Road signs to make you laugh!!!

I want one of these for my barn LOL
Wonder inf anybody would get the hint though.....probably not. I HATE going to shows where people tell their kids "poke your figer through the cage honey and pet the nice bunny" -things poekd through the cage are generally food in the rabbits mind.

Sigh one of those little things that tick me off.

HUGs all
Kim
out to feed the killer beasts

Spinning some spring sunshine

So to celebrate spring I'm spinning some of Maggies lovely sunshine inspired Mother Fiber -I'm hoping it will hold me till Maryland and her new rovings there :) Just being able to handle all the stunning raw fleece on Saturday was enough to get me in the spinning mood again ;) I'm thinking a shawl with all the colours swirling together in a spring celebration.

Happy Birthday Princess Pudding

Is she not stunning?  My baby girl turns 8 today. I feel so old.......no no I don't :) I'm so happy and proud of her -she's growing up so fast and I'm going to grab hold of every moment I can with her.
Happy Birthday Lindsay!!!! You are one in a trillion and you are definetely my daughter LOL

More dyework on the go

Jared has started his March break dyeing extravaganza :) Here's the first batches drying in the bathroom.
More to come!

A great way to buy local

Daryl and I love fresh farm produce -our little garden does produce quite a bit but there are so many other great tastes out there :) We looked around and decided to buy a "Farm share" so we get fresh veggies and eggs delivered all summer long. Here's the link to the group we joined! AWESOME!!!

http://rootradicalrows.com/index.html

Can taste the summer freshness now mmmmmmmm

The new fibre-mobile :)

Well our beloved Volvo breathed her last. It had almost 400K on the odometer so it didn't owe us a dime.
Daryl the wonderful mechanic he is tried his best but decided it was time to let her go. So we searched and found a new vehicle. A 1999 Dodge Dakota 4x4 extended cab.
Very sweet ride!
All we need is a cap to load fibre and bunnies into ;) Or better yet a farm so I can have sheep LOL.

One Skein done -one to go

So I'm working on a larger order of handspun 1500 yards of fingering weight of a lovely blend of wool/angora/mohair silk. One skien is spun and washed and I've started on the other. In between I'm getting some smaller spinning jobs done too :)
Good thing I have a couple of wheels to keep it all going!

Worth coming home for...

BABIES and not just any babies -beautiful French angora babies from Look at Me!!! Here's mama -shes a registered blue pearl doe stunning in her own right. Dad is an amazing broken black buck from Sue Needles. And here is the first picture of the eight yes eight simply wonderful babies -two brokens, a blue, two lilacs, two whites and a pearl I think.
Can you see the grin from here?

I left THIS to come back to Canada???

Sniff I miss the sunshine and the warmth - its so darn damp and cold tonight and they are calling for a foot of snow.
Welcome back to Canada!
Good thing I'm proud to be a Canadian :)
HUGS all

Disney World 2010

Here we are -all 19 of us :) My mom's wish came true -a family picture of all of us together in the most magical place on earth.
It was an awesome adventure and there are many more pictures still to come :) Once I figure out the darn cell phone camera that is LOL.

Lots of spinning going on

So somebody sent me a HUGE bag of blended fibres with a request to spin it for her laceweight. Here's the first bobbin almost full - I have NO idea the yardage but will let you know when it gets plied up. Keeps me busy on the countdown to Disneyworld!!!!
We leave Thursday morning for five fun filled days!!!!!

Blended fibres

Here's the merino and mohair all carded up :) And some merino-silk roving that was sitting here as well -it looked horrible as roving but I LOVE it all carded ;)

Look what Jared dyed for his mommy~!!

Mohair and merino dyed in the same pot -waiting mommy to get out the drum carder and blend this luxurious colourway. Unless somebody snatches it out of my hands of course.
8 ounces of mohair and 8 of soft merino -the colours are just not done justice in the pictures :)

Project done

So while recovering from the tooth surgery I decided to start spinning again found some lovely shetland Jared had overdyed -turquoise, chocolate and some greens and greys and did a lovely two ply yarn with it :) Anybody want to knit me some socks LOL.

Handspun Leftover Caps

Ever wonder what to do with all your leftover or small bits of handspun? Make leftover caps!!! Here's the latest two that I finished the red one is merino/silk with leftover of Blackberry cheesecake batt from Julianna the grey/blue one is mohair/silk sewing thread/ chestnut angora with natural grey shetland on top.
Am working on another one as I sit here recovering from dental surgery yesterday -full sedation is the way to go!!!! I am tolerating the pain with ibuprofen and ice. Swelling is not too bad and the pain is very low. Best of all I can eat -soft foods and have no nausea at all!!
HUGS all
KIm

Whats new around here

Okay I have dug my way out of the boxes of arrivals to update the blog.

Am currently working on the following things:
Sorting Fibre as well as bagging up Jareds latest dyed lots of corriedale
Dealing with two children - wonderful though they are they are high mainenance (yes Lindsay I'm talking about you heehee)
Cleaning rabbit cages
Dealing with Ragamuffin losing her only kit -he got stuck in the birth canal due to supersized head
Dealing with the wimpiest dog in the world -its snow it will not eat you!
Getting psyched up to go the dentist this coming Wednesday to have wisom teeth pulled (thank you lord for full sedation dentistry)
Waiting for three more litters to arrive
Planning a trip to Florida
And best of all working on Operation Billy

Which involves the cutest little red angora goat buck at Maggies Farm -http://bundaflicka.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-home-for-billy-goat.html

to be trasported by me and Daryl (worlds greatest hubby) to rendezvous with Julianna another stunning fibre artist and bunny friend for delivery. I am so looking forward to seeing him -dibs on the baby coat!!!!!! It screams SPIN ME!!!!!

So pretty much life as normal. How is your day going?
HUGS all
KIm

Okay maybe I have a fibre addiction.....

No sorry mind wandered for a minute we are not an addict we are in denial LOL -here is some of the dyed corriedale I'm now going to be sorting and bagging up -add it to the pile of Jared dyed roving (25lbs) 50lbs of still white corriedale and the BIG box of knitting needles to be sorted and well i'll be busy for a while........oh and whats this big box pushed over to the side merino and silk blends and more silk hankies.
Heeheee fibre fight!!!!

Bunny pictures at long last

Here they are almost two weeks old already -she's such a good mommy -look at the sIZE of htese four :) They are argent de'bruns so im very pleased with the dark chocolate colour on them -they'll silver out as they get older.
Here's also the promised pic of Raggamuffin -shes a broken opal I'm guessing by the lacing on the ears and eye circles -there is not much more colour on her to tell. Very sweet too. She eats like a pig though ;)

Amazing what you can get done when there are no kids around :)

Its not the best work I've ever seen but hey its done :) And its warm LOL.
And now weaving is done for a while so I can get back to spinning -ahhh spinning.
I can do that in between deliveries of fibre that is coming back from the mill just in time for Jared to dye.
Its all good.

Why do people get animals when thy have no intention of keeping them

Yesterday saw a new arrival to us here. A person(s) unknown dropped a mixed breed doe off on my doorstep in a box with a note that read "She's pregnant -due January 20th Thanks". Well one I wish the person had of called me to tell me she was coming -its too damn cold to leave an animal in a box on a doorstep, two why did they breed her if they were not going to be responsible for her and three what the heck??? I kept thinking of all the awful scenarios had we not found her in time.

Shes a very sweet little animal really, not sure what breed she is lionhead mixed with?? Spotted lots of white, very little colouring. We've called her "Ragamuffin" and she'll get a forever home after kindles and after I can see what sort of temperment she is. She desperately needs to be groomed but at this stage I want to be very careful if she is bred. She feels like she is on inital check. She did get a teeth and nail check yesterday -amazingly no malaclusion which is so common of pet store rabbits.

Welcome to the barn little girl! Picture sposted after she settles in. Right now she's happily munching hay and drinking warm water.