ago.

I finished this morning.

Well, I still have to weave in the ends and block it but the knitting is finished.

Here’s what I learned.

My friends always tease me about how I often spin white yarn. They get bored. They don’t love it. I have never denied that I like white yarn. As I was knitting this though, I realized that that love goes very deep. I would look forward to reaching the white stripes. I would get excited when I could see the color fading away. I was sorry when the white was over.

Grey doesn’t count. I like white. I’m not ashamed. I look forward to starting my next white sweater.

Thatcher

So I’ve been in Utah for almost 2 weeks now. The first week was spent hanging around with Maggie and Brittney. We went to malls, saw at least 3 movies, bought books and ate a lot of things we shouldn’t have. Then, last Sunday, a baby came!

He’s adorable and healthy and is doing all things pretty well already. He’s exceedingly strong and already a genius. His name is Thatcher. My second grandbaby. The first one calls me Mimi. I think Thatcher will too.

 

Here he is with his mom this afternoon. He currently thinks he should sleep all day and be awake at night. His parents disagree. I keep reminding them that patience is a virtue and this too shall pass.

So, I’ve also been spinning between all of the things. I’m working on some Qiviut yarn right now. i can’t decide whether to ply it with silk or more Qiviut. I’ll let you know. It’s about 60 wpi as singles. I have big plans for a shawl as well as some class samples.

But right now, I’m going to go kiss the baby.