Waiting and Impending Birthday

okay, still patiently waiting for my new shipment of fiber to get in. I cannot wait to try out the new merino bamboo blend. It'll be my first time dyeing up bamboo so we'll see how it goes. (I just realized I might have already said something about that....but oh well.) I think that I'm going to try doing a few solids with this next shipment since I'm going to have more yarn than I've ever had (present stash not included)

I changed my mind and decided to have a birthday party this year. It's going to be an exclusive event with only the hippest of kids invited (ugh! snob!!!). Okay, seriously, I'm just going to invite the people who I know won't cause any drama, who won't put jelly in my bra, who won't sleep with my boyfriend, who won't take advantage of me drunk, (seriously, I've had four break ups over the course of all my birthdays and all within a week or so of the date in my 8 years of dating-past 8 with hubs doesn't count-...I don't know anyone else who's had worse luck) who will not let idiots around me, and most importantly, know that cheese whiz is, by the loosest of terms, a food product and not a hair care product. So, there should be me, and me at my party. Seriously, am I freaking out over something supposed or should I pay attention to the signs that say "DON'T HAVE A PARTY!" Speak up people, please. This is seriously freaking me out.

Holy Carp, where'd my stock go?

Wow! I just sold half my stock in two days, thank you so much to all my customers!! You are awesome! I also sold my all my dyed yarns from my first cone to my wonderful mom. I really wanted to list them, but how can you say no to mom? As soon as I'm able to order in my new cones, I'm going to re dye all but one of the colors from the photos.

The colors from left to right are, Gold Fish, Inferno, Clarine, Sparks, Cenote, Black Light, Oz, Borealis, and Burned. I'm not going to do Sparks again as it didn't have the look I was aiming for, maybe it'll have the same name, but not the same look.

That's all that I wanted to update for today! Thanks again to all my wonderful customers!!!

Fber greatness, slowing down, budding virtuoso

If only it wan't absolutely horrible outside right now! I could show you the new fibery yums. I did a couple renditions of older, popular favorites like black light and a new Oz, full skein and in the new yarn blend. I've also made up some new ones, one I call Goldfish, Forest of Trees (it's still a name in progress, it reminds me of being in the middle of a forest looking up through the canopy and seeing the sky...a little), and how about an Inferno? I can't wait for everyone to see them!!

Things are finally slowing down around the crazy house. We have one more sort of biggish event and then the next big thing after that is my birthday- which I don't do. I don't mind the getting older and yummy birthday cake (mmm...cake.....) I mind the curse on it that means something big has to happen so I intentionally keep big things from happening.

And yes, I've got a budding virtuoso, Goose, the fantastic dyer at the age of four. He came up with a wild colorway which I'll put up later for a vote if I should repeat and sell.

First Cone, Projects, Franken Winder

I got my first cone of yarn the other day...yay! It is so huge! It really makes me feel like I'm 'doing business' and not just playing around. I hope to look back on this day as a reminder of where it all started in that some people's mountains are other's molehills but they're all important.

Finally updated some stuff on the blog, I've been working on a Central Park Hoodie for myself. I had gotten a gift card to Yarns Ewenique in Fort Worth for Christmas and I splurged on a whole bunch of Sublime cashmere, silk, superfine merino yarn in this yummy drunken wine color. It is so rich and ultra soft. I had to do some converting of the pattern as the sublime isn't the right guage. Let's just pray it comes out okay!

Yes, the franken winder is nearly complete. That's all that I"m going to say at this time. We're about to enter into the testing phase, which will be interesting. Will post something official soon. In the mean time, if you scroll all the way down to the bottom, you can see a video of it in it's more bare form and hubs and I acting goofy.

2007 Recount, resolutions, new stuff!

Wow! What a year 2007 was. I typically come up with one word to describe each year after it's passed and I'd call this last one, reborn. So many things in my life seem to be reinvented, or transformed or revealed because of new things. My business, Blue Hands Fibers started it's debute in 2007. I went to two countries I had never been to before, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, both beautiful countries respectively. I finally learned how to knit cables successfully. I made tons, literally tons of new friends who now that they're around, I can't imagine life without them. I still have to say that the company starting up is the most significant. Feeling like an orphan in the rest of the working world and still subscribing to that saying, "I'll figure out what I want to do when I grow up" was begining to get to me. Now, I don't have that anymore. I have grown up (shh, don't tell anyone it's a facade) ;)

New stuff! I've just found out that paypal is offering a widgit so that you can sell your items from anywhere! I'm still working on how it works out but now I might be able to offer exclusives from my blog so please check back soon!

Yes, I've made a new years resolution. (shame on me!!) Loose weight! The last time I worked retail, about a year and a half ago, I went from 150 pounds down to 130 in about six months. Well, now I've gained it half of it back! Argh!!! Yes, I'm admitting my real weight on here so I can feel shamed for allowing myself to let go and indulge in way more food than I need to eat. I'm going to do a small part of each post dedicated to my results, what I'm doing food wise, exercise wise and health wise to get back into fighting shape. My goal is to get down to 115 by swimsuit season. 25 pounds in about 6 months? That's less than four pounds a month, should be doable so we'll see how it goes!