I’ve been up since 7:30am and I’ve barely sat down today. It actually feels really good to be so busy today. The first thing I did was dye a big bunch of roving. This is about a half pound or more of that mixed wool/llama/mohair/whatever that I got at the fiber fair last year, it’s all gone now. There colors here are way off, I’ll get better pictures when the roving is dry. I’m kind of afraid that I felted this batch like I did the last one, this stuff just seems to felt if you say “water” in the same room as the roving. If it’s felted it’s not too bad, the roving will still be spinable but it will need carded first to fluff it back up. I had planned on selling at leas some of this but if I did felt it I’ll probably spin it and sell the yarn or felt it and sell the felt. I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to assess the damage.
I spent a little over an hour roasting tomatoes and eggplant so I could have some sandwiches like these from Vegan Yum Yum. I’ve made them before but they turned out much better this time. I used roma tomatoes and cut them in four slices and only roasted them for about 45 minutes. And I used real cheese. I was vegan for about two years but I always missed cheese and there weren’t any good fakes cheeses back then, so I gave up. I have a weak spot for cheese, can’t live without the stuff.
While the food was cooking I finished plying and then soaked my ingeo yarn but my camera batteries died before I got to take a picture of it. The yarn turned out about the way I figured it would, it’s stiff and scratchy, not something that I would want to wear. But I think it would be good for something like a bag or, well, anything you wouldn’t have to wear.
Yesterday I decided I need a coaster for my desk so I made this little crocheted one with some size 10 crochet cotton and a 1.65mm hook. The pattern is from Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts!: Lacy Crochet it’s the round coaster. It’s about four and a half inches across, smaller than I thought it would be, but the perfect size for a coffee cup. And this was super easy, it only took about an hour to make. Confession time: way back before I learned how to knit, I used to manically crochet things like doilies and table runners, jewelry and hats, with thread and tiny hooks. I was working doing telephone customer service and I would crochet like a mad lady all day at work. I loved doing huge pieces in filet crochet with these ridiculously small hooks and thread that made this look huge. I was also very stereotypically Goth, pale skin, black clothes, weird hair and makeup, piercings. I got a lot of weird looks at work.
I took that card woven strap I made last week and sewed it up into a double pointed needle case. This is about seven inches long and two inches wide. The edges are a little wonky and there are parts were my weaving is just crap but it will work. Last night I spent a few hours threading the cards for another little project but I haven’t started it yet, maybe later.
I’m off to finish cleaning up and I really need to make some coffee.
