and here are a few close-up pictures of the socks mentioned in the last post. These little bitty socks were knit with leftovers of my Sunshine Yarns Soft Sock in the Another Weasley colorway coupled with chocolate heels and toes.
And this is the first sock in my Strut colorway. It ended up doing a little pool/spiral thing which is weird since the yarn was kettle dyed but it's fine by me. This pair will probably be gifted once its mate is completed. 
Not having a regular paycheck is a tad unnerving, so I've been trying to beef up the Dreams in Fiber business. Here's a little sampling of some recent skeins. 
Little man was a bit irritated that little miss got a new pair of socks and I was informed that he needed another pair. A simple 2x2 rib cuff plain vanilla sock with my normal garter stitch edged slip stitch heel. I know his feet will be larger come next Fall so I made them a bit long. He insisted on a "proper photo shoot". Sock 2 is on the needles. 
The yarn is Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock in the Edward Colorway which I received through a trade via Ravelry. It's my first time working with this base and I rather enjoy it! 
I cannot thank S (fabulous woman who graciously gifted me a new-to-me spinning wheel, see previous non-mitten pattern post) enough. Spinning is such a joy and I feel like I could spin and spin and spin.... Housework isn't really all that important is it? 
I am still starting out but I've noticed improvement in my singles - they're getting thinner and more consistent and I am also working on the Navajo ply technique which is very fun. I am working my way through another 4 oz of roving and am very curious to see how this one plies up. Photos of that one should be coming!The minions and I, and the hubby, have been enjoying the warmer weather. We went down to my In-law's lake house last weekend to get in a bit of fresh air and some fishing.
The hubby caught some fish. My FIL caught some fish. I did not. I think it's being rigged somehow and rest assured, I will be looking into this odd occurrence. Little man has entered into the Dinosaur phase, I don't remember if I have mentioned that or not. Check out the super cool dino galoshes! 
What can be better than the wind in your face as you gently swing back and forth, higher and higher into the sky? 
Going higher of course! 
Such an angelic face really. Who would've guessed that that little minion of mine could be responsible for such a grievous, heinous, outrageous act against my fiber????????? Enter exhibit A. 
What you see here are the remnants of the skein I am using to create another pattern for my friend J's Oz club starting next month. Little miss was knitting me a sweater - which translates to clicking the needles together - and little man thought the yarn was getting a bit too tangled and decided to help me out by taking a pair of scissors to it. Not happy. It's salvageable though. Just awfully painful to look at! When Spring comes around the showers aren't far behind!
And this is a little sneak peak of the then unfinished Holiday project.
J and K had a pinata for the kids 
and a little place for photo ops too.
Little miss is all about taking care of "the baby".
I just thought this one was kind of funny :)
"Hi boat!"
There were a few knots involved though you can't really see it in this photo.
In the end, the only one that caught anything that evening was little miss.
I was still so shocked about the whole thing that when the package containing the book arrived I didn't open it right away... I just kept looking at it. Eventually my curiosity won out and I opened the package to find, not only THE Knitting book, but a wonderful handmade knitting pouch and a very helpful Finnish to English translation list of the colors used throughout the book :) 
and I also knit the first Dublin Bay sock for Mom.
The second sock is on the needles. The time that I had been spending with my knitting needles has been spent in the kitchen. Spring is in the air and last week I took the minions to a couple greenhouses in the area. Little man is such a nature-guy that he was in heaven. Inspired by some of the flowers that I had seen, I thought to myself, why not start dyeing up some of my own yarn? So I did. I had been meaning to start dyeing a while ago now so I happened to have some skeins of natural wool just waiting to be dyed. After viewing one of little man's favorite flowers, the Hibiscus, 
the hibiscus colorway was born - both in sock and in worsted weight.
Another one of little man's flower choices was the Dahlia. 
Once I finished my first skein, I found that the dyeing process is very addicting! Here's Ratatouille
and my husband 
and in Worsted Weight 
A friend of mine, 
He hasn't decided what he wants me to make with it yet, but he'll let you know that it is his skein!
It's not all fun and games though -- with only one bubble mower one of them is not happy at any given point in time.
Visions of those unhappy faces don't usually last too long though; there's plenty to explore.
The hubby has even had time to enjoy playing a little basketball.
During this past month, we found out that our 
No one is too happy about this, especially my family... As of now, his surgery is scheduled for late June. Speaking of little man, did you know he was such a Man of Expression?
He requested that I take and post a picture of his Big Wheel tire.
Little miss is doing just fine! Her vocabulary is astounding as is her little attitude... :) 
