What? and T-Tapp/Hoop Dance

I haven't been blogging lately. Seem like when I was on vacation my body didn't want to do anything at all. I have been playing catch up ever since. I love time off but its hard for me to get back into a routine. I have received my wheel, I have everything I need to make some more teddy bears I have knitting project galore and they sit. I should say they get picked up looked at and placed back down. I wish I had more free time.

I will today get on the ball. I have been on the ball with my work outs all though they are toned down. I T-Tapp every day basic+ and also my mini tramp. I have been hooping again I forgot how wonderful it is to hoop and I have space now so its great.
I love to dance and adding the hoop is like heaven I get lost and learning new tricks is hard, but thats even fun. News flash my hoops werent sticky enough, I was working them though. I went to Sports authority and bought hockey tape in white wraped them bad boys and the hoop like a dream Im learning.

My tye dyed skien

So I dyed some more wool yarn same process but used more colors together, I think it came out well. The colors blended nicely and they came together in some places. There was some white left over, I like it though. I feel like it can be done again I hope.

I just used the blue,green, red and yellow and it blended well. It has more colors than the camera picked up. The space were there is light green and blue looks white but it is a gradent.

I will be dye more like this, this skien is for some baby hats. So I will see how it knits up.

Kiefir

I realize that this last week I have been on vacation, I have not worked out, I have not eaten my regular health food and scheduled meals. I do feel wonderful though maybe a little heavier not much, and nothing a good week of clean eating and my regular HITT training can't handle. So tonight I drink my Kiefir. Kiefir is a wonderful nutritious fermented milk drink. I make my own with my ever growing kiefir grains. I notice when I drink it regularly my skin glows and my digestion system is grateful. So even though its Friday tomorrow and I slacked all week,I will jump back on the wagon and get a routine going again. It was a pleasant break. I work out 5-6 times a week a hour or more at a time so I think I deserved this one.

Ok I have a fiber craft haul coming, today I received my knit picks ball winder. I need a swift but that can wait for now since my hubby like's to hold the yarn for me at least he pretends to. So I opened it, it has instructions on the back of the box. I figured it out and wound my first ball I love the little cakes. Supper happy, can't wait for my wheel to get here I'm itchin to spin. I guess I could use my old wheel but I want it now!

Here is the finished owlette head band by Kym Sturdevant on Ravelry. It took like an hour and a half, supper fast supper fun knit. I had a lot of yarn left over so I knit a bobble band also. I lent my friend, the one I knit the bands for a knitting book, on the day I did there was a funny discussion on bobbles. Fast forward to last Friday she brought the book back and said here just in case you want to knit bobbles on vacation. So here you go my friend your very own bobble head band. Who loves you baby?

My new wheel on the way!!!!!

My shawl alas now sits, stuck. I have finished my hand spun and now wait for my brand new wheel. Yes finally I can produce like the big dawgs. I bought a Babes production wheel in Black. Babes fiber garden produces some very nice and reasonably priced spinning wheels. The old man who invented the babes is so sweet and nice how could I resist. Love the fact they are made of pvc, as cheap as I am I could not build one my self. Oh yeah we tried to do the flyer mode on my quill wheel but man how on earth do you set the ratios ect ect. Big fail. My hubby is such a crafts man, but hey some times you buy for ease and comfort right?
Oh my Dye job, this is the ball for my friends head band. Started it this morning. I love the pattern it's the owlette headband by Kym Sturdevant. It is knitting up fast and I think I will have a lot of yarn left. My friend may get a second or even third gift.

The bottle of wine she gave me was Kendal Jackson surmation 2008. I may have spelled that wrong. Anywho the wine its self is a blend, it is light bodied and has a strong finish. I did not pick up the chocolate tones it said it would have, it may have needed more time to breath. But all in all, a good wine thank you to my friend.

My pic with John Force

MY first picture of me on my blog, I wasnt sure if I wanted to do this but hey the end to a means you know. What is the end you ask? I got my picture taken with John Force. It began as an infatuation as a little girl the first time I saw him racing those fast cars and talking fast with those teeth I knew I was in love. There are diffrent types of love and this is not the love that I hold for my husband, but the love I hold for family. This man has changed the face of NHRA DRAG racing and made it more personable. I see him and I know that it will and hopefully be always a family sport. This is me after a long day but let me begin by saying, Thank you Bobby my dearest father inlaw and boyfriend I love you so much for making this happen. He bought my husband and I tickets.

Not just tickets but tower tickets are you kidding me. We are like at the front of the strip.Starting line baby thats right, but I digress. Any who this is a pic of our view totaly cool.We sat up front the whole day not to mention roof action were the gas fumes roll over and burn your eyes and the sound shakes you to your knees what.


The food was great and filling, my boo wanted more but no second. All is well cause the drinks were free and I had 3 buds yes I had beer. Oh and the server/bodygaurd of the food was really cool and didn't mind my husband staking the corn bread. The ribs were not jucie but tasty.

Okay did I say family man John is up against his daughter Courtney first race of the finals. He lost I think for love more than anything else. I just had a blast I love my family I have an amazing life and I am more than the some of my parts. I can not belive that this day happened and I am so blessed Not to mention I got my picture taken with the man him self, JOHN FORCE!!! I had my arm around him and shall never wash it again!

First attempt a dyeing yarn and another picture of shawl

This is my first try at yarn dyeing, I did it in the microwave. I will be using this to knit a thank you gift for a coworker who gifted us a bottle of wine for valentines day. Her favorite color is green she will have a custom job. Ok first I wrapped the yarn into a skien, put it into a pyrex with vinager and water. I've heard you should let it soak first before adding dye, I used food coloring. I squished it down and let it sit 5min maybe, then I added a green and blue mix. It soaked in fast then I did drops of straight blue randomly. I covered it with plastic wrap and microwaved it for 5mins stop then 5min more, the second time the water was basicaly clear some blue tint not much. the last time 5min and it began to boil, but it did not felt. I squeezed out the water and rinsed it ,color fast baby. It was so cool I will be doing this again soon!

Shawl in progress

Today I realized for real that I will most certainly run out of hand spun. I love this pattern it's from Ravelry its Lala's simple shawl an is my first shawl. It is really easy to memorize and its super fun. I wanted it to be warm and it will be it is all wool the black is baby alpaca. I am hooked on spinning, this weekend we will attempt to turn my quill wheel into a flyer and bobbin wheel it will be an ordeal but my hubby is very handy. Anywho I love this knitting with my own hand spun yarn. Does that make me a yarn snob? I will finish up my yarn and begin spinning more yarn on Monday have to make a run to my LYS.

Here is a look at the pattern its hard to see.