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One of the first books I ever read was “Peter Pan.” Throughout my life, I have reread this book at least a hundred times. In this book, at the age of two, Wendy is heartbroken to learn that she must grow up. Because you see “you always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.”</div>
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I must have realized this at a young age as well because once I discovered Disney, I knew that this was my Neverland; the one place in this world where I never had to grow up.</div>
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As a child, I searched every shelf in the library and bookstores for any information I could find about Disney World. I reread articles endlessly and would try to remember every detail on the few trips that my parents were able to afford. As I grew older (on the outside), I discovered that trips to the Disney parks were much more attainable with proper planning and budgeting. Every decision in college and my career have been centered around how can I spend more time in Disney.</div>
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As a result of my love for Disney, my children have lived charmed lives going to Disney World at least twice a year their entire life. When my daughter was five, I bought her a princess hat, that hat was magic!! Every cast member in the park treated her like royalty. This one memory had such a lasting impression on her life that, this fall, she will be attending the University of Central Florida to obtain a degree in Hospitality and Event Management with a specialty in Theme Park and Resort Management!</div>
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1. There is no crying in Disney World</div>
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2. Never Grow Up!</div>
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4. You are never too old for Disney (see rule 2)</div>
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One of the best things about Disney is having the opportunity to watch others experience the magic. The look on a child’s face the first time they see Tinkerbell’s flight is priceless! I love to show others why I love Disney so much. This is why it was a natural choice for me to become an<br />
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One of my favorite “share the magic” memories was when I took one of my best friends to Disney World for her very first time. I insisted that we get up early so that we could be at the Magic Kingdom in time for the rope drop ceremony. She stood there, hugging her coffee cup and grumbling under her breath, while I was like a bubble that was about to burst! When the rope dropped, I skipped under the train station while dragging her behind me. At the end of the day, she grabbed my hand and we skipped out together. She looked at me with the biggest grin on her face and said “my face is hurting because I’ve been smiling so much!” The next week, she took her children on their first trip to Disney World! </div>
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I want to share this magic with everyone! </div>
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I couldn't take it anymore, I had to see Carsland for myself!</div>
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This week I received a huge honor from <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/NamasteFarms">Natalie</a> of <a href="http://namastefarms.com/">NamasteFarms</a></div>
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<a href="http://chrome64.blogspot.com/2010/11/most-amazing-sweater-ever-ever-ever.html">the Most Amazing Sweater EVER EVer ever!!</a></div>
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so I was a little nervous to do a live recorded show</div>
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If you would like to listen to the show <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/namaste-farms/2012/06/01/chrome64-wheel-reviews-artist-traveler-spinner-1">you can listen online </a></div>
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I'd like to give a great big THANK YOU to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/namaste.farms">Natalie</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/kimberly.mcalindin">Kimberly</a></div>
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as a play on words for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games">The Hunger Games!</a></div>
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we are in fact, spinning for our lives.</div>
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Here you can see pictures of my new <a href="http://www.tombihn.com/page/001/PROD/ACC/TB1520">Spindle Quiver</a> by <a href="http://www.tombihn.com/">Tom Bihn</a>.</div>
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So naturally, I then needed an arrow for my quiver!</div>
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I posed the question to <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/Bristlecone">Chris</a> with <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/bristlecone">Bristlecone's</a>, </div>
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The Fletching is a cap that protects the point of the spindle!</div>
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I almost have a quiver full of Bristlecone spindles</div>
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Chris was able to make the focal look like </div>
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This is another of my stunning custom spindles from Bristlecone</div>
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A white clover on Ebony! </div>
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Simply stunning, and the pictures do not do it justice!</div>
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All my Favorite Things!</div>
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I had an opportunity recently to visit Turkey. </div>
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I decided to take my new Holiday Wheel, River, with me </div>
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But I did get to do some spinning in the airport in D.C.</div>
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in handspun <a href="http://www.hobbledehoyfibers.com/#!home|mainPage">Hobbledehoy!</a> With my awesome 4-leaf clover<br />
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in Munich, Germany on a day that Wollmeise was open!!</div>
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So I stopped in and picked up a skein of dark purple lace</div>
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to make <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nuvem">Nuvem</a> with. ALL of the girls there were working</div>
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on the same pattern and rushed over to show me their progress.</div>
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Then I arrived in Turkey.</div>
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Such a strange new world to be in where I didn't understand</div>
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I did eventually learn </div>
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"Hello" (Merhaba) and "Thank You" (<span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', Candara, Corbel, Calibri, Arial, 'Verdana sans-serif';">teşekkürler)</span></div>
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My room overlooked the city and it was such a sight.</div>
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Leroy enjoyed his first visit to the country of his heritage!</div>
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I actually found a very old spinning wheel in a shop!</div>
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No idea how this one would work</div>
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nasty unprocessed wool, but wool just the same.</div>
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He told me it was for pillow stuffing.</div>
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Also it smelled sheepy!</div>
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They took us to this shop and said, here!</div>
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All prices in Ulus are negotiable, </div>
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which is interesting when you don't speak the same language.</div>
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we decided on a price and I departed as a happy camper!</div>
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A little pitcher from the copper store.</div>
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A Turkish Coffee cup for a coworker.</div>
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A very pretty sugar bowl for someone special.</div>
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Some fabric from a fabric shop, boy that was exciting!</div>
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Some kitty ear rings and rings.</div>
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And a pair of hand knitted house slippers!!!</div>
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I believe I paid about 4 Turkish Lira for those,</div>
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which converts to about $2.23...</div>
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great simple, quick knit for gifts!</div>
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What a deal!!!</div>
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Food in Turkey was extremely disappointing</div>
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However, I did have the best ice-cream EVER!</div>
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That will be the first thing on my list if I ever make it back.</div>
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I was horrified and I have no idea what they thought I would</div>
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do with it. I can just see the news story now "woman bludgeons</div>
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I was certain that with my frantic last minute, shoving wheel parts</div>
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After having spent a week that felt like being a contestant on <a href="http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/">Survivor</a>,</div>
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And my hero showed up with a bucket of tops</div>
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and restored all my Hopes and Dreams!</div>
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These were hand made by <a href="http://www.heinzsteinacher.de/galerie-drechselarbeiten-/kreisel/index.html">Heinz Steinacher</a> in Germany.</div>
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He also makes wonderful spindles, you should check him out!</div>
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When I got home, I was surprised to find that my wheel</div>
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I will check it to begin with or it won't go.</div>
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River does have a bit of a chatter now when she spins but</div>
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to be home at the end of a trip!</div>Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/05524870405502939657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-61883010347554380942012-04-14T05:33:00.000-07:002012-04-14T05:33:52.230-07:00Travel Wheels: A Comparison<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I currently have a Spin-A-Way Holiday wheel, a Pocket Wheel, and a Bosworth Journey Wheel.<br />
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And it cracks me up a little to say that. When I first started looking at the possibilities for a travel wheel, these were my top contenders. And bit by bit they suddenly all became mine!<br />
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All three are great travel wheels but that really depends on what type of traveling you are planning to do. I just went through a bit of a nightmarish experience in the Ankara, Turkey airport when they told me that I could not take my Holiday wheel on the plane...<br />
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But let me see if I can break it down,<br />
pros and cons in regards to travel wheels:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Journey Wheel: McFly</span></b><br />
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<b>Pros</b><br />
-Built into a box ready for travel, complete with carrying strap<br />
-Built in Lazy Kate<br />
-Assembly: Quickest - Easy to set up - Ready to Spin in ~2 minutes<br />
-Small foot print on the ground<br />
-Quiet but makes the most noise out of the three<br />
-Scotch tension option<br />
<b>Cons</b><br />
-Too large to go under the seat on Planes (would fit on most planes, but getting it under the seat would be the problem)<br />
-Smallest Bobbins<br />
-Tallest, which can be a problem for spinning in a vehicle<br />
-Requires some oiling (treadle pivots, and the footman)<br />
-Weight: 14-15 lbs (Heaviest)<br />
-Price: Starting at $1475 ($150 deposit)<br />
-Waiting List: 3+ years (not sure on this, can anyone confirm actual length at this time?)<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Pocket Wheel: Doc</span></b><br />
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-WooLee Winder option!!!<br />
-Carry Handle for when it is assembled<br />
-Treadles are set high for comfortable couch spinning and such!<br />
-Shortest height<br />
-Small foot print on the ground<br />
-Dissembles and fits into a backpack and can go under the seat on a plane<br />
-Infinite Spinning Ratios<br />
-No drive belts or strings!<br />
-Largest bobbin capacity (I think on the WW anyway)<br />
-Very Quiet<br />
-Weight 6 lbs (Lightest!)<br />
-Price: Starting at $550 ($200 deposit)<br />
-Waiting List: 8+ Months<br />
<b>Cons</b><br />
-Assembly - Longest - can be difficult with Treadle Axle and adjusting settings for proper tension and settings - Ready to Spin in ~10 minutes<br />
-Treadle Axle can be very difficult to insert and remove<br />
-Treadle Axle and Flyer Shaft can cause concerns at security screenings and must be protected from dings/bending<br />
-Requires oiling on the Flyer Shaft under the Bobbin<br />
-Adjusting ratios is approximate and can be a bit fiddly (requires tools)<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Holiday Wheel: River</span></b><br />
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-Assembly - Easy to put together - Ready to Spin in ~5 minutes<br />
-Small foot print on the ground<br />
-Taller than the Pocket but shorter than the Journey<br />
-Dissembles and fits into a backpack and can go under the seat on a plane<br />
-So easy to adjust bobbin tension (with little screw on top of the Spindle Assembly)<br />
-Does not require any oiling!<br />
-Very Queit<br />
-Weight: 8 lbs<br />
-Price: Starting at $675 ($0 deposit)<br />
<b>Cons</b><br />
-Spindle assembly and flyer could cause concern in security screenings<br />
-Bobbin capacity<br />
-Waiting List: 2+ years<br />
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Having made this list on the fly, I'll come back and update as I think of other things to compare.<br />
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All in all, in regards to flying with a travel wheel, here is my opinion:<br />
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For me, I will not attempt to carry a wheel on board a plane unless I am in a situation where I have a safe alternative for my wheel if they say it can't go. For example, flying to Germany (which I do often) I have someone on the other side of security (not flying) both in my departure and arrival cities. So, if I got to security and they said no, I could just turn around and hand it to someone who would take care of it until I returned or would ship it to me (very carefully!). I have a large hard-sided suitcase that I would be willing to pack my wheel for checked luggage. However, I'm always a bit leery of checking anything important to me since <a href="http://unclaimedbaggage.com/">I know where lost luggage goes...</a><br />
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The Journey Wheel is really not an option for flying, for me. But it would be great for car road trips where I want to bring a wheel along. Between the Pocket and the Holiday, I believe that the Holiday is my favorite choice for traveling. Mainly because of the issues that I have had with putting together and taking apart my Pocket. Currently I have it assembled and can spin at will at home but prefer to not take it apart and therefore it's not a great option for travel, other than sitting it in the car assembled!<br />
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I've also had a Kromski Sonata previously, and while it does fold and have a padded carrying bag, it's a rather large wheel and not really a good option for travel, IMHO.<br />
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Here's a side by side comparison of the Pocket and Holiday.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So all in all, even though some of these things sound negative, I love all of my wheels!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have all three!!</div>Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/05524870405502939657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-24641550559374123492012-04-02T09:22:00.003-07:002012-04-02T12:46:19.878-07:00One More Disney Day<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Leap Day<br />
February 29, 2012<br />
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I had an extra day and <a href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/one-more-disney-day/" target="_blank">this is what I did! </a><br />
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What did you do?<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">3:30am woke up and drove to the airport</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">10:00am - I was on a plane from Atlanta to Orlando and I made a <a href="http://www.backyardbargain.com/" target="_blank">new friend</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">10:30am - picked up rental car, had a hard time explaining to the the agent that I really was "staying" in the Magic Kingdom that night. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> Agent: "Where are you staying while you are here?" </div><div style="text-align: left;"> Me: "I'm staying at the Magic Kingdom tonight"</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Agent: "Yes but which hotel are you staying at?"</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Me: "No, no, I'm really staying in the Magic Kingdom all<br />
night"</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Agent: "Are you sleeping in the castle?" </div><div style="text-align: left;"> Me: "Well wouldn't that be nice..."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">11:00am - Arrived at the Magic Kingdom, 5 hours late for the full 24 hours</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">11:30am - Sneaked a picture with Mickey in his PJ's while he was being interviewed by the local news.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">11:40am - Picked up fastpass for Buzz Lightyear</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">12:00pm - started stalking the Emporium because they were continually sold out of the One More Disney Day t-shirts in Small and Medium...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">12:15pm - Picked up my first set of Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom cards!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">1:15pm - Lunch at the Plaza, which was booked solid but oddly had sooooo many empty tables... I wonder if people were just skipping out on their reservations... Also check out my cool set of Mickey ears, just for One More Disney Day!</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">2:00pm - Main Street Philharmonic Band!!!</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">2:15pm - Dole Whip #1 - nectar of the gods... no joke</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">3:00pm - The 3 O'clock parade... Celebrate a Dream Come True</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">3:30pm - Tom Sawyer's Island... To those of you who know this story, you will appreciate the humor in this picture... To those of you who do not, This is the entrance to a cave.</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">3:50pm - Got fastpasses for Peter Pan</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">4:00pm - Haunted Mansion - got stuck in Madame Leota's Seance scene... this becomes important later</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">4:30pm - Phone started dying, started borrowing power from every outlet I found</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">5:00-7:00pm - rode various rides, really enjoyed just being in the park!</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">7:00pm - Tomorrowland Terrace where people were gathering for a WDW Radio meet up! I met so many Disney fans through out the day! It was a great feeling to be surrounded by so many people that knew more about Disney than I do!</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">7:30pm - Lou Mongello of the <a href="http://www.wdwradio.com/category/podcasts/" target="_blank">WDW Radio Podcast </a> was doing a live recording of his podcast! You can watch the video of that broadcast below!</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">8:00pm - Watched Wishes from the TTA, the crowd on Mainstreet was shoulder to shoulder and it turned out that the TTA is a great place to watch from!!</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">1:00am - Grouped up with the coolest group of people for the <a href="http://touringplans.com/" target="_blank">Touringplans</a> Great All Nighter Scavenger hunt!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1:30am - Trying with everything we had to pull the sword out of the stone!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2:00am - Begging our way through the line at the Haunted Mansion. We needed to know how many candles were in Madame Leota's seance's scene... (10 incase you are wondering) Ran into the <a href="http://www.insidethemagic.net/podcasts/" target="_blank">Inside the Magic </a>meet up group and convinced Ricky to let us pass his group of 60 people... You can hear this transaction on the<a href="http://www.insidethemagic.net/podcasts/" target="_blank"> Inside the Magic Podcast</a>, show #361. At about 1 hour, 19 minutes, and 30 seconds in you can hear me shouting "Ricky" from afar...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3:00am - Endured the excruciating last step on the scavenger hunt, drove a lap around the Tomorrowland Speedway</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4:30am - Victory Dole Whip #2 with my team to celebrate finishing the race!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4:45am - Exchanged contact information with my team and we parted ways! Awesome team!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5:00am - enjoyed a Nutella and fruit waffle from Sleepy Hallow for breakfast!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5:30am - Watched the last "The Magic, The Memories, and You" show on the castle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6:00am - I could see the sun beginning to make an appearance from behind Tomorrowland as the park officially closed for the night, I mean morning!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At this point most everyone was in zombie mode but it was totally worth it! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6:15am - Mickey gives his good night kiss to the park and everyone starts making their way down mainstreet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The cast members where high-fiving everyone on the way out saying "You did it!" Many people stopped to take pictures in front of the Main Street clock. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All in all, I'm very glad that I made this journey. It seemed a little crazy on the outside, at least to outsiders. But once I arrived in the park, it was as if I had arrived at the best Disney fan convention ever! Much like Comic Con or Blizzcon... everyone there was just like me! I was surrounded by people who knew more about Disney than I do! And at least 1 in every 5 people had gotten on a plane to come down for the day all by themselves! It turns out that if I am crazy, there are at least 30-40,000 people that are just as crazy as I am (at least the ones that were at WDW, there were even more at Disneyland!). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The park was surging with an energy that day that can not be described! It was like taking the normal Disney magic and sprinkling it all with pixie dust and wishes and dreams and blue fairies to make it even more magical! And being surrounded by so many people that love Disney as much as I do and were just as excited to be there, it was just great!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm now counting down to Leap Day 2016. I will be there, without question!!!</div><br />
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</div></div>Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/14731935431558271829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-71900172578293255912012-03-10T12:48:00.004-08:002012-03-11T08:06:18.010-07:00Spain and Gibraltar<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8MoCX7rHBOhZIlTZehyEAT86rA5CCFlLeUj5kECRgPPm9sWFXIKxr7nM3GmFwf0KOp33BJEqu4nV-oxQJKFh55gHJrYBRIYSlIi3HWn0203rA7XBlPOvZy9NzR-RKvC81zywLnL2G93D/s1600/gibraltar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8MoCX7rHBOhZIlTZehyEAT86rA5CCFlLeUj5kECRgPPm9sWFXIKxr7nM3GmFwf0KOp33BJEqu4nV-oxQJKFh55gHJrYBRIYSlIi3HWn0203rA7XBlPOvZy9NzR-RKvC81zywLnL2G93D/s400/gibraltar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>OK, so I admit it, I'm a bad blogger.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blogging, just like so many things in my life, has to strike me at the right moment. I'm such a fair weather friend when it comes to my many hobbies and interest. I might go for 6 months without reading a single book and then one day the whim will hit me and I'll read 6 books in a row. I recently read the entire <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Game_of_Thrones">Game of Thrones</a> series and can not wait for the next book to come out. I'm on the third book in the <a href="http://robinhobb.com/novels/">Rain Wild Chronicles</a> and I just can't seem to get enough. But this sudden reading obsession could stop as suddenly as it started. Even mid-book... It's just how my brain works. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Same goes with knitting and spinning. I often have 5 or 6 projects in the works because I get bored so easily and find that if I can rotate between projects this happens much less. Right now I have a half done <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stripe-study-shawl">Stripe Study Shawl</a>, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/barley-sugar-2">Barley Sugar</a>, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/scarlet-capelet">Scarlet Capelet</a>, and a pair of socks that are only missing the toes...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Basically there is a queuing system in my brain and what ever pops to the top as the thing I want to do most, is what I do and I cast aside everything else.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So this leads to me being a bad blogger. I'm bad about posting on Facebook, Twitter, emails, and even calling family members to say hello. It's not that I don't like you guys, it's just that I forget so easily when there are 100 other things that I'm trying to do at once. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will try to make up for that today!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been on so many adventures that I doubt that I can tell you about all of them but I'll start with my most recent ones and TRY to post others as I think about them. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Feel free to give me a nudge if you think that I'm not reporting in often enough!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In January, I was lucky enough to get to spend a week in Spain! </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was wonderful and such a great adventure!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I flew in to Madrid and took a high speed train </div><div style="text-align: center;">to the Southern most tip of Spain to a city called San Roque.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">From San Roque, I was able to walk into Gibraltar where Leroy and I got to play with the Monkeys!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was like a weird Twilight Zone world going from Spain to Great Britain... </div><div style="text-align: center;">We had to walk across the airport run way to get into Gibraltar and once a day they close the walk way so that the one flight in/out can take off and land! So bizarre!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes this car was in fact moving... Mr. Monkey was just enjoying the ride!!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this monkey stole my hair clip!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm sure he is the envy of all the monkeys on the rock with his pretty new hairdo!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here's Leroy, living it up in front of the Governors mansion in Gibraltar!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">At the end of the week, I took the train back to Madrid and met up with my new friend <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/kaystir">Kaystir</a> from Ravelry! She's pretty awesome and we hit it off right away! She and her husband where our tour guide/translator extraordinaire on a grand tour of all of the Madrid yarn stores!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We went to several yarn stores and a few craft stores. They all displayed their stock in the windows on the outside of the store, then when you went inside you had to tell them what you wanted. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">For those yarn petters out there, you have to adjust to picking your yarn just by looking at it about 5 feet away! They will let you pet but in many cases, the stores were so busy that they didn't have time for you to request to hold every single yarn before you made your selection!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Awesome, vintage but still working like a champ, cone winder!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everywhere I travel, I always tend to find what we call Janadoors!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And yes, those are bags and bags and bags of yarn :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made this hat with some of the yarn I bought in Madrid! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/walnut-whip">Walnut Whip by Ysolda Teague</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In Spain, the stores all close at 2:00pm for siesta.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So that is when we started Tapas hopping!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We went to several places and enjoyed many different types of food and drink! It was great!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a great time and we hope to meet up with our new friends for more adventures in the future!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/14731935431558271829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-71096915010425985022011-08-20T10:39:00.000-07:002011-08-22T20:32:32.352-07:00The NASA Silver Snoopy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeom5XKqg7t1XN7YSB9giX1_GTs7nKwgRx3dRxpChxcVKwz4HnlClP2xwgQqb3jfbiwJh2NxU9PCkWDJpK5KOIeJclNws92k0-kfp2SsQQVBdUSPDmFkbnt5UnJmBzvoOreLqahjjfqNM/s1600/STS-135+Crew+details+A1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeom5XKqg7t1XN7YSB9giX1_GTs7nKwgRx3dRxpChxcVKwz4HnlClP2xwgQqb3jfbiwJh2NxU9PCkWDJpK5KOIeJclNws92k0-kfp2SsQQVBdUSPDmFkbnt5UnJmBzvoOreLqahjjfqNM/s400/STS-135+Crew+details+A1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText"><div style="text-align: center;">Crew of Space Shuttle Mission STS-135</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoPlainText">10 years ago I began my work career and around that same time I came across a sterling silver lapel pin of Snoopy in an astronaut suit. I pinned it to my lanyard and wore it to work for about 3 months, until one day a coworker nearly fell out of their chair exclaiming “Is that a Silver Snoopy??!?” I’m sure my response was something in the neighborhood of “Well, it’s Snoopy and it’s silver…” He explained that the Silver Snoopy is a very prestigious award given by the Astronauts to individuals for outstanding achievements in flight safety and mission success. Each pin is flown on a space mission and then awarded by an astronaut to the recipient. I removed the pin at once because I did not earn this award, it was not mine. I contacted the antique store where I bought it for $1 to see if I could trace it back to its origin. They told me it was most likely purchased as part of an estate sale. So then I turned to NASA. I was able to track down the coordinator of the Silver Snoopy award at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Unfortunately, she told me that because the pins are not stamped with serial numbers there is no way to identify the original owner with any certainty. She told me that by all rights, the pin belonged to me now. </div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoPlainText">I guess I never really realized how much the space program meant to me. At one point in my life I had planned to join the Air Force and pursue an Astronaut position. Other responsibilities prevented me from going down that path. A few years later, in 2005 I was at Disney World and it just so happened that a shuttle launch was scheduled for that week. I went to the Polynesian resort beach and among 50 or so other people watched the shuttle go up. It was a streak of light over the Contemporary! As I stood there tears were streaming down my face. I was so proud and it felt like it was a part of home, something that we should all take a little ownership in. Right then and there I vowed that if I ever had another opportunity to see one launch, I would be as close as they would legally allow me to be!</div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText">10 years past since I found Snoopy and we reached the end of the Shuttle era.</div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText">I tried to make it to a couple of the last launches but things never worked out. After the launch of the STS-135, the last shuttle mission, a mass email was sent out to all of the employees of my organization. I believe I must have been the only one to read it as no one else seems to know about it. It was from a gentleman named Jon and included the story of the last shuttle launch and his experience. It turns out that Jon had been accepted into the test pilot school at Edwards Air force base and was in the 92A class of 1992. Of the 17 individuals in this class, 5 of them were selected as astronaut candidates, and 4 of them went on to fly a total of 11 missions. Jon kept in contact with each of them (Walheim, Bloomfield, Carey, and Sturckow) and collected their mission patches for each flight. He plans to put them all together in a display including autographed pictures of each astronaut and then donate the display to the Test Pilot School in honor of their class. Before the last shuttle launched, Jon contacted Rex Walheim and asked if he would be willing to do him a favor! He thought it would be cool if his last patch (for the STS-135) could be flown on the shuttle. Rex told him to overnight it to him and he would see what he could do.</div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText">A few weeks later, after the shuttle’s successful return, he received an email from Rex including a photo! Not only did Rex manage to get it on board but he sent a picture to prove it! The picture shows the patch floating in front of the window with the International Space Station and Earth seen in the background. </div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText">When I read this story, I remembered the pin that I had found 10 years earlier and had an idea. </div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText">I contacted Jon and told him that I would like to donate my Silver Snoopy to his display. He was shocked and honored that I was willing to part with it but I explained that it was never rightfully mine. My goal from the beginning was to find a proper home for this Snoopy and I felt like this was the best place for it!</div><div class="MsoPlainText"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufbPjgK7SmIj79n4cWR4CnBldZAEOopcS9opElfIMAnNTQQXoqpjF55TsOJUpRjSOjtkyK6VWRURtMDFER40Vm1PLdiLIiF9IvA1-Hx6QQ-7jHJmAQZ3hF1c6v2NJ4ElyksvWzWHfvTE/s1600/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufbPjgK7SmIj79n4cWR4CnBldZAEOopcS9opElfIMAnNTQQXoqpjF55TsOJUpRjSOjtkyK6VWRURtMDFER40Vm1PLdiLIiF9IvA1-Hx6QQ-7jHJmAQZ3hF1c6v2NJ4ElyksvWzWHfvTE/s400/image.jpeg" width="373" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText">Through further research, we were able to confirm that this Silver Snoopy flew on either Apollo 7 or 8. We are currently in contact with the NASA Silver Snoopy representative who is helping to verify the list of recipients from Marshall Space Flight Center from 1968-1969. Once we have a confirmed list I plan to contact the Huntsville times to request their assistance in researching the obituaries from the time period around when I found the pin. We assume that the individual that received this award passed away and their belongings were sold in an estate sale which led to the pin being found in the antique store. We are hoping that we can narrow the possibilities down to our best guess so that the final display will read something to the effect of “Silver Snoopy pin… thought to have flown on XX mission and awarded by XX astronaut, in honor of all contributors to space exploration.” We understand that we will never know, with any certainty, who the original owner was but a “best guess” may provide closure to this 10 year adventure! </div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText">Jon met with the crew of the STS-135 last week and shared our story with them. They passed the Silver Snoopy around and appreciated the wonder that this was one of the first items to ever fly in space and until a new mission is assigned, they (the crew) were one of the last to fly in space. </div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText">I may have not had the opportunity to chase after my childhood dream of being an astronaut but it is an incredible thrill that, because of this serendipitous event, they know my name. </div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText">Yesterday I received a package in the mail that caused my heart to skip a beat and I sat down in my driveway shaking as I opened it. Astronaut Rex Walheim had sent me a package. Inside was included a photo of the STS-135 crew (signed by each of them), a photo of Rex himself (signed with a thank you), an STS-135 mission patch, and a letter from Rex expressing his gratitude for my contribution. Again, tears were streaming down my face. <br />
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</div></div><div class="MsoPlainText">I cannot explain why the space program conjures up such deep emotions for me. But what I can say is that I am so proud of what our country has accomplished in the last 50 years in the fields of space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research. I have hope that NASA will be given a new manned flight mission soon that will spark the imagination of this country and my children’s children will aspire to be astronauts as so many of us once did. In the words of Jon, “with all the bad stuff going on around us, like the economy, the war, people losing their homes and possibly even their jobs…” if his story and mine “…provides even one person with a sense of hope and pride that our country has, can, and will continue to do great things, then they most certainly did serve a purpose.”</div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText">Some businesses frown upon mass emails but Jon’s is a good example of one that was appropriate and even necessary to give the Huntsville space community a little hope for the future and above all else an enormous THANK YOU to everyone who has played a part in Huntsville’s history in space.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">But McFly will now travel in style!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's not perfect, as nothing I make ever is!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But, it will work, and I think it looks pretty cool!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">All I need to finish it is a giant piece of velcro to close the front</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And a patch that says "McFly"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyone out there have the skills to make a patch?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Black with Silver letters?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing fancy, just something plain,</div><div style="text-align: center;">not too big, just a couple of inches...</div>Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/14731935431558271829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-18635233987095707852011-04-02T08:13:00.000-07:002011-04-02T12:02:48.669-07:00McFly and his Flux Capacitor!<div style="text-align: center;">Hello Again!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I came across something simply AMAZING this week!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then I blew my entire MDSW budget!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh wait, did I mention that I'm going to MDSW?</div><div style="text-align: center;">I sold my Drum Carder to fund a shopping spree,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then I found this and all the money went <span style="font-size: large;">POOF!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Introducing McFly, as in Marty McFly, </div><div style="text-align: center;">who will both be a highly traveled sort and a bit of a knuckle head!</div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Complete with Flux Capacitor!<br />
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McFly is a <a href="http://www.journeywheel.com/content/section/7/106/">Journey Wheel</a>,<br />
crafted by the very talented Jonathan Bosworth!<br />
Who, by the way, will be at MDSW!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://images4.ravelrycache.com/uploads/chrome64/59130769/MDSW_destash06_medium2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://images4.ravelrycache.com/uploads/chrome64/59130769/MDSW_destash06_medium2.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Her batts and pulled roving are bursting with colors<br />
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</div>Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/04714306561687883016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-49093041025476346462011-03-27T12:46:00.000-07:002011-03-27T12:46:38.890-07:00Here I Am!<div style="text-align: center;">I haven't dropped off the face of the earth, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've just been busy and enjoying a little</div><div style="text-align: center;">non travel time at home!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, what's been going on... Let's see...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got two Kitties, I'm going to MDSW in May, </div><div style="text-align: center;"> and I saw this on the way home from work the other day:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And because I know you will ask,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the kitties:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g456/Chrome64knits/f732c1ae.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g456/Chrome64knits/f732c1ae.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g456/Chrome64knits/Merlin1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g456/Chrome64knits/Merlin1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/14731935431558271829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-21240340510025574452011-01-23T09:22:00.000-08:002011-01-23T12:38:27.978-08:00Kentucky Yarn Crawl and January Phat Fiber<div style="text-align: center;"> My January Phat Fiber Boxes arrived and I must say,</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are AMAZING!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZamcBSWhCt_3B9kWkWJDgEJayygpuRknnEAJuDuMvL5QjW4c3SMCn1IRPzCsPRL_Fvx4RNDrLPmG06cwVV9QNFgDoEkh5OvDjV0FE5QlW9TECH2rDfSzUOSxplH9BVBbJE6W6SAFo04o/s1600/blog+1-23-1103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZamcBSWhCt_3B9kWkWJDgEJayygpuRknnEAJuDuMvL5QjW4c3SMCn1IRPzCsPRL_Fvx4RNDrLPmG06cwVV9QNFgDoEkh5OvDjV0FE5QlW9TECH2rDfSzUOSxplH9BVBbJE6W6SAFo04o/s400/blog+1-23-1103.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And because it is the anniversary of Phat Fiber,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jessie included full size samples in random boxes!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got a full skein of yarn from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/treasuregoddess">Treasure Goddess!!!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfaeubzq_DaLuSR4QvQmMTyxUTKln4U3xI3WINSpVdU1ZqrEj0Wc7KIphK5l_lHpH0bkucqTLR2yXhVPBrS0Qs1g4V-iuJth-gdP2m1JsvPrkEsIMQpg6SCSHX3EBa_isVTjQgx8JBSg/s1600/blog+1-23-1106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfaeubzq_DaLuSR4QvQmMTyxUTKln4U3xI3WINSpVdU1ZqrEj0Wc7KIphK5l_lHpH0bkucqTLR2yXhVPBrS0Qs1g4V-iuJth-gdP2m1JsvPrkEsIMQpg6SCSHX3EBa_isVTjQgx8JBSg/s400/blog+1-23-1106.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> And I was so lucky, because I also got full size batts</div><div style="text-align: center;">from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/DesiredHavenFarm">Desired Haven Farms</a>!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5cJyGoXm8GpTdXmuZDInEQf6xyummgWa5l-MriSuE5fsezDXXNg9Y9x3tNP2RAx4jM7xqKfTGqOAdUWQwPCPzmkz06AcJwn816hjym0Uu5VuIWyvj6OR8FK46bJj0XJQK0VUJgPdt-s/s1600/blog+1-23-1109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5cJyGoXm8GpTdXmuZDInEQf6xyummgWa5l-MriSuE5fsezDXXNg9Y9x3tNP2RAx4jM7xqKfTGqOAdUWQwPCPzmkz06AcJwn816hjym0Uu5VuIWyvj6OR8FK46bJj0XJQK0VUJgPdt-s/s320/blog+1-23-1109.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> So on Saturday, a friend and I jumped in the car </div><div style="text-align: center;">and drove to Elizabethtown, KY to meet <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/brandolph3">Brandolph3</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and deliver his new Kromski Sonata Spinning Wheel!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(yes, it was mine, now it's his, and who wants to ship it,</div><div style="text-align: center;">when you can turn it into a roadtrip??)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We went to <a href="http://blueballmountainspindleneedleworks.blogspot.com/">Blueball Mountain Spindle and Needleworks</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I regret to say that I didn't take a single picture while</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ben was there :( But it was great to meet him and</div><div style="text-align: center;">his family and share our spinning and knitting stories!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is Luna (<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/LunaTheFarmLady">LunaTheFarmLady</a>), she owns the shop,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and she welcomed us in to spin and knit with them for a while!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The ladies at the store gave us a great recommendation for lunch!</div><div style="text-align: center;">My friend from Nashville and I headed over to Glendale, Ky</div><div style="text-align: center;">to the <a href="http://www.whistlestoprestaurant.net/">Whistle Stop Restuarant</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;">They said it's not the one from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_Green_Tomatoes_at_the_Whistle_Stop_Cafe">Fried Green Tomatoes</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but you could have fooled me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDz3L7eElh3buzAOKYW2ob888gxvTTkGY9bYb0oi0SQ97mSj0hlLpkBJpaHdPvpRC-RMwmpPJALp6aaa888CatAGEElHN-Vps70_CJD6NZETeTPl2D8IwKPuKKg8Roo4_rQGHv-WGHVPE/s1600/blog+1-23-1114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDz3L7eElh3buzAOKYW2ob888gxvTTkGY9bYb0oi0SQ97mSj0hlLpkBJpaHdPvpRC-RMwmpPJALp6aaa888CatAGEElHN-Vps70_CJD6NZETeTPl2D8IwKPuKKg8Roo4_rQGHv-WGHVPE/s400/blog+1-23-1114.jpg" width="363" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I stopped at the <a href="http://neighborhoodknitshop.com/">Neighborhood Knit Shop</a> in</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hendersonville, TN!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
I met Sharon (<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/knitshopgirl">Knitshopgirl</a>) who showed me around!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIlqYwQpVXvaBO9tTVXIkeJdE5OqJgoL9HgZKp24VwAK0e6v5Qb1ab5ZjnHxfHALAnbFF3zsqcAOPwkwRkcmY3ztAarintqaNydOsRDij5-eWMYvsCjivAwXR5azfBCx1Rq6ONTyRSHQ/s1600/blog+1-23-1117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIlqYwQpVXvaBO9tTVXIkeJdE5OqJgoL9HgZKp24VwAK0e6v5Qb1ab5ZjnHxfHALAnbFF3zsqcAOPwkwRkcmY3ztAarintqaNydOsRDij5-eWMYvsCjivAwXR5azfBCx1Rq6ONTyRSHQ/s400/blog+1-23-1117.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also, I have fallen into the deep end of Ravelry and </div><div style="text-align: center;">discovered the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/completely-pointless-and-arbitrary-swap/topics">Completely Pointless and Arbitrary Swap Group</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It has sucked away all my time this week but I have scored</div><div style="text-align: center;">some AWESOME yarn as a result. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I may have to ban Ravelry for a week or two though so that</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can get some knitting/spinning done!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">BAZINGA!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO-AgDLS36l8zjs4e8UingEF9ETeoSCYOs2oi7H25E_gThDNepUjyydEiTIX82aAKfeqhnKSt2Qitv_LU43RDRc7Hjrf-rDrF6WJxLeZT62Uo8fStZM9FiC3UmBX-rJuCdvGk1shc-Ac/s1600/blog+1-23-1121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO-AgDLS36l8zjs4e8UingEF9ETeoSCYOs2oi7H25E_gThDNepUjyydEiTIX82aAKfeqhnKSt2Qitv_LU43RDRc7Hjrf-rDrF6WJxLeZT62Uo8fStZM9FiC3UmBX-rJuCdvGk1shc-Ac/s400/blog+1-23-1121.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Check out the iphone friendly gloves that I made from </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TwistedLimoneDesigns">Twisted Limone</a> in Chocomint!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_tec9cSKit1axbetLl2RJnyudLvCkZNkvhh6Cfo3z-_hxsZZInZxSit3w45otGDRULgWWlmYuIOnWqeKZpAkweMS7hSpwy-bi9K7McfiSogRv6aMxOZnkcqs-J6UdU0J5NMg4yvcOFw/s1600/blog+1-23-1101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_tec9cSKit1axbetLl2RJnyudLvCkZNkvhh6Cfo3z-_hxsZZInZxSit3w45otGDRULgWWlmYuIOnWqeKZpAkweMS7hSpwy-bi9K7McfiSogRv6aMxOZnkcqs-J6UdU0J5NMg4yvcOFw/s200/blog+1-23-1101.jpg" width="149" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7V5D_OD-ihD8_aBQTue2pDYnYgAuBHW9eQYs8rju-zjpwWcJpEm9oddGKsh3LXbzUzHGAPaNqwDWJ5R_U4YVW0pdYXsObB-wdR5LjJC0SQOi1AKOwD_fr7SO1BHCppMrbyWQcFggMbdk/s1600/blog+1-23-1102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7V5D_OD-ihD8_aBQTue2pDYnYgAuBHW9eQYs8rju-zjpwWcJpEm9oddGKsh3LXbzUzHGAPaNqwDWJ5R_U4YVW0pdYXsObB-wdR5LjJC0SQOi1AKOwD_fr7SO1BHCppMrbyWQcFggMbdk/s200/blog+1-23-1102.jpg" width="149" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And another <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sockhead-hat">Sockhead</a> hat from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TwistedLimoneDesigns">Twisted Limone</a> in Jean-Jeanie </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now that I'm done with all of my 2010 Christmas Knitting</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have time to do a little spinning.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">For Christmas I got 3 new spindles from</div><div style="text-align: center;">a new spindle maker <a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/jeribrock">Jeribrock</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
She is doing amazing things with cutouts in the wood,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I urge you all to rush out and get one!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">They spin without even the slightest hint of a wobble.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I still love my Jenkins spindles,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I'm very excited to see anthother</div><div style="text-align: center;">spindle maker who can compete!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHl_5RWGVfeDQU3Cvx1ZRtjl7hkPyYQPsfqYmQhk2pY4jtyXU4ruar2-sQJ-P69P9ldCGU2Wgk2DZ11Iu0uJsr-fpFVEmjrD6mCmC_t_7qxl9c-yikpdMJHvxmGP_fXsy_dNI17N7LDo/s1600/DSC_0015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHl_5RWGVfeDQU3Cvx1ZRtjl7hkPyYQPsfqYmQhk2pY4jtyXU4ruar2-sQJ-P69P9ldCGU2Wgk2DZ11Iu0uJsr-fpFVEmjrD6mCmC_t_7qxl9c-yikpdMJHvxmGP_fXsy_dNI17N7LDo/s400/DSC_0015.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was a test Spindle that Jeri made while</div><div style="text-align: center;">trying to figure out how to make a Chrome64 spindle!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We decided on the C64 design but,</div><div style="text-align: center;">she sent me this one as a gift because</div><div style="text-align: center;">she couldn't bare to throw it in the discard pile!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm so glad she didn't!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguoGk7mo4STqHGunBBylZZWHjKkYa6VyhLdbplD2St63858YBo_4kZrwsFld-ebWjC3S9vouwKcOD0nyteuZRY7bICvNC00Lh_cv2nRUiCojfxT4RoHSgYSPBbcM5ZtIAIVQVCwjIn39E/s1600/DSC_0016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguoGk7mo4STqHGunBBylZZWHjKkYa6VyhLdbplD2St63858YBo_4kZrwsFld-ebWjC3S9vouwKcOD0nyteuZRY7bICvNC00Lh_cv2nRUiCojfxT4RoHSgYSPBbcM5ZtIAIVQVCwjIn39E/s400/DSC_0016.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is yarn that I have spun for the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/bohoknitterchic-spins/1373766/1-25">Craft-Boho Spin A Long </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I chose the Borealis batts and Brittany made me 3 different baby batts,<br />
and I got a super cool night owl bag from Carrie!<br />
No pictures of it as it is being used at the moment! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">ZOMG it snowed in ALABAMA</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">See my pretty new car? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6ThHqQE3IMTy-HsJ8qPFH9PLqzoJ79H6fZd2LtbQJBwFaMlTQ58Bvy2aYUMyvQMfBJDgxbyduPYjVG4am0KZzE1KhOWl4_6Xte6yGJh2P35hyphenhyphenT5OFZbiPLSZ9mGMvfm0gM5O37Rv7O4/s1600/snow+day1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6ThHqQE3IMTy-HsJ8qPFH9PLqzoJ79H6fZd2LtbQJBwFaMlTQ58Bvy2aYUMyvQMfBJDgxbyduPYjVG4am0KZzE1KhOWl4_6Xte6yGJh2P35hyphenhyphenT5OFZbiPLSZ9mGMvfm0gM5O37Rv7O4/s400/snow+day1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6ThHqQE3IMTy-HsJ8qPFH9PLqzoJ79H6fZd2LtbQJBwFaMlTQ58Bvy2aYUMyvQMfBJDgxbyduPYjVG4am0KZzE1KhOWl4_6Xte6yGJh2P35hyphenhyphenT5OFZbiPLSZ9mGMvfm0gM5O37Rv7O4/s1600/snow+day1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a Sockhead hat that I made for myself out of the </div><div style="text-align: center;">elusive Rainy Days Wooly Dogs OhMyGoth "He's a Mean One" yarn.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I purchased this yarn during the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/gothsock-groupies/1432240/1-25">5 hour update from hell</a>, </div><div style="text-align: center;">so I'm a little proud of it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8PrCnRF5cTwR3D9UUIMPBPVa0qLRAR36Kv-htG6B84T_5aquvNu6vTmRKxV1QmEQpQazlXV-euch3CUhqmK5ceQ3zoIldNKZetGN_MtnI9SELzK4BSj0isRE3rgMgG7Rr134j8Yvxec/s1600/snow+day2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8PrCnRF5cTwR3D9UUIMPBPVa0qLRAR36Kv-htG6B84T_5aquvNu6vTmRKxV1QmEQpQazlXV-euch3CUhqmK5ceQ3zoIldNKZetGN_MtnI9SELzK4BSj0isRE3rgMgG7Rr134j8Yvxec/s400/snow+day2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/04714306561687883016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-14125325532635106312010-12-26T07:11:00.000-08:002010-12-27T02:46:20.274-08:00Merry Christmas from Bavaria<div style="text-align: center;"> For the second time in my life, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Southern US is having a white Christmas.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I missed it...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But never fear, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it turns out that there is plenty of snow here to keep me happy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I couldn't decide which pictures I liked the best,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so I'm giving you all of them!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas everyone!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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of some of the coolest stuff!<br />
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She made the moonstone necklace that you see above!<br />
I love this necklace!<br />
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She also included her own handmade soap,<br />
her own handmade supported spindle,<br />
a little bit of Mickey and lots of fiber goodness!<br />
The gray fiber in the top right is Russian Goat down<br />
and is amazingly soft!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJcRhZ5L_2ImdX4BSfpPkIym2zEL9fjuQNFzCU-8tgBkSD1bODOpllxtVuRGB_DbQX9vZTIiFqCS3kbQ2M7xGIC3W3rqpsXm3GKX30JcuqI-5CogsEw2eV60DQ0jy62E4H8yp96wvC8py/s1600/nov+21-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJcRhZ5L_2ImdX4BSfpPkIym2zEL9fjuQNFzCU-8tgBkSD1bODOpllxtVuRGB_DbQX9vZTIiFqCS3kbQ2M7xGIC3W3rqpsXm3GKX30JcuqI-5CogsEw2eV60DQ0jy62E4H8yp96wvC8py/s400/nov+21-03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got this awesome set of handmade stitch markers</div><div style="text-align: center;">as a trade with Morgaine1</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The little Blue Sheep are my favorite!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBpdd8zoxkWqUDbXsJQjsTgOWQnYhXCq-e3uuwD9IcSUoMmyUNYJX2H0JLje1YJhlm7i344Xh6w1GGOryAHF-ttUTPQBfOt9l-ong9vABXBPwUe5bn6QL0ArJRV4apdiBkzAn8Dn6L_oJ/s1600/nov+21-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBpdd8zoxkWqUDbXsJQjsTgOWQnYhXCq-e3uuwD9IcSUoMmyUNYJX2H0JLje1YJhlm7i344Xh6w1GGOryAHF-ttUTPQBfOt9l-ong9vABXBPwUe5bn6QL0ArJRV4apdiBkzAn8Dn6L_oJ/s400/nov+21-02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This is is a cool little sample package that I found called</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ewe Beaut, and it's all fiber artists from Australia!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUF4uyneJQmT0oHRRfwiS_HCq39Pkt7PVc_gDkJZdeIW0Wra8QDy5Mw1s-YrCGKEEMWumVML0PawmAcemssf9nT_1yLAj62ai-VXdai0PpDgQyvqd5KC3QdUnkyJs7hywe1ywYBFsWrUlL/s1600/nov+21-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUF4uyneJQmT0oHRRfwiS_HCq39Pkt7PVc_gDkJZdeIW0Wra8QDy5Mw1s-YrCGKEEMWumVML0PawmAcemssf9nT_1yLAj62ai-VXdai0PpDgQyvqd5KC3QdUnkyJs7hywe1ywYBFsWrUlL/s400/nov+21-01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And Here is my November Phat Fiber Boxes!</div><div style="text-align: center;">This months theme was The Season of Lights!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMQ09-BnR-FGXNWa0fgv3m5Gy6soY5sX6Sk1abxPnbDiC-Pg-qoODWdIDoL__x3-kd32yiCEUtKOMgYLyWzgyXVdjF039HSRQLH-IwPqf6MFdQ6gE9jZynkx2_-BnDzE0MJPtFqA6Aomt/s1600/nov+21-05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMQ09-BnR-FGXNWa0fgv3m5Gy6soY5sX6Sk1abxPnbDiC-Pg-qoODWdIDoL__x3-kd32yiCEUtKOMgYLyWzgyXVdjF039HSRQLH-IwPqf6MFdQ6gE9jZynkx2_-BnDzE0MJPtFqA6Aomt/s400/nov+21-05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a scarf (in blocking) that I made for myself out of my Graymane yarn!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Citron</div><div style="text-align: center;">started several months ago,</div><div style="text-align: center;">was tucked out of sight and I tried to forget about it,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but then realized it would make a good Christmas present.</div><div style="text-align: center;">so.... tada!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSN1Ax8gFa7_N2ywYIgQZCfNae3meVheLIb0k6EtWsDc-0tj1LItffqpvFKgrllqOBKcfFpDDu7RZ8P1eE4aamuoCt6ZCk7kl-kAJ3BEq9iNopjmH3hpDI8MSMwN3IbzKFpXb0IBGpSjPx/s1600/nov+21-07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSN1Ax8gFa7_N2ywYIgQZCfNae3meVheLIb0k6EtWsDc-0tj1LItffqpvFKgrllqOBKcfFpDDu7RZ8P1eE4aamuoCt6ZCk7kl-kAJ3BEq9iNopjmH3hpDI8MSMwN3IbzKFpXb0IBGpSjPx/s400/nov+21-07.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Trying something new!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is my Grizzly Mountain supported Bead spindle.<br />
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And with it is my super soft gray Russian Goat Down from Malia! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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This was so much fun!<br />
Thank you to everyone who has joined me<br />
on this little adventure of mine!<br />
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And thank you to all of the following<br />
amazing fiber artists whose talent went into<br />
shearing, cleaning, dying, carding, pulling,<br />
and what ever else you talented people do to make pretty fibers!!<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">If you've seen your fibers spun up on spindles</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">and posted on my blog from August - September</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">and you don't see your name here or,<br />
if your store link is missing or not working,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">please email me at: chrome64knits@gmail.com<br />
and I'll correct it!</div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFiqkn5LWJ8YWNkckiPnZUrvYH4GE4b6YaFqu6cvtP0fBjkbC0Qin6_l3H_prYGc34Hs-s9dhVr4H0AMVH8OtY-VUJKeMApNQ3bWejOGcG1l7dxiKQTYDCxMaVHbA4Kbn01ZgckfUlbk/s1600/Sweater+STuffs04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFiqkn5LWJ8YWNkckiPnZUrvYH4GE4b6YaFqu6cvtP0fBjkbC0Qin6_l3H_prYGc34Hs-s9dhVr4H0AMVH8OtY-VUJKeMApNQ3bWejOGcG1l7dxiKQTYDCxMaVHbA4Kbn01ZgckfUlbk/s400/Sweater+STuffs04.jpg" width="341" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">And of course, another Thank you goes out to the Spindle Makers</div><div style="text-align: center;">who made my ability to spin non-stop a reality!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Over 80% of this sweater was spun on my <a href="http://jenkinswoodworking.com/">Jenkins Spindles</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">15% was spun on my <a href="http://thewoodemporium.co.uk/turkishspindles.php">IST Crafts spindles</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and 5% was spun on my <a href="http://www.spanishpeacock.com/catalog/turkish_spindles.htm">Spanish Peacock spindle</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Mike, it would have been more but my SP just wasn't very portable!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Look, we could be sisters!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me on the left, Carrie on the right!</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWW_oVFtNC9f7XVdInGz6pUtzUswbPjFXo4KQo5oGCCl5hhpuy4EBOQR42QZsU8fpBfgXwXwr8s7hXEu2d9R6-DC3vEjsfdmDieiibQZhWpM20Q5B1c-mRZNZHpU6eyOe30EFkOw_nP0/s1600/Sweater+STuffs11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWW_oVFtNC9f7XVdInGz6pUtzUswbPjFXo4KQo5oGCCl5hhpuy4EBOQR42QZsU8fpBfgXwXwr8s7hXEu2d9R6-DC3vEjsfdmDieiibQZhWpM20Q5B1c-mRZNZHpU6eyOe30EFkOw_nP0/s400/Sweater+STuffs11.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are new to the Amazing Sweater</div><div style="text-align: center;">and how it came to be, </div><div style="text-align: center;">you can go back and read all about it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Links to Sweater Update Posts:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://chrome64.blogspot.com/2010/07/most-amazing-sweater-ever.html">The Beginning</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://chrome64.blogspot.com/2010/07/tour-de-fleece-day-3.html">Progress</a><br />
<a href="http://chrome64.blogspot.com/2010/07/tour-de-fleece-days-5-6-7-8.html">The Pattern</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://chrome64.blogspot.com/2010/07/tour-de-fleece-day-9.html">More Progress</a><br />
<a href="http://chrome64.blogspot.com/2010/07/tour-de-fleece-day-18.html">& More Progress </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://chrome64.blogspot.com/2010/07/we-have-sleeve-people.html">Even More Progress </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://chrome64.blogspot.com/2010/08/most-amazing-sweater-ever-update.html">Yep, Even More Progress</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://chrome64.blogspot.com/2010/08/most-amazing-sweater-ever-ever-ever.html">Would you believe, More Progress</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://chrome64.blogspot.com/2010/09/great-big-thank-you.html">Almost Done</a><br />
<br />
And AtomicBlue was kind enough to locate a<br />
great <a href="http://www.knittingpureandsimple.com/knitalong.html">Top-Down Sweater Tutorial</a><br />
for anyone interested!<br />
<br />
And here's a link to where you can purchase this pattern: <br />
<a href="http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/knitting/yarn/KnittingPureandSimple/KnittingPureandSimpleWomensCardigan.asp?specPCVID=550&showLarge=true">Direct Pattern Link </a><br />
<br />
And the posts in between show spindles and spindles<br />
full of the yarn that was spun for the AMAZING SWEATER!!<br />
<br />
If you are looking for the pattern,<br />
I started with the <a href="http://www.knittingpureandsimple.com/cardi.html">Knitting Pure & Simple</a> pattern<br />
for a Neckdown Long Hooded Cardigan (#225).<br />
But somewhere past the shoulders,<br />
it took on a life of it's own! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoaWbgujce2eaiRt89tdswUBZx-1uAf5XP9sXDAoHE_eOXJ-MOp9fqy4SrcPyK2xd36ZB77ct7akvYRI0R4o7qEUTSlWKHbO3J-ln5QflWwDmgN43m-HSupq7HI7PH__TuU4-44xtCKs/s1600/Sweater1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Or... Charm the snakes with your cool spinny thing</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then control them to do your bidding...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwjwwKjm4u2ykC8vPf5sCmAkhe9z9zwhEPUWpgUXEpebwoEG-epb69uEBoSNAgEsVyns5PNK8vEbFlluhB1gs2do9Cpkp79M6f9CNXEAI1r55yOMLuIvgZDOudqCvxE2a0Bov6Kn4b9oU/s1600/Spinning+with+Rattlesnakes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwjwwKjm4u2ykC8vPf5sCmAkhe9z9zwhEPUWpgUXEpebwoEG-epb69uEBoSNAgEsVyns5PNK8vEbFlluhB1gs2do9Cpkp79M6f9CNXEAI1r55yOMLuIvgZDOudqCvxE2a0Bov6Kn4b9oU/s400/Spinning+with+Rattlesnakes1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IRWYcLw7C8bUdiOX5Kwy8mobH_iA3q1U5y8Whq49dcKoAB0XQFRAJYu-4H7HCYwgNw35iqzuwb9PW0-VZDt1YvhZaSRIAZXwfWdeUp8y5qOk4ay7tvPl9BUH2PFPqvagAoAUaWHs9xDR/s1600/Radar+spinning+over+the+George+Gorge1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IRWYcLw7C8bUdiOX5Kwy8mobH_iA3q1U5y8Whq49dcKoAB0XQFRAJYu-4H7HCYwgNw35iqzuwb9PW0-VZDt1YvhZaSRIAZXwfWdeUp8y5qOk4ay7tvPl9BUH2PFPqvagAoAUaWHs9xDR/s400/Radar+spinning+over+the+George+Gorge1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Archie McPhee was loads of fun!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Full of many shiney things that no one needs.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I bought so much I couldn't get all of it in my</div><div style="text-align: center;">luggage to get it home!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnG8sNUAkiyNx4kSDEKZDAOOtSi9SDVBdAJddF-vuSF3ARs_t77G5OjZjR5bpIhjeXIDah0cNGYy2nUjrjMvjrMutDcOQToycdlZfzdoax9KWGu4NqaB9QCzgmzySVMD3LXR_eu7rbMBb/s1600/Archie+McPhee1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnG8sNUAkiyNx4kSDEKZDAOOtSi9SDVBdAJddF-vuSF3ARs_t77G5OjZjR5bpIhjeXIDah0cNGYy2nUjrjMvjrMutDcOQToycdlZfzdoax9KWGu4NqaB9QCzgmzySVMD3LXR_eu7rbMBb/s400/Archie+McPhee1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3_0yVXOI1oaOEl_rR0bbCF28hTZB851W8BEFqZxF5Is_nFohqukh810DB0aTO8eOsWMvielUDQTgp4g1HlY05EzYlrodVI1LIRUJIecLZ8SYUlIVIa-BFZhWluNt5M35nxP2f_DIIavy/s1600/Archie+McPhee+Grab+bag+in+Seattle1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3_0yVXOI1oaOEl_rR0bbCF28hTZB851W8BEFqZxF5Is_nFohqukh810DB0aTO8eOsWMvielUDQTgp4g1HlY05EzYlrodVI1LIRUJIecLZ8SYUlIVIa-BFZhWluNt5M35nxP2f_DIIavy/s400/Archie+McPhee+Grab+bag+in+Seattle1.jpg" width="267" /></a></div>Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/05524870405502939657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-11172080585690734632010-10-29T14:26:00.000-07:002010-11-14T07:41:55.423-08:00Bear Paw 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQyp-rNYsYwxZNHzfGAdQ1NZhIAFw0IsO_qwv6sodm6QnmCOmmVpdXFanSbOJuqJmRUQa59fJbDIiav_uQgiMUowpzrUf-Qj-8zpiertHZoufNEloF-znmBT-4eAXYUM6PzJOWDBLUk33/s1600/BearPaw+Gang+with+Bear+Jumping1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQyp-rNYsYwxZNHzfGAdQ1NZhIAFw0IsO_qwv6sodm6QnmCOmmVpdXFanSbOJuqJmRUQa59fJbDIiav_uQgiMUowpzrUf-Qj-8zpiertHZoufNEloF-znmBT-4eAXYUM6PzJOWDBLUk33/s400/BearPaw+Gang+with+Bear+Jumping1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> Welcome to Bear Paw 2010</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got a great opportunity to go to a Spinning Retreat</div><div style="text-align: center;">in Newport, Washington!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It turns out that with all this traveling that I do,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had earned enough miles to fly for free! </div><div style="text-align: center;">(well for a $10 fee...)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I arrived, I met some of the most famous</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fiber Gals in the world!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Many of them get credit for the amazing fibers</div><div style="text-align: center;">used in the Most Amazing Sweater Ever (updates to follow...)</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a blast! </div><div style="text-align: center;">And the only complaint I had was there wasn't near enough time! </div><div style="text-align: center;">(Reit is the lovely lady on the far left in this photo!</div><div style="text-align: center;">She was great, and had some great advice </div><div style="text-align: center;">about husbands and relationships...)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We all chipped in and knitted a scarf for the bear</div><div style="text-align: center;">out of lovely thrift store yarn that Sue (<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/tighe">Tighe</a>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">was kind enough to bring!</div><div style="text-align: center;">-hey the bear wasn't picky!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Loook at all the Wheels!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXozvk6hmnT-m5xWQKcUaFsX0GYcxtI2goGnQHrJ7vWKj0OIHSKF5kENbgrDEAtft-y08U97ZF6t66f9LGhPoEznnv4L1dIx7kzxKYFCuKcYD7Hp2FNIUxxgPKT0uHTOn3Fxhl2P9fyYZk/s1600/Spinning+Room1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXozvk6hmnT-m5xWQKcUaFsX0GYcxtI2goGnQHrJ7vWKj0OIHSKF5kENbgrDEAtft-y08U97ZF6t66f9LGhPoEznnv4L1dIx7kzxKYFCuKcYD7Hp2FNIUxxgPKT0uHTOn3Fxhl2P9fyYZk/s400/Spinning+Room1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> See, I'm even trying a spinning wheel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">A Babe to be exact!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkHgAiG6Sa0GnCLANB5qIOTuK2i2-os2wncXmG-kSJf3qZLM8vhYSt5KPd8-T7qxFdXoM6LjLnFwJpfxbibCGdp7Iodyyv3AVrxHFgzFqSJYG_0-5Zxa2i0VwE8cHAgn3lZ81NjzQe5y5a/s1600/Jana+and+Shannon+Spinning1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkHgAiG6Sa0GnCLANB5qIOTuK2i2-os2wncXmG-kSJf3qZLM8vhYSt5KPd8-T7qxFdXoM6LjLnFwJpfxbibCGdp7Iodyyv3AVrxHFgzFqSJYG_0-5Zxa2i0VwE8cHAgn3lZ81NjzQe5y5a/s400/Jana+and+Shannon+Spinning1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Shannon (on the right) flew in from Connecticut! </div><div style="text-align: center;">We both got a bunch of attention just because</div><div style="text-align: center;">we flew all the way out there</div><div style="text-align: center;">just for a spinning retreat!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Loving on some <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/craftypuppylover">Craftypuppylover </a>fiber in person! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD15VYiNZro4X8-BAyhkGhJfQ8wMR-kKNpzq35VJL32JWe4pudOYo4nh0m2geCNAbpnLiOHTijChSCPFmTm2G_l3M1YQZ_zQgzBoYqvoMH8_OJHRYKndT6oVw8qSkVtJ9lDBHzWtccApIp/s1600/Jana+loving+fiber1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD15VYiNZro4X8-BAyhkGhJfQ8wMR-kKNpzq35VJL32JWe4pudOYo4nh0m2geCNAbpnLiOHTijChSCPFmTm2G_l3M1YQZ_zQgzBoYqvoMH8_OJHRYKndT6oVw8qSkVtJ9lDBHzWtccApIp/s400/Jana+loving+fiber1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Getting lots and lots of attention as I try to corespin!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a crazy, prison like, feeling being stuck</div><div style="text-align: center;">to the spinning wheel. I couldn't get up until I was done.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think that's one of the reasons that I love my</div><div style="text-align: center;">spindles so much! I could walk around the room and</div><div style="text-align: center;">see what everyone else was doing while I was spinning!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YKqynhcj6H3SP9BpLJgBsbMSHsfeOHWMDmexiJPC034RU9AgGUm_J9SdOjed-O3Pd2POCfDk4S9spb2zci95RcdokoqeX_7Piosazn_HJNfGz7XqRWSfgM7WYad2Mxf_oX0nyScX5ZzT/s1600/Spinning+with+Fans1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YKqynhcj6H3SP9BpLJgBsbMSHsfeOHWMDmexiJPC034RU9AgGUm_J9SdOjed-O3Pd2POCfDk4S9spb2zci95RcdokoqeX_7Piosazn_HJNfGz7XqRWSfgM7WYad2Mxf_oX0nyScX5ZzT/s400/Spinning+with+Fans1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We even made it to Idaho, briefly,</div><div style="text-align: center;">after we missed the turn for Bear Paw!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPR9QsyDVFLQHcFgyu_NVTTdCLYvavQceYkSObV7hPq6cHWcaItijD3lU00XMzZvtNq9OS9mgu5LtnHrJCoKmT64xVFpAmcggSQQlEetgj5TEPLKvVyyTeC2nPEm_Eb3covJY5jKAgoecR/s1600/Welcome+to+Idaho1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPR9QsyDVFLQHcFgyu_NVTTdCLYvavQceYkSObV7hPq6cHWcaItijD3lU00XMzZvtNq9OS9mgu5LtnHrJCoKmT64xVFpAmcggSQQlEetgj5TEPLKvVyyTeC2nPEm_Eb3covJY5jKAgoecR/s400/Welcome+to+Idaho1.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And this was the Throw Down!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We all brought fibers in pink, white, and silver</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then we weighed what we brought,</div><div style="text-align: center;">mixed it all up, ran it through the picker (a.k.a death machine),</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then everyone got back the same amount they brought,</div><div style="text-align: center;">only all mixed up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4y-AslKYIX7lnq9M0pfo7T1SNmsshyphenhyphentLNT-qvvznZGUgo65t-jjJkMCVocmeG2fmh6uxjKoIK1OnEg4iLQ8AAgJG2V6wT-Yf0xcTyGLidzyKCbQcNuWvIjHpLm4fLh0CqSx3dgwv9g6kW/s1600/pink+pile1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4y-AslKYIX7lnq9M0pfo7T1SNmsshyphenhyphentLNT-qvvznZGUgo65t-jjJkMCVocmeG2fmh6uxjKoIK1OnEg4iLQ8AAgJG2V6wT-Yf0xcTyGLidzyKCbQcNuWvIjHpLm4fLh0CqSx3dgwv9g6kW/s320/pink+pile1.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This was Sue #2 (only because Tighe was the first Sue we knew)</div><div style="text-align: center;">And she was loads of fun!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But she doesn't have a computer,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so she likely won't read this,</div><div style="text-align: center;">unless someone prints it out and takes it to her.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But she gave me her number</div><div style="text-align: center;">and said I could come stay with her anytime I'm in town!</div><div style="text-align: center;">YAY! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxxehm5RZ-ZNJ7RW3I35QTBsIDs6V2tmBzP9YZ4l0zx639KNCQvmhyphenhyphenppBEPj8LvkjRZYIiTGKzCH5H2HFMN_oXTukT9CbkgSn_oWDUk_YqfpodkJwFRz1LUWqDlgAnFdvmtPJOa2faH3n/s1600/Sue+%232+Bear+Paw1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxxehm5RZ-ZNJ7RW3I35QTBsIDs6V2tmBzP9YZ4l0zx639KNCQvmhyphenhyphenppBEPj8LvkjRZYIiTGKzCH5H2HFMN_oXTukT9CbkgSn_oWDUk_YqfpodkJwFRz1LUWqDlgAnFdvmtPJOa2faH3n/s400/Sue+%232+Bear+Paw1.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxxehm5RZ-ZNJ7RW3I35QTBsIDs6V2tmBzP9YZ4l0zx639KNCQvmhyphenhyphenppBEPj8LvkjRZYIiTGKzCH5H2HFMN_oXTukT9CbkgSn_oWDUk_YqfpodkJwFRz1LUWqDlgAnFdvmtPJOa2faH3n/s1600/Sue+%232+Bear+Paw1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> She was veeeery excited about the throw down!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3NJkNnsgbSdOawH0yMYO4KPPcMNx3BXT6sSxy_I0nDrp_4TlyAr6UD41LSz4jKSwpf5m4N6dqsDyIss5E5PJzCHofLN6Jfxyx8xRbg5b-5TSFE_9NMQ2hjKyNcOPqbaDIrekcTSzT_vY/s1600/Sue%232+in+the+Pink+Fluff1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3NJkNnsgbSdOawH0yMYO4KPPcMNx3BXT6sSxy_I0nDrp_4TlyAr6UD41LSz4jKSwpf5m4N6dqsDyIss5E5PJzCHofLN6Jfxyx8xRbg5b-5TSFE_9NMQ2hjKyNcOPqbaDIrekcTSzT_vY/s400/Sue%232+in+the+Pink+Fluff1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is DesertGarden (Jennifer), Tighe (Sue), and Sue #2</div><div style="text-align: center;">with the above mentioned Death Machine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It has Giant Death SPikes on it and is covered in warning signs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You have to swing it back and forth with the 3inch iron death spikes</div><div style="text-align: center;">getting dangerously close to your chest </div><div style="text-align: center;">and to the person on the other side!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV97HHAksgm8Kg587APZxreOgSXzPexUXACYrK05TDtVwMYyQDe07Qq36T2uPVl0P0LeZtVpqgWLKDMS6jjB6YaAhJMXNG0yczXRPLwuwLZJjKKYKWdWfpclJHUV5zUFs7BhKt4tB2RxXR/s1600/Pile+of+Pink+Fluff1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV97HHAksgm8Kg587APZxreOgSXzPexUXACYrK05TDtVwMYyQDe07Qq36T2uPVl0P0LeZtVpqgWLKDMS6jjB6YaAhJMXNG0yczXRPLwuwLZJjKKYKWdWfpclJHUV5zUFs7BhKt4tB2RxXR/s400/Pile+of+Pink+Fluff1.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV97HHAksgm8Kg587APZxreOgSXzPexUXACYrK05TDtVwMYyQDe07Qq36T2uPVl0P0LeZtVpqgWLKDMS6jjB6YaAhJMXNG0yczXRPLwuwLZJjKKYKWdWfpclJHUV5zUFs7BhKt4tB2RxXR/s1600/Pile+of+Pink+Fluff1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">See?</div><div style="text-align: center;">It still scares me just to look at these pictures!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihn6PRGhyphenhyphenPo_eBEfUS-Fm3YVlp4gfqwi_HW7M6z5EjdBG4SdrAmkpo7j0EqO4YNbDCFmo4gmPdboQB99GwUCDGAoYWeFVUArodAUGFmYVJqr6VLeX7bAgqgP_KvVLgV2T0b7t-pQHOm1Pe/s1600/Jana+and+the+Death+Machine1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihn6PRGhyphenhyphenPo_eBEfUS-Fm3YVlp4gfqwi_HW7M6z5EjdBG4SdrAmkpo7j0EqO4YNbDCFmo4gmPdboQB99GwUCDGAoYWeFVUArodAUGFmYVJqr6VLeX7bAgqgP_KvVLgV2T0b7t-pQHOm1Pe/s400/Jana+and+the+Death+Machine1.jpg" width="318" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sue (Tighe) was a master at the Picker (it was her's after all)!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">She also went home with a very special,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Texas Ebony Jenkins Kuchulu!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was such a pretty little spindle!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(see pic of JQ with said spindle below!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibz7unHADraBTZQIk8p6AF6_sYBC-XSPiL2zdjrLvzyp-ZpIFwhKPgrBBz1rZd8ZZSP2ZwoJLp02SqyuYaiCRCyNB2uKWSPQlnj8agZgmuUEW2rmTO4PU_Rh-wcOEQ4nuJjDT4WRPa5Anz/s1600/Sue+and+the+Picker1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibz7unHADraBTZQIk8p6AF6_sYBC-XSPiL2zdjrLvzyp-ZpIFwhKPgrBBz1rZd8ZZSP2ZwoJLp02SqyuYaiCRCyNB2uKWSPQlnj8agZgmuUEW2rmTO4PU_Rh-wcOEQ4nuJjDT4WRPa5Anz/s400/Sue+and+the+Picker1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh and I managed to take a nice little family of Jenkins</div><div style="text-align: center;">to sell at Bear Paw!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was so much fun to watch people's faces light up</div><div style="text-align: center;">when they saw them for the first time!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sue #2 bought 2 for herself and a third for a friend!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcT5L-wqzMxS9-Etf6xATrOH33khZuFyiBlxu3uefqQrPy0_0xJ7VLMnijHPQ6L2guk7dfGq0KeCKOcs3-PNCLjHf3CMfwrz2P2AFSJ3KfP8F-tfxC66x7_oA7tcVnewiCVZmbtizXRtFh/s1600/Sue+%232+and+her+Kuchulu1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcT5L-wqzMxS9-Etf6xATrOH33khZuFyiBlxu3uefqQrPy0_0xJ7VLMnijHPQ6L2guk7dfGq0KeCKOcs3-PNCLjHf3CMfwrz2P2AFSJ3KfP8F-tfxC66x7_oA7tcVnewiCVZmbtizXRtFh/s400/Sue+%232+and+her+Kuchulu1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcT5L-wqzMxS9-Etf6xATrOH33khZuFyiBlxu3uefqQrPy0_0xJ7VLMnijHPQ6L2guk7dfGq0KeCKOcs3-PNCLjHf3CMfwrz2P2AFSJ3KfP8F-tfxC66x7_oA7tcVnewiCVZmbtizXRtFh/s1600/Sue+%232+and+her+Kuchulu1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Once Sue #2 saw the Amazing Sweater,</div><div style="text-align: center;">she was convinced that if she touched me</div><div style="text-align: center;">and my spindles then she would</div><div style="text-align: center;">"absorb the awesomeness"</div><div style="text-align: center;">and be able to spin instantly!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GhKstMvmkApBZBNSZDbuvrchyphenhypheniRJpmkwyiqJ0PztHQbVH3xV0ezgMRe73T8RQkc1YpkuzeLzKJVPvu-zjgGIWnzx49vV2HrFSBBiJax20MlYfKTXE1CVmTF719ivudLVh952AcaxR5ql/s1600/Sue+%232+and+Jana+Yeah%21%21%211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GhKstMvmkApBZBNSZDbuvrchyphenhypheniRJpmkwyiqJ0PztHQbVH3xV0ezgMRe73T8RQkc1YpkuzeLzKJVPvu-zjgGIWnzx49vV2HrFSBBiJax20MlYfKTXE1CVmTF719ivudLVh952AcaxR5ql/s400/Sue+%232+and+Jana+Yeah%21%21%211.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> She was also convinced that I would be able to teach</div><div style="text-align: center;">the ways of a top whorl spindle...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, all I can say is, it gave me a chance to spin</div><div style="text-align: center;">on a <a href="http://www.journeywheel.com/content/view/30/98/">Bossie</a>, which was cool,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it was a very pretty spindle. </div><div style="text-align: center;">But, alas, top whorls are just not for me!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And still, no magic was transferred...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWz_dwcdZkSHsLhmsMOwzMD5nzagQilB1lZTQg6RnjjuSCm5Z9YQySUaVvjXtzrBZ6t9Exj9XVbCozCt3HrWJLfmrR9j_RmrhAa_FhCtxOwpO_SsQdtlq_1-IzWMl8Sspoy-GhtxeFJcXB/s1600/Sue+%232+and+the+spinning+lesson1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWz_dwcdZkSHsLhmsMOwzMD5nzagQilB1lZTQg6RnjjuSCm5Z9YQySUaVvjXtzrBZ6t9Exj9XVbCozCt3HrWJLfmrR9j_RmrhAa_FhCtxOwpO_SsQdtlq_1-IzWMl8Sspoy-GhtxeFJcXB/s400/Sue+%232+and+the+spinning+lesson1.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And this is Jennifer (<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/Gynnifer">Gynnifer</a>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Who was so very excited to find</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that I had brought some <a href="http://jenkinswoodworking.com/Turkish_Spindles.htm">Jenkins Spindles</a> to sell! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNp9aKysHF86wqYZO_NqDN2in7fThAaUsAUrfwsDAtlmORIiaxVjgaeFB9suHuXg_OovPsqakiucSFFvGJWcuGlU98gn4i7alX7Izpc_7-lSFgo8kqyTFVGMpI7KtoioRVq5g5mMVPHz-/s1600/Gynnifer1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNp9aKysHF86wqYZO_NqDN2in7fThAaUsAUrfwsDAtlmORIiaxVjgaeFB9suHuXg_OovPsqakiucSFFvGJWcuGlU98gn4i7alX7Izpc_7-lSFgo8kqyTFVGMpI7KtoioRVq5g5mMVPHz-/s400/Gynnifer1.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> JQ (<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/JQknits">JQKnits</a>) is trying out Sue's new Kuchulu!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPYeWmyz9ey-91DwOO0HqVcqRHHCGmQArYJe7awbT8kkEgMHoECR7BWMScdu3z_OX_JIuEto0L-qrN8dcG8sK-_cuKFMsp4xYf3jwvCceXhRQV-R16-ZtZqGofNVjovclYoYSdX_DEUr6/s1600/JQ+with+a+Jenkins1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPYeWmyz9ey-91DwOO0HqVcqRHHCGmQArYJe7awbT8kkEgMHoECR7BWMScdu3z_OX_JIuEto0L-qrN8dcG8sK-_cuKFMsp4xYf3jwvCceXhRQV-R16-ZtZqGofNVjovclYoYSdX_DEUr6/s320/JQ+with+a+Jenkins1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Carrie and Brittany were very sad when it was time to go.</div><div style="text-align: center;">:(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHgWnhvg7i8DJ42DJrL4i3-RkkMTtLTnU1acYl2RtSO4q0zByIIxkZaHXrKPeVOmXvc09b4KETLE8XS3UizbQZ3wk2oGhRMiLVDFhQ_g01iSYURJNk0RAfBclnvPi4VLvQMPl6NBQ2Md1/s1600/Carrie+and+Britney1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHgWnhvg7i8DJ42DJrL4i3-RkkMTtLTnU1acYl2RtSO4q0zByIIxkZaHXrKPeVOmXvc09b4KETLE8XS3UizbQZ3wk2oGhRMiLVDFhQ_g01iSYURJNk0RAfBclnvPi4VLvQMPl6NBQ2Md1/s400/Carrie+and+Britney1.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Now having met some of my favorite fiber artists on the webs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">wouldn't it be cool if we all cleaned out their etsy stores?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are links to each of their shops for easier shopping ability!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have fun!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/craftypuppylover">Craftypuppylover</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Bohoknitterchic">Bohoknitterchic</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sparkleshan">Sparkleshan</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/desertgarden">Desertgarden</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gardenpartyfibers.com/">JQKnits</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/05524870405502939657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-17696721788359729442010-10-29T10:45:00.000-07:002010-10-29T11:27:37.556-07:00Turtles, Headless Horseman, Grave Diggers and Things that go Boom<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hey Everybody!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm back and I have lots to share!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll start with Disney and some really cool videos </div><div style="text-align: center;">that I made with my iphone 4.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Disclaimer: It's really hard to hold an iphone still for videos </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the lighting is really not my fault...</div><div style="text-align: center;">(they are still fun to watch!)</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">As Crush says:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Go With the Flowooo o o o o o wo o o o o</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5SnkvGpUzhU?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5SnkvGpUzhU?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Next up is the Main Street Band</div><div style="text-align: center;">on Main Street USA</div><div style="text-align: center;">Magic Kingdom</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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And the Barbarshop Quartet with cool chimey things<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wishes... Share a Dream... Wishes<br />
Shot from the top of Bay Lake Tower<br />
of Disney's Contemporary Resort<br />
Who's rooms were ridiculously too small.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And one of my very favorite things about Disney:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And my all time Favorite!!!<br />
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The Grave Diggers<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And Dancing Dead People!<br />
I want to be able to dance when I'm dead!<br />
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And Look!<br />
It's the Main Street Electrical Parade!<br />
(can you tell that I love Main Street?)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BH3XCd6Wo_cEnn5yEMDz6x30-sEhsVhXBfEqDaK_fmw2OrdkH4Qar60kwkL0BKxNDB0SMyqA-aslr55_rKYQHDB5lQ9gCner2S8DcJGSgM7S0YcFJKYNvsc62kZGDTkKnyJVQa4jYl96/s1600/electrical+parade1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BH3XCd6Wo_cEnn5yEMDz6x30-sEhsVhXBfEqDaK_fmw2OrdkH4Qar60kwkL0BKxNDB0SMyqA-aslr55_rKYQHDB5lQ9gCner2S8DcJGSgM7S0YcFJKYNvsc62kZGDTkKnyJVQa4jYl96/s400/electrical+parade1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
And here's a few more shots from </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Wizarding World of Harry Potter </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was really really cool, I must say!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
ButterBeer ZOMG Yum!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOicLRWuZKLJzLR-kJ8l3xNU1tAKybjGv90vpecXHxRTzx0COVRAqFTm-PPo2c07b4vzm2CPTP32-wgCrc2rUL7EaMzWEMS9bm254keCq_etxiE_ctNDB_y_qqTghIZilh49AlS0IYAfK/s1600/butterbeer1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOicLRWuZKLJzLR-kJ8l3xNU1tAKybjGv90vpecXHxRTzx0COVRAqFTm-PPo2c07b4vzm2CPTP32-wgCrc2rUL7EaMzWEMS9bm254keCq_etxiE_ctNDB_y_qqTghIZilh49AlS0IYAfK/s400/butterbeer1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mugglenet.com/info/other/beans.shtml">Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Including, but not limited to:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Liver, Squid, Dirt, Glue, Compost, and Strawberry Jelly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguD8xMOGKYXrj3mSbS2XAZFySIR88t4mMt4YEUlj4OmwNiZTqdF8dDQ6f7zzSUtdyk_NnmkPM5fTqvyZpSSrfhkmHKOASHbXYKvSJPRZ9QgAT1uN_xdz8yhSCxbzf-qA48oZBse_vBy6o/s1600/harry+potter1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguD8xMOGKYXrj3mSbS2XAZFySIR88t4mMt4YEUlj4OmwNiZTqdF8dDQ6f7zzSUtdyk_NnmkPM5fTqvyZpSSrfhkmHKOASHbXYKvSJPRZ9QgAT1uN_xdz8yhSCxbzf-qA48oZBse_vBy6o/s400/harry+potter1.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chocolate Frogs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUc_KcvpCB5F9kO9UrpsjITtBoh2ql1O90959dYA7kIJ5GdQb39AyAlXlu4NGVZlb7FiX940Fe1ZvAxZkr5cWhUSUDBFUSHgnruYVqxudUIebiMGX1-nPGjgdmiDzcrqyaU6DbPFMMM-C/s1600/harry+potter2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUc_KcvpCB5F9kO9UrpsjITtBoh2ql1O90959dYA7kIJ5GdQb39AyAlXlu4NGVZlb7FiX940Fe1ZvAxZkr5cWhUSUDBFUSHgnruYVqxudUIebiMGX1-nPGjgdmiDzcrqyaU6DbPFMMM-C/s400/harry+potter2.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Zonko's Joke Shop</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4iGYlskjg2Uyuu3yVbHEtYt5HIU1bkqbU4_hC8aYyrZopA2X56d64FiXzMUOk18eUKmJStrqPdomAsY3cPRldqkn3qitqyz3ioeIu_nAdpmRftRTDv4vPGRdCm1QJ8SSr6R45rqfRpdA/s1600/harry+potter3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4iGYlskjg2Uyuu3yVbHEtYt5HIU1bkqbU4_hC8aYyrZopA2X56d64FiXzMUOk18eUKmJStrqPdomAsY3cPRldqkn3qitqyz3ioeIu_nAdpmRftRTDv4vPGRdCm1QJ8SSr6R45rqfRpdA/s400/harry+potter3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I spotted Ron Weasley (as seen in his first year)</div><div style="text-align: center;">greating the conductor of the Hogwarts Express</div><div style="text-align: center;">found on platform 9 & 3/4</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LykqYlkmWlYGej8q6py5hGqTS9WKB42sgvoRHzCj0L3ivuT9ct74jZNbKDBmcOXQYS483ChRuTr97Geetri02KntOwu7exTMZBjIJE3zJ_gklzZamFHW8Y_PNTVNPNOVND6VkecI7EuJ/s1600/hogwarts+express1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LykqYlkmWlYGej8q6py5hGqTS9WKB42sgvoRHzCj0L3ivuT9ct74jZNbKDBmcOXQYS483ChRuTr97Geetri02KntOwu7exTMZBjIJE3zJ_gklzZamFHW8Y_PNTVNPNOVND6VkecI7EuJ/s400/hogwarts+express1.jpg" width="387" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/05524870405502939657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-46385091224291666562010-10-27T16:18:00.000-07:002010-11-06T17:30:11.889-07:00Coming Soon to a Blog Near You<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Blog-o-paloolsa</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">I've been away on many fun adventures,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">followed by real life forcing me to act like an adult...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">But Coming this Friday:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">more pictures and blog posts than you can shake a stick at.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I promise</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiSqAD2fPVd074ikaPbOV2qAGTDlGQAoRNMbss_-4PiKvJKmAgSAvoH97WFll3q5f6BiczNx8Sew7UHsV8wIgieWuAn3Pozc08OgYN35cSfUxIjDuQyFn95epg3oTYqS2pMe8lMBysI4/s1600/Harvey(5of+16%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiSqAD2fPVd074ikaPbOV2qAGTDlGQAoRNMbss_-4PiKvJKmAgSAvoH97WFll3q5f6BiczNx8Sew7UHsV8wIgieWuAn3Pozc08OgYN35cSfUxIjDuQyFn95epg3oTYqS2pMe8lMBysI4/s400/Harvey(5of+16%29.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">To prove it, here's a picture of Harvey</span><b> </b></span></div>Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/14731935431558271829noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-32266455734235454962010-10-09T10:28:00.001-07:002010-10-13T05:53:32.042-07:00More Disney FunWe indulged in a Kitchen Sink from Beaches and Cream!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/09/1751.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/09/s_1751.jpg' border='0' width='229' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />Today we are being lazy by the pool at Bay Lake Towers and Atlas is keeping me company!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/09/1753.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/09/s_1753.jpg' border='0' width='194' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><br />Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/05524870405502939657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-44478740960330844842010-10-07T22:01:00.001-07:002010-10-07T22:01:07.877-07:00A Sad Day for RandallSo the day started out good. In fact it was great right up until the very end...<br /><br />Here's me all happy with my boy Mickey:<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/07/3096.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/07/s_3096.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />We went to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party and got lots and lots of candy!!<br /><br />When I returned to my room and sat down to sort through my loot, I heard a cruuuuuuunnnnnnch!<br /><br />I looked down and saw that I had sat on my backpack, which of course had a small project bag in it with Randall and fiber for spinning in the parks. <br /><br />My worst nightmare had come true...<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/07/3097.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/07/s_3097.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />I'm so sad.<br /><br />I've sent an email to Ed and Wanda Jenkins requesting 2 new Jay shafts for Randall. But he's officially out of commission for the rest of this adventure.<br /><br />I brought Atlas too, so I can still spin but I now have a broken shaft and a broken heart :(<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/05524870405502939657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-25787194627018288362010-10-07T07:30:00.001-07:002010-10-13T05:56:22.118-07:00I'm mad for Tigger<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/13/539.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/13/s_539.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/07/838.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/07/s_838.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><br />Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/05524870405502939657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-28215739355477642632010-10-06T19:07:00.001-07:002010-10-06T19:07:29.874-07:00The Wizarding World of Harry PotterRandall is having a good time in Hogsmead!!<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/2666.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/s_2666.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='224' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />In line for butterbeer!<br /><br />Notice the Gryffindor colored yarn (around my neck!!) that I spun while waiting to go into Olivanders!<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/2667.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/s_2667.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Hogwarts Castle!<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/2668.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/s_2668.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />More pictures from the Wizarding World when I get home!!<br /><br />Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/05524870405502939657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953667252491297745.post-48003255514422119672010-10-06T05:42:00.001-07:002010-10-06T05:42:04.065-07:00Disney Fun 1Look! I found Phat Fiber socks!!<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/591.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/s_591.jpg' border='0' width='270' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Mickey Mail<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/592.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/s_592.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/593.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/s_593.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Yes going to Disney with me is in fact this awesome:<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/594.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/s_594.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='224' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />And this was just Epic!<br />No idea who the poor girl is....<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/596.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/10/06/s_596.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Chrome64http://www.blogger.com/profile/05524870405502939657noreply@blogger.com0