Creating yarn is a wonderful thing

My latest spinning goodness is featured above. The roving was from my dear friend Theresa over at CCFibers, and is lovely faulkland wool. Next step is to ply this, and figure out what to make out of it! I loe the colors so much - they remind me of a tropical oasis!

In this basket of goodies, you will find roving from another lovely friend, theurchiness. I finished this handspun just before leaving Corning, and the middle roving, called "Sean" - is my newest fiber. I can't wait to spin it up! Ah, the ideas I have! Perhaps this will be spun on the Ashford Traddy!

Creating yarn IS a wonderful thing. Other wonderful things worth celebrating on this hump day are:

* Rain in Las Vegas
* A sweet grapefruit
* Chihuahua kisses
* Connecting with people who love you
* Volunteering so that children can have safe drinking water.

I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday.

Spinning replaces TV

Since moving to Las Vegas, the hubs and I have been job hunting... and since we are pretty much 'starting over,' we really don't have the funds for xtras. One of these xtras is cable. I've been cable free since the holidays, and I really haven't missed it much. It's actually giving me a lot of time to do some spinning.

A good friend of mine gave me some lovely roving before our cross country drive and I have been working on it everyday. I am almost done with it, and I must say that it looks quite smashing. I will be sure to post pics when I can get new batteries for the point and shoot. My Nikon is packed somewhere, and I need to find it!

I find that the absense of TV has made me more productive. I never realized how much time I wasted in front of the boob tube. In addition to spinning, I've been able to focus in on all the other tasks that I have. All in all, ditching cable has been fine!

Now it's time to do more spinning.

Settling in...

We arrived in Las Vegas on January 1st. What a great way to begin the New Year. Our drive cross country was fun, mostly the part from New Mexico on, and we arrived safely and soundly.

We have started to unpack and make the transition to live as Las Vegans, including the 4 hours we spent at the DMV changing over our driver's licenses.

Ah, to be in a city again. So vibrant and fresh. The weather here is pure delight. I have picked up my knitting, working on my double zig zag lace scarf. Once my car arrives, I will explore the yarn shops, as there are 4 that I know of.

On the way here, I became inspired by the colors of the desert, and will be developing a new line of yarns soon. So many projects!

My road to happiness is paved with 5 cent video poker machines, and a cotton candy sunset. And I promise to say hello to Elvis when I see him.