Created By Artsygal

I need another hobby like I need another hole in my head. Of course, isn't that what I said when I started spinning? And look where that landed me!

But.. here's what I made last night while watching TV.

Coasters. I pulled out a few scraps of fabric, cut them into strips and went to town. I ended up with 3, and top stitched them all in different ways. Here's the one I like best.

And this image just makes me smile. I love my macro.

All of this was done on my brand new Euro Pro I do 50 million stitches so neener neener hah! sewing machine. Really. This thing even does lettering. I came across it on clearance at Target, and next thing I know I'm loading it up and taking it home. I'll say this much - it makes sewing buttonholes SO much easier than my old machine. I never really figured it out on that one!

The coasters aren't the only thing I made. Here's a tote bag I made the weekend I got the machine. Five hours to draft out a pattern, cut fabric, open sewing machine box and figure out what how it works, and sew. Lets hope the next one goes faster because I absolutely LOVE it and plan on making several more. Plastic bags, take that! This is so much easier to carry and holds SO much more than a flimsy grocery store bag. If I recall rightly, in that photo the bag is holding a BIG jar of mayo, 2 bottles of applejuice, a box of bread mix, and a couple of odds and ends.

Oh.. and head on over to the shop. There's new yarn in there!

Yes.. yes.. I know. It's been months and months and months since I last posted. And there has been knitting, and spinning and dyeing galore in that time. I'll catch up on all that later. Maybe. But for today I need to share something.

A little over a year ago I posted this picture:

My first outgoing shipment of hand dyed yarn ever. Today I had another first.

There's this box:

Now who could possibly be buying THAT much yarn at once? 4 skeins each of 7 different colours? Why.. it must be someone who wants to sell them, right?

SQUEEEEEEEEE!! Yes.. coming soon, my yarns will be available on the Yarn4socks.com website! They had contacted me right after my very first batch of sock yarns I had listed, asking if I were open for wholesale. At that time I wasn't, but when the time arrived they were right there ready to place an order! I am so excited about this! I can't wait to see my yarns listed on their site!