Long time, no blogging.  I often intend to make a quick entry, then spend so much time in these sticky webs of the world-wide variety, I tire myself!  Lately I've been trying to waste spend less time surfing, more time knitting.  Managed to get another shawl finished in this way (in addition to the one I didn't but meant to post about last month) . . .

 Pin by me, too.  Polymer clay.  Colorful "Simple Yet Effective" shawl I knit last month -- 

 There.  Quick entry.  Whew!

I've finally finished my little summer cardi, with just a bit of excitement as to whether the yarn would hold out. . . now I'm feeling very inspired to finish a whole lot of things!  We'll see how many sets of needles I can free of their bonds.

I'm loving it!

Strikes me as appropriate for the Tour de Fleece =)  So here's my entry for the past week, spindled in odd moments and chain plied.  Why can't I spell the other name for that ply this morning?  I think I may need the *big* coffee mug today. . .

A view from one of my habitual perches, too -- see the little black sheep on top of the TV?  Cute, no?  I heart that wee sheepie.  Big pile of yellow roving in the foreground, purchased from Imagiknit in Gaylord last Monday.  Oh, my little Suzy is in the shot, too, you can just see her bobbins.  I think I'll have to spend a little more time with Suz, a little less with the 'puter.  

This past Monday I had the pleasure of a drive around Northern Michigan with my folks. . . Gaylord's Imagiknit (lovely shop with a charming dog - and this from a confirmed cat lover ;-) and the Stonehedge Fiber Mill.  There were a few stops for antique shops & ice cream, but for me the yarn & fiber were the thing of course! 

It was right off the highway, and if you've ever been to a lake cottage, it had a definite lake feel to it.  They make the luscious "Shepherd's Wool" here!  Lovely merino yarn in gorgeous colors.  

Rustic beauty.  They have seventy some sheep of various breeds, I'm told, as well as goats, ducks & geese.  The owners started the Castle Farms Fiber Festival.  I've been once, and it was fabulous - not just for the vendors & such, but the pretty setting.  I'd say it's definitely worth the trip.

The farmyard - a naughty sheep who jumped the pen in the background, very saucily looking back at his shepherdess!