Princess of Bob

Fiber Giveaway!

2009-07-14T14:28:00.002-04:00

I am SO excited about the new milk fiber that we're carrying, that I'm literally giving it away! Check out Feeling Sheepish's blog for more information on how to enter! :)

SOmuch fiber-y goodness!

2009-07-14T14:04:00.001-04:00

Woohoo! It’s been a busy month here at Feeling Sheepish - tons of new colorways and some fun new fibers!

Check out our new soft and silky hand dyed mohair locks - these stunning, hand-dyed mohair locks are soft, shiny, and a perfect addition to your spinning and felting projects. Although these locks have been washed and dyed, you may run across some very minimal VM. No worries, it’ll drop right out once you spin!

We’re also expanding out our selection of milk fiber - this is truly amazing stuff! It’s as soft as bamboo, but even STRONGER than wool - and it’s ph level is the same as human skin, so it’s perfect for the super-sensitive spinner! Milk fiber also has wonderful anti-bacterial properties, which makes it great for socks and undergarments.

It spins beautifully, and blends like a dream with other fibers to add a little soft shine into your hand or drum-carded batts. Ply together a single of your favorite wool and a single of milk for a super strong, soft, shiny-like-silk yarn.

And, yes, it’s really made from milk! The fibers are spun from casein milk proteins, which has been used for centuries as a binder for paints. 14th and 15th century paints with casein binders are still bright and vibrant today!

Want to try before you buy? Check out July’s Phat Fiber Box - it’s totally dedicated to non-sheep fibers, and I sent in a TON of milk samples for folks to try out.

Looking for more non-sheep fibers? You should feel our yummy mulberry silk brick - this is the most delicious silk I have ever had the pleasure of touching! This truly is the softest, most luxurious fiber I have ever laid my hands on - softer than cashmere!

Keep your eyes peeled for more new fibers and colorways appearing in the shop over the next few weeks - my dyepots have been working overtime, and I’m still in the process of photographing and posting everything!

Feeling Sheepish update!

2009-07-06T00:08:00.002-04:00

Believe it or not, I've actually updated the shop! I have a TON more milk and silk to post - I'm just too tired to do it right now. ;) So keep your eyes peeled in [the shop][4] for some new items showing up in the next week or so - hopefully this will whet your appetite in the meantime. :)

I've also restocked the shop with lots and lots of undyed bamboo roving - and there's PLENTY more where that came from! If you're interested in a larger purchase, send me a convo. :)

Happy spinning!

Formula for a pretty darn good Fourth of July @ the Parker-Parker House of Rolls

2009-07-05T12:29:00.002-04:00

Here's the formula for pretty much a picture-perfect day in the Parker-Parker house of Rolls.

1) Sleep in. Himself slept until about 11:30am, I slept until 12:30pm. Seriously. I NEVER sleep that late. Guess I needed it.

2) Pancakes and coffee. Yum!

3) Very light running of errands - grocery store to get more vinegar to use for dyeing, and hardware store to pick up some Plasti-Dip/tool dip to finish off the ends of steel boning. Side note - those who use the stuff, how the HELL do you keep it from drying out once you open it? I've tried saran wrap plus the cap, foil plus the cap... and I can't keep it from drying out. Pointers appreciated.

4) Dog park! We packed Bodhi into the car and went over to the dog park. We ended up hanging out there for 3-4 hours, just watching the dogs romp around and chatting with a very friendly group of short-dog owners. Lots of beagles and bassets and the like. Bodhi fit right in. :) One of the ladies broke out a bottle of wine, and we had a lovely afternoon chatting dogs and other random bits. Exchanged cell numbers so we can keep each other updated when we're going to be dog parking, because us short-stack dog people have to stick together. ;)

5) Study time! I spent about an hour at the dog park off in a corner, tackling my reading for school for next week. Granted, I would have preferred not to have to do the reading, but in the grand scheme things, sitting under a shade tree to do my homework with tons of dogs romping around like idiots really doesn't suck. I think I might end up doing that more often.

(Side note: Drea? Helwynn? Charlotte? We should totally dog park sometime. :) Personally, I think dog parking combined with SCA handwork is a win-win-win situation all around. :)

6) Hot dogs (Snoopys!) and ice cream (Goodberrys!) for dinner. YUM.

7) We bought a small bag of assorted fireworks, and then set them off once it got dark. Most of them were silly little sparkly things, but there were a couple of pretty impressive fountains in the mix. It was just enough to keep us happy. :)

8) Dyeing! I put more stuff in the dyepot. Desperately need to photograph all the stuff I already have done. Maybe tomorrow, if I can get my reading done first.

YAY! Hope everyone else had a great day. :)

*love*

Heavenly Rose banner

2009-06-12T01:32:00.001-04:00

Heavenly Rose banner
Originally uploaded by silverstah

Getting close! This is the banner I was requested to create for the Heavenly Rose team for Saturday's Golden Rose Tournament. Done in Atlantia-blue cotton twill, with gold poly/cotton jacquard for the escallop and roses. Ermine spots are black twill, machine appliqued onto the escallop.

The detail on the roses and the lines on the escallop were hand embroidered, and there is some really nice tri-textured gold upholstery piping around the edges. The tassel was honestly the hardest part - finding a tassel that was the right color and floofy enough for my taste was... festive.

I'm letting it hang overnight and then it gets one last solid ironing before the tabs are inserted into the top, and then I'm done! The last of the embroidery was done tonight in class - it's kinda cool, most of the folks I know at school think that the SCA stuff I do is pretty neat, so they were all politely interested in the banner and the event this weekend. Have I mentioned lately that I really love my classmates? I do. They rock.

Off to bed. Work tomorrow, then a festival of getting stuff ready for Saturday. Too much to do, not enough time! Somewhere in there I hope I can get the sleeves set into my brown kirtle and hem it - I'd love to wear it on Saturday. We'll see. *fingers crossed*

(Forgive the craptacular camera phone photo. Too late and too tired to drag out the real thing.)

Shop update - milk fiber and merino roving!

2009-05-20T14:24:00.002-04:00

Well, I survived finals - and even pulled a B+ in Evidence, my toughest class! HOORAY! :)

After finals were over, I spent a GLORIOUS weekend in Baltimore, MD with lots of costuming buddies at Costume Con 27 - and since then I’ve been crazy-busy trying to get my house in order, helping friends pack to move, and spending time with the hubby. :) I did, FINALLY, get some rovings dyed this past weekend - and another BIG batch last night.

Today’s Etsy update includes a bunch of squishy, squooshy MERINO rovings - and the first of the milk fiber!!

OMG, if you haven’t touched milk fiber, you are in for a treat! It’s as soft as bamboo, but even STRONGER than wool - and it’s ph level is the same as human skin, so it’s perfect for the super-sensitive spinner! Milk fiber also has wonderful anti-bacterial properties, which makes it great for socks and undergarments.

I only have one up in the shop right now - but four more are on-deck to be posted tonight, once I get home and weigh them. :) Here’s a sneak preview, though:

Spinning-wise, the milk takes a little getting used to because it’s so soft and slippery - it was giving me fits until I upped the ratios on my wheel about as high as they could go, and treadle slowly - it sets a good twist into the single while still giving you time to draft evenly. I also spin from the fold, which helps a lot. :)

Happy spinning!

Criminal Conversation - no, it’s not the act of speaking with felons.

2009-05-18T11:09:00.001-04:00

Criminal Conversation - no, it’s not the act of speaking with felons.

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The Marital Communications Privilege in Prisons & Jails

2009-05-13T15:17:00.002-04:00

The Marital Communications Privilege in Prisons & Jails

This is a new NC Supreme Court ruling on the marital communications privilege - neat stuff! :)

Bringing the Firm into the 21st Century

2009-05-13T14:17:00.000-04:00

As part of our firm's attempt to become more visible in the Raleigh legal market, we've spruced up our website and have started Facebooking, Twittering, and blogging.

Of course, since *I* am the one doing all this, I can't really post any essential legal stuff without the boss-man's approval. And since he's always in court, this makes things difficult. So I'm doing a series of posts on the history of family law, starting with Babylon and working my way through the centuries. Pretty keen, eh?

Here's the first post, if you're interested. :)

After this series, I'm planning a fun jaunt into historic traffic laws. Nifty!

Channeling my inner Steve Burns

2009-04-27T12:45:00.002-04:00

Channeling my inner Steve Burns
Originally uploaded by silverstah

Hee! All else fails, maybe I can dress as Steve Burns for CostumeCon. All I need is a notebook and Blue. :)

The experimental archaeology of "garb"

2009-04-22T15:23:00.001-04:00

Her Most Excellent Excellency lady_guenievre asked a question of the LJ populace: when is it OK to wear modern clothes at a SCA event? Working in the kitchen? When you first get there? When you're breaking down? During the middle of the day?

Here's my take on it - this is just my own, personal two cents and all that. Take it for what it is.

One of the things that I really love about our involvement in the SCA is how it has become an experiment in experimental archaeology for both me and Valinn. When I make a new historical outfit, I don't want to just make it *look* right, but it also needs to serve the purpose for which a person of that status/time period would have needed it to do.

To that end, I tend to focus on working-class historical clothing, because so much of what I do in the SCA is, well, work. Kitchen work, retaining, fetching and carrying, chasing around children, helping put up/take down pavillions, lifting heavy things, etc. I am not a pretty pretty princess or a delicate flower - I *work* in my historic clothing. Because of that, my clothing has to be constructed so that I am physically capable of doing what I need to do. My hat needs to stay firmly on my head, my sleeves need to be able to be rolled up or pinned back, and my hair needs to be out of my face.

Once you stop looking at it as "costume" or "garb" and start looking at it as clothes that you wear for specific occasions, it suddenly becomes terribly easy to choose what to wear to an event. At SCA events, we're attempting to re-create a tiny slice of the past - and what we choose to do at an event should reflect what we choose to wear. Would you wear a prom dress to clean the kitchen? If not, you probably shouldn't wear 16th c. court clothing if you're running feast at a SCA event.

Honestly, I don't really buy the argument that it's "too hard" to do things like setup/takedown/kitchen work/lifting heavy things/whatever while in historic clothing - because, if you're constructing your historic clothing correctly, that is what people were wearing during the time period we are emulating. Do you think that a 15th c. blacksmith wore jeans? ;)

The trick with all that, however, is that in order to live by the experimental archaeology application, you need to recreate and dress clothing that is appropriate for what you will be doing. For events that I expect to be retaining or working in the kitchen, I'll wear work clothes - my Italian working-class clothing, for example. For an event like Twelfth Night, I'll pull out the fancier clothing.

The point of all that is this: if you dress to what you expect to be doing at an event, historical clothing is just CLOTHES. It shouldn't get in the way.

OK - all THAT said... I do not have the kit together to be able to camp with the cool kids at weekend events, so I'm over in the modern tent area. ;) So on Friday night, when I've just driven 3 hours and I'm trying to put up a tent by the light of my headlights? Nope, I'm not changing into garb for that. If I'm going to go do something social afterward? You bet I'm changing into garb - but it's typically something simple, like a tunic. For camping events I like to bring a couple of basic, long tunics that I can just throw on in the evenings or in the morning.

Sunday mornings - honestly, I usually just sleep in a tunic, so I don't change to make breakfast. I do tend to change into modern clothes before I break down camp, since we usually have a long drive ahead of us and by then I'm all garb-ed out. There is nothing special or magical about wearing garb while driving. The magic is when you're on site, looking out across a sea of pavillions, and you see not one iota of modern clothing. THAT is the magic. :)

Goodbye, beloved bike!

2009-04-18T13:41:00.001-04:00

Goodbye, beloved bike!
Originally uploaded by silverstah

Last summer my beloved '84 Honda Shadow went to the great big motorcycle shop in the sky - a cracked cylinder effectively killed the engine. In a weird stroke of luck, a co-worker has an '83 Shadow that also doesn't run - but has different issues. So he's taking mine away to see if he can Frankenstein off enough parts to make one operational bike. :)

Details

2009-04-05T22:34:00.001-04:00

DSC_4169
Originally uploaded by irishmage

Here, you can see my *super awesome pattern matching skillz*, in matching a brocaded patten on a curved-front self supporting bodice. *I* still don't know how the heck I did it. I'll likely never be able to do it again.

Also note the little pins used to keep the edges of the open hood laying flat at the front of the bodice. Otherwise, it goes flying around all over the place and pisses me off. Nobody likes an annoyed Catarina.

Also note the HUGE CIRCLES UNDER MY EYES. That's called 'law school', my friends. ;)

Eeeeewwww!

2009-04-05T22:25:00.001-04:00

DSC_4170
Originally uploaded by irishmage

I don't know why I'm making this face. I must have had a very, very good reason. ;)

Inchworm, inchworm

2009-04-05T22:24:00.001-04:00

DSC_4174
Originally uploaded by irishmage

At one point during the day, Himself came over to show me the new friend he had made - a wee little inchworm. You can BARELY see it on the top of his finger.

This photo makes me happy. :)

15th Century Kirtle - the final product!

2009-04-05T20:31:00.002-04:00

Yay!

Me & Kat at the SCA demo @ NCRF today. :) Photo from chalturuse37 on Flickr. :)

I'm SUPER happy with the way this dress redo came out - for those playing along at home, see my previous post about how this USED to be a Cranach-style German gown that made me feel like a dowdy, fat moo-cow. This new version makes me feel like a PRETTY PRETTY PRINCESS, DAMNIT!

*ahem*

In any case, I'm VERY happy with how the re-do came out, and will likely be making a few more dresses in this style for future wear. It's super-easy to throw together, has great flow, and can be dressy (like this one) or lower-class, depending on the fabrics you choose. This style seemed to be popular across Europe in the early 15th century, so I'm pretty generically European weaing it. Which is OK. :)

2009-04-04T20:59:00.001-04:00

My Cranach gown is no longer a Cranach gown! YAY!

I never liked it. It didn't make me feel pretty. If something doesn't make me feel pretty, it doesn't get worn. Therefore, it got worn once, and then never again.

I had enough fabric leftover to cut out a new bodice, so I chopped off the skirt and turned the whole thing into a 15th Century front-laced kirtle, with waist seam. I will fully admit that I didn't do a lick of research and just relied on Marie's work on the topic - because she's awesome and fabulous and I trust her work. :)

I was initially a little wary about using such a fancy fabric for this style, but was pleasantly surprised to see that there are a number of images showing this style in a brocaded fabric. Yay! I used chargirlgenius's paper on sleeves to draft the sleeve pattern, and it produced an almost-perfect sleeve on the first try. :) No matter what I adjust, I still get a tight feeling/pulling right across the *front* of my bicep, which seems like a weird place for it to be pulling. I can raise my arms completely above my head, behind my back, etc, so I'm not too worried about it - and after wearing it for a while, it might loosen up.

Other minor adjustments - I think I might need to make the sleeves a smidge shorter. They're elbow length right now, and most of the images show a shorter sleeve. But this length keeps gapiosis from forming when I pin on the oversleeves. But gapiosis is period. ACK!

I know I have an open hood around here somewhere... but I'll likely end up with veils tomorrow, because I can't find it. Oh well.

YAY! New clothes that make me feel pretty are win. Adding to my "SCA wardrobe that I'm not embarrassed to wear" is double win. ;)

2009-03-27T23:31:00.001-04:00

Woohoo! I dyed and prepped all this fiber last weekend - but didn’t have a chance to photograph and post it until tonight, and it was just KILLING me! I got in some yummy, soft alpaca/merino/silk that got dyed up on some old favorite colorways (’Granite’ and ‘Clementine’) and some shiny new colorways (’Fields of Gold’ and ‘Green Macaw’). I added a TON of New Zealand Romney to the shop, and since I have a drum carder on long-term loan, I was able to card up some springy, soft batts with lots of glitter and shine!

So come visit! http://feelingsheepish.etsy.com

Fiber and funny clothes

2009-03-27T11:48:00.001-04:00

This weekend marks the first weekend of the North Carolina Renaissance Faire, and they’ll be debuting their new site in Wake Forest, North Carolina. For the past 8-10 years or so, the faire has been in the middle of Raleigh at the state fairgrounds - so it’ll be interesting to see how this new site impacts the crowds and the demographic of the visitors.

Unfortunately, it looks like Saturday is going to be VERY wet - but Sunday looks like it’ll at least be dry. Since I have a make-up class on Saturday morning, I’ll be heading out there on Sunday to help out with the SCA demo. It sounds like we’ll have a nice variety of hands-on fiber activities for folks to try out - spinning on a drop spindle, lucet cord, weaving, basic sewing, and perhaps some naalbinding. Knitting is *always* an option.

I’ll be there on Sunday this weekend and next, doing mostly spinning demos. In addition to all the neat arts activities we have planned, we will also be showcasing our gallant fighters in both rapier and armored combat, and Solvarr will be there with the forge for some blacksmithing awesomeness.

So come out, join us, and spend an afternoon looking into the past. I’m sure you’ll be glad you did.

On the needles and on the horizon...

2009-03-23T13:37:00.000-04:00

I was recently informed that there's a word for people like me - people who simply CAN NOT just sit and watch TV or sit and listen to a lecture. People who absorb more information and pay attention better when their hands are moving. We're kinetic learners. Who knew?

Besides being a fiber artist, I'm also in law school - which means that I spend a LOT of time sitting on my butt with my nose in a book or in a lecture hall. When I'm at home, I tend to spin while I read my study guides - the gentle sound of the spinning wheel acts as white noise and blocks out distractions, and the drafting/pedaling allows me to actively focus on what I'm reading.

However, bringing a spinning wheel into a classroom setting might be seen as overly distracting to the other students. ;) So I've taken to knitting in class while I listen to my lectures. I stick with simple, mindless patterns with one or two row repeats, things that I can put down at a moment's notice to take notes or ask a question. It's amazing how much my grades have actually improved since I started doing this!

So - what's recently come off the needles:

Purl Beret - this is a simple classic beret pattern done in fingering weight yarn. It gave me an opportunity to play with some hand-painted fingering weight that I had dyed up a month or so ago, and the pattern was mindless enough that I had no problem working on it in class. I think this is my new favorite beret pattern!

La La's Simple Shawl - (Ravelry Link) - this is a wonderful, basic shawl pattern that I'm doing up in a bulky weight yarn, size 11 needles. Which means that it's going super, super fast. We have tempature issues in our office (it's cold in the morning and warm in the afternoon), so having a nice shawl to layer will really be nice. Again, another simple, mindless sort of pattern. I brought it with me to see a production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' last night and knit through the whole show, not looking down at my work once. As far as I can tell, I didn't mess up. ;)

Once I'm done with the semester, the first thing I'm going to cast on is this Grumpasaurus:

: How adorably grumpy is THIS?!?!?

He is just too utterly cute for words. Seriously. I think we all need a little Grumpasaurous in our lives.

On the fiber front, I spent the weekend dyeing up some scrummy, scrummy Romney and an amazingly soft Alpaca/Merino/Silk blend in some old favorites (Granite & Clementine) as well as some fun new colorways. Hopefully I'll have a chance to photograph them this week and get them posted - if not, it'll have to wait until Saturday afternoon. I don't know if I can wait that long! They're so pretty and floofy I just want to share them with everyone!

I'm also working on my samples for the April Phat Fiber box - they should be ready to go out by the end of the week. Lots of bright, happy green Corriedale, with a few samples of green and pink merino. Fun! :)

So keep your eyes peeled for some new floof in the Etsy shop... and a grumpy dino in my house. ;)

Feeling TOTALLY Phat. :)

2009-03-19T09:44:00.000-04:00

This month I joined up with the fine, PHAT ladies and gentlemen of the ‘Phat Fiber Sampler Box’ and sent in samples of roving that got shipped literally all across the world! This is an AMAZING way to taste new colors, fibers, yarns and accessories that I normally wouldn’t try out because of the cost involved. It’s so much easier to pay $33 and get a big box full of samples to see what I like, as opposed to trying out something from each individual seller.

I’ve already splurged, though, and bought some Coopworth wool roving and a sampler pack of natural Coopworth wool from WildHare. I can’t wait for it to arrive! One of the things that I am really loving about playing with fiber is that there are so many small independent fiber farms scattered across the US, and each of them has their own unique characteristics. Not only are you supporting small business and sustainable agriculture, but you’re also supporting a way of life that was fast becoming extinct. With the surging popularity of knitting, spinning, and other fiber arts, hopefully these small independent farms will become more and more successful.

And, frankly, I really like knowing that the wool I’m spinning comes from a sheep named Hilde, in West Virginia.

Many thanks to fellow fiber artist Dandio for her very kind review of Feeling Sheepish’s domestic wool top! She is entirely too kind. :) The domestic wool top is one of my favorites - it’s nice and floofy, easy to spin, and takes dye BEAUTIFULLY.

This weekend I plan on dyeing up a big batch of Romney, and I’m also planning on introducing a new line of carded batts that are loads of fun. Lots of mixed colors and fibers and glitz and shiny!

Oh my goodness - last night was an absolute FESTIVAL of fiber awesomeness. :)

First and foremost - my box arrived! Photos have been taken, and blogging will occur this weekend. ;) But I must say that I am VERY impressed with the quantity and quality of the samples sent. My particular box had a GREAT balance between yarn samples, spinning fiber, and accessories/goodies.

Secondly - I am in the market for a new wheel. I LOVE my Babe Double Treadle Production model, but it’s shiny PVC-ness really is not great for renaissance fairs/SCA events. A good friend offered to lend me her Kromski Minstrel to see how that works for me - and I thought that breaking into my box would be a GREAT opportunity to try it out!

I set the wheel up and practiced a bit on some scrap wool I had floating around. Once I figured out how the tension works and the basic ‘feel’ of the wheel, I found that it spins remarkably well. The orifice is a bit higher than my babe, and changing out bobbins is a little more complicated - but overall, it feels GREAT.

Then I broke into the fiber in the box. :) First up was the AMAZINGLY generous batt from Giffordables. I’m not sure what sort of wool she uses, but it feels like it might still have some lanolin in it? It doesn’t feel processed like commercial fibers. Or maybe I’m just imagining things. Either way, it felt wonderful and spun like a dream, creating a super floofy yarn.

Next up was the wonderfully floofy mini-braid from Vines, which was labeled ‘South African Wool Top’. I don’t know what kind of sheep they grow in South Africa, but it was beautiful to spin up. It required a bit of pre-drafting, but once I got it fluffed up a bit it spun like a dream and created a firm, soft yarn that I think is destined to be a teeny little pouch for my iPod. The dyeing was beautiful - clean, crisp greens. Yummy!!!

So, I’ll admit, I’m pretty sold on the Minstrel already. So much so that it’s REALLY hard not to break out the credit card and order one today. I’m also totally sold on Giffordables and Vines - they are top-notch fiber artists, and I look forward to working with their stuff again.

Now, today my package from WildHare should be here - hopefully. :) I can’t decide if I want to work with the mossy green roving or the sampler Coopworth pack first! Decisions, decisions….

Etsy update!

2009-03-10T16:13:00.000-04:00

Phew!

I'll admit - the end of February was TOUGH. We moved offices at work, and I had midterms on top of that - needless to say, there was not a lot of dyeing going on.

But Spring Break is here, and with that comes some new items, some new fibers, and some new photography. Yay!

: March 10, 2009 update @ Feeling Sheepish

Included in today's little mini-update is some super-squooshy corriedale, and some amazingly soft, silky, shiny 50/50 superwash merino/tencel blend. It was really, really hard to put this up in the shop - I wanted to keep it all for myself! But I didn't - it all went into the Feeling Sheepish Etsy store. So do me a favor and take it home, or else I might spin it up myself.... :)

In other news, I sent out my samples for the March PhatFiber box! A whole bunch of little bitty braids of our domestic wool top, in a couple of different colorways. I wish I had a chance to take a photo of all the little braids before I sent them off, but I was already running late, and wanted to make sure they got into the March box. :) The PhatFiber Team is an amazing group of artisians, and I am pleased as punch to be participating with them!

So - check it out, happy spinning, and I hope to update with more goodies by the end of the week. :)

Etsy site is a-go!

2009-02-15T16:34:00.001-05:00

At Feeling Sheepish, all of our hand-dyed fibers and yarns are hand painted out of my home. By choosing Feeling Sheepish fibers, you’re supporting a graduate student, her husband, her cats and a terribly cheerful Australian Shepherd. :)

Since I dye according to my muse, the time of year, the phase of the moon, and whatever other whim takes me, here will be variation from lot to lot based on the dyeing process. No two dyed products will be alike - which is what makes working with hand-painted rovings and yarn so much fun! :)

We use only the finest wool top for our dyed ‘rovings’. Although each type of fiber has its own unique characteristics, the fibers we choose are all soft, pliable, and perfect for beginners or experienced spinners.

All of our products are hand-dyed using professional grade acid dyes for vibrant, colorfast colors. We steam-set the dyes and double-rinse the fiber to make sure the colors are as set as possible.

Be sure to check out our Ravelry group, as well!

Thank you for choosing Feeling Sheepish - whimsical wool for a serious world. :)

Silverstah = too stupid to live.

2009-01-30T09:21:00.001-05:00

Evidence?

My driveway has a fairly steep incline. When I'm low on gas, I try not to park on the incline, since it makes the car not want to start in the morning.

This morning, I went to start the car - and it wouldn't start. I thought "Oh, crap, I didn't realize my gas light came on last night!", and tried just sitting there with the battery on for a few minutes, which sometimes works. (Something about the fuel pump starting up? I don't know. I don't like cars.)

Every time I cranked it, it would ALMOST catch... and then nothing.

This went on for ten minutes. I was about half a second away from going in and getting Himself's keys and taking his truck to work (which would have thrown HIS day all off, since his plan is to get new tires today), when I realized.... the parking brake was still on.

*headdesk*

Seems that the Aztek has a protection in it where if you have the parking brake on, it won't start. As soon as I released the parking brake, the car started right up.

*headdesk*

Feeling Sheepish!

2009-01-28T16:41:00.000-05:00

Well, I'm getting sucked in. AGAIN. Into small business.

Crazy, huh?

Well, desperate times call for desperate measures - and at least this is something that I'll use up if it never sells. So there's really not all that much to lose by going out on a little bitty limb, right? :)

I've talked about my adventures in dyeing on here - well, now I'm taking it a step further and seeing if anyone else is interested in actually *paying* for my dyed fiber. I'm having fun playing with fluffy, fluffy merino, Falkland, and romney fibers. I've contacted a couple of my local yarn stores to see if they're interested in talking wholesale or consignment. My Etsy store is in the process of getting set up, and I have a shiny new Ravelry group (http://www.ravelry.com/groups/feeling-sheepish) for updates. I should likely set up a blog as well, eh?

I'll be bringing along some samples to Ymir - we have merchant space to clean out our closets and the like, which is nice. :)

So... yeah. Crazy.