Handspun love

Have gotten a little tired lately hearing people say that art yarn isn't good or useful for knitting. What is a girl to do?  Knit a fun art yarn shawl of course!  Here is a sneak peek before the ends are woven in. 

A bulky cashgora corespun yarn plied with a polyester sequined thread. Oh, and it is a rainbow gradient yarn:). Thinking it should be another shawl!

Really into bulky lately!

Fred helped me pick a batt to spin the other day. Basically if chunk- muffin touches/loves on  the wool I can't sell it. Like to keep the fibers kitty free for allergy sufferers:)

Applebutter was jonesing for more horsey treats the other day. Looking forward to when the cold weather goes away! 

Applebutter Video

Video of Applebutter in her new paddock. This was after she calmed down a bit.

Musical Horses

It is a long, long story, but to shorten it a bit... The farm I was keeping Applebutter is closing;( I am so sorry for the owners and animals as it was a wonderful place to keep your animal. I have known this day was coming since late spring. I found a new place to keep her which is free, but much, much smaller. So today, we played musical horses...

Hitched up the trailer and Miss Applebutter loaded into the trailer easy as could be. She's always been very good about going into the trailer and behaving herself, so I was not too worried about too many shenanigans. Once we pulled out on the road, she threw one of her 'fits' and I had to pull over to check it out. I think that was the moment she realized she was leaving her friends. Everything looked fine, so we hit the road again.

About the only draw back to the move was the time it took place which was rush hour. This and the fact that the new 'Sam's Club' had opened on the 4 lane caused us to use back roads much to the dismay to commuters hoping to by-pass the hoards of cars heading to big savings on monster piles of stuff you think you want but really don't need. Lets just say that had a nice leisurely drive home that evening.

We managed to narrowly avoid a wreck as well! Folks, before I start ranting... There are speed limits on roads for a reason! So that you can get a visual... Imagine a two lane country road where one vehicle is patiently waiting to turn left across traffic when someone comes barreling down the road not paying enough attention and does not have enough time to properly react to prevent wrecking. I am just thanking the powers that be and my lucky stars that vehicle decided not to swerve into my lane while I was hauling an already unhappy horse. Instead, they went into the grass and hit a ditch. Luckily no one appeared to be hurt.

Half an hour later, we pulled into the drive of her new home. It is not quite as spacious as the old one, but I am planning to make up for that by spending much more time with her as she is now just a few minutes away.



She gradually slowed down after a while.


She was still very alert and aggrivated.


Coming over to say 'hi' before doing the 'i'm crazy run again'.