Spinners

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Patti_is_knittinginflashes

Guess what?

OK, I’ll tell you.

I’m retiring on June 30.

Screen shot of the countdown calendar that I took this morning while eating breakfast:

Yup, only 90 more days to go.

Mr. Aitch and I have discussed this change in our lives and have come up with a very lucrative business to give us more income in our Golden Years.

We are in the process of setting up a silk spinning company. Using spiders to spin webs that we will harvest and turn into very strong and beautiful yarn.

During my Spring cleaning, I discovered several places that are full of these beautiful silken threads. I didn’t want to stop the silk production so I left the spiders where they were and just took the webs.

Now to clean, card, and spin my findings into beautiful yarn. Any spinners out there who want to help?

Redeemed

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Patti_is_knittinginflashes

I need to mention that I just got a new camera and am still getting used to it.

Remember last week when I mentioned that the one and only local yarn shop was going out of business? I went downtown on Saturday and redeemed my gift certificate.

Cascade 220 in Misty Lilac Heather and Shrimp. Another garter-stitch bag?

Or maybe one with these colors. Celery Heather and Smoke.

Cascade Fingering weight yarn Ember Heather (I bought the last one) and Walnut Heather for socks?

Lullaby, Sunburst Gold, French Clay, Snow, and Pepper Nature Spun Sport for knitted animals…

I had my eye on some other yarns so I’ll be checking back hoping for a bigger discount.

One of the sales people mentioned to another customer that someone is interested in buying the shop and wanted all the old inventory out so the new owner could stock whatever they wanted.