Yarn (and Fiber) Pron Friday (ish)

Yes I know its saturday, but well a) yesterday my camera battery was deid and b) some of this didnt actually arrive til today!
It is a truly international YPF as well shall we start in Germany? Yes, well you should by now be aware of my quest for black opal uni, Opal comes from Germany thus one spoke nicely to the very lovely Susann who fixed it for me (ref...) to get some direct from opal (cos they are mean and dont ship to the UK) sooo seeing as i was getting black stuff might as well get more...
The black for my entrelac sockie and Regenbogen to do Mermaid socks
Mother also bought yarn (boy did she) but you'll have to visit her blog to see it cos well its hers
There is some disputed territory however as one of the things i ordered was unavailable so they send a free skein of Herbstmelodie (how nice are they) which as yet has not been claimed so it may show up on both blogs..
Pretty huh.
As well as shiny yarn goodness Susann also send me a German knitting mag and what she termed some "embarrasing" books so that i can practise my German again
Also in the package was some nice hazelnut brittle choccies, not pictured not because i have eaten then all but because i had put them away so i dont eat them all in a oner!

Shall now proceed westwards to stuff I've bought myself here... Bad me i know
Pink and goldish 4 ply to knit me some Anemoi mittens cos frankly they rock
And just for a wee whim
These cos they are redonkulously cute!!
We shall now proceed on our yarn tour to the US now this is where my geography lets me down but I'll try and proceed west in order...

First up my very own colourway!!
Bumblefee Sock yarn!! Hand dyed by the ever so talented and fabulous Artsygal and then bought from her shop. She had been chatting and asking for colour suggestions and i put forward this and here it is my very own yarn. Its yummy gonna knit me some v-special sockie with this i thinks altho mother did suggest i should just display it and pet it now and then...

Next my sweet swap parcel from Zanne who very kindly since she knows of my attempts to svelte sent other things than sweeties wheeeeSome smelly stuff which is num, 3 (there were 4 ho hum) little choccy mousey things, a big dod of fudge some laffy taffy and a tim with some yarn and a pattern and stuffing.
Shall we look more closely at the yarn?Some Pagonia Cotton, tis squidgable!!!

Last and by no means least some more custom dying just for meeeee. KnittingKitty has just started dying fiber and i saw one of her colourways that i liked but asked could it be in pink and thus here it isPink and Pewter BFL, I've heard BFL is easier to spin that merino so now i can find out. You can get some squicshy yarn of your own in her etsy store Dragonfibers

And thats it, I am now on a strict yarn diet so there might not be any for a while but well if you believe that...

Remember kids support your local knitty!!

Great Vegetable Experiment 07, Day 66

So much growing!!

Outside:

Drumroll please!
The garlic has finally reared its head, i had pretty much given up in, fickle thing that it is.

Potatoes are coming up like no ones business
I'm sure i have to bank (? ) them sometime tho i dunno when..
Onions

Also powering ahead

Some slightly iffy stick the camera under the fleece and hope for the best shots...

Peas growing and doing there thang
Broccoli, cabbage and cauliflowers getting big too


next
Carrots in the barrel growing nicely
Lastly outside a new addition, some bean plants, they went in on friday built them a wigwam of canes then on Sunday gale force winds decimated them somewhat:
Thus we shall wait and see...

Inside:

Courgettes are growing a few wee buds starting
Pepper, also showing wee buds so should be planted out into the grow bag, maybe tonights taskTomatoes! Getting big and i think all the plants are flowering
The biggest on the right is about as tall as me (I'm 5'8)
And most excitingly(is that a word?)
Tomatoes!! Actual tomatoes about marble sized, i think i have 4 in all these 2 a smaller one and a totty wee one.

Lastly some new additions indoor, not techincally vegetables but still crops:
In the big pot cotton and in the wee one flax

Can you see where i am going with this??

Mapleious!!

Gerrad came! Gerrad came!! And boy did he bring some fabby treats!!
Look at all this haul:
Time for the close ups! Now as my fabbtastic SP was Highlanddancemom03 and from Canadia there was a maple theme to the old parcel
First up:A maple leaf pancake mould and a pancake recipe.
And whats a panacake without...
Maple Syrup, geeenyoooine Canadian too,
And to enjoy with it maple hot chocolate sounds yummy to me!
Next up
Maple leaf soap spiffy
And now the yarny goodness, it is Friday after all!
Sock yarn called Scheepjes (best yarn name ever) and a Maple Sugar sock pattern woohoo
Gedifra kid mohair, fully snorgled by both my parents!
Some v-pretty stich markers!
And lastly...
Root beer jelly bellys!!! Thus ensuring my life long and undying love!!!

Thank You Highlanddancemom03!!!

So how many of you can say you have a yarn?

Thats right i have a yarn named after me and based on me :)

Theres only 1 skein remaining tho so get over to Artsy's shop and snap it up!

You can also check out the yummy lace weight she's got too

Great Vegetable Experiment 07, day 54

Tomatoes are getting huge
one plant is in flower!

wee yellow chappies

Courgette has gone into its grow bag pepper is growing


Outside things are progressing too, Onions are coming up like the clapers

Potatoes have finally started growing:and close up
Planted out some of my seeds too
Peas, Broccolli, Cabbage and Cauliflowers

But since this is Scotland and its cold
We built them little fleecy tunnels, very proffesional looking methinks!!

Yarn Pron Friday and then some

Yarn yarn yarn i love yarn!!

First opal to go with the acidental brown from last week to make entrelac sockiesThey do look rather spiffy together so they do.

Next i would like to nominate this for the most snorgletastic yarn ever, Blue Skys Alpaca, Alpaca Silk in Ruby to knit a birthday pressieIts come out quite pink, its far reder than that in reality, again its yummy

Non Yarn pron:

The teeniest circular needle in the World (maybe)Its a 12" 2mm and its very cute, i wanna start knitting with it now!!! Sockies!

Next a parcel from SueDominitrix, been eyeing it up for a while, when she said it was being sold i raised my grubby paw and a CD of sensational alex harvey band for meeee.

Progress!!

I hope you have all been keeping tabs on my cycling! if you look to your left you will see i am at 10%!! oki so its not a great amount but its a start, i think tho if i aim to get back i will need to start uping my daily mileage!!

I like memes

Here it’s a meme I picked up from Sade. It goes like this: Leave a comment and I’ll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you like starting with that letter. Post them in your journal and give out new letters to your commenters in turn. NO TAGBACKS ALLOWED, unless a commenter specifically requests to be given a letter.

Sade gave me the letter E. Lets see about ten things I like that start with the letter E!

1. Elephants
2. Earrings
3. Ebay
4. Emerald Green
5.Egyptology
6. Empire Biscuits
7. Edinburgh
8.Eight Days a Week
9.Eating
10. Ecclefechan (never been but its a great name)

Oki that was damned hard.

While studying....

I came across this in my notes it amuses me.
That may be geneticist humor thus making me sad...

Yarn Pron Friday!

Yarney goodness, seeing as how it is p-hi-hiddling it down outside i had to do indoor yarn pron, still managed to get natural light so all good.

First off some yummy Lorna's Laces Shepard Sock in daffodil that i got from Sobe, who is having a bit of a destashThis is gonna be a clapotis eventually, yep there is go with the bandwagoning but i am definately behind the trend on this one, but hey, its something i have wanted to do since i started knitting so...

Next some opal, now i kinda fell foul of internet incorrect colour representation on this one, i ordered what i thot was black and pink i got this:
Yes its brown, its turning out that black opal uni i rather hard to come by, may need to call in a favour or 2. Either way i aim to make black and pink and now brown and turquoise entralac sockies with this stuff.

Thats it for this week, woulda had more but its on back order so will have to wait for another time!

Great Vegetable Experiment 07, Day 41

Progress:
Peppers and courgette growing nicely
Tomatoes still raging ahead, tho a wee bitty yellow?
Seeds growingNot much happening on the veggie patch itself, taters still not made an appearance nor the garlic, however:
Onions are shooting up (honest, I know its not overly obvious from the picture)

New developments:Planted more carrot seeds in a half barrelPeas planted out into tubes and given straws for support.