After I've selected & skirted a fleece, I usually wrap it up in the plastic drop cloth and store until I'm ready to wash. If there was a lot of VM that shook out, I will gather up the fleece into smaller bags and shake the VM off outside. Another thought about the VM -… Continue reading How I get the gross out of raw fleece
Category: Variegated
Posts that have to do with everything and nothing, but don’t pidgeonhole into one of the others well either.
How I buy all the fleeces!
It's no secret: I love wool. I love soft wool, I love toothy wool, I love the texture of wool, I love working with wool. Sometimes, I even love the smell of it. I love the feel of lanolin on my hands after rubbing on a sweet sheepy face. But, as we all know, sheep… Continue reading How I buy all the fleeces!
Improvisation
I was always crap at impov in college (music major here!). I had to learn to do it and I understood the concept of it. Nearly every time, I froze up or it was totally boring or I wasn't happy with what I did. I'm not gonna lie, fear of playing something completely awful dominated… Continue reading Improvisation
BRB, Dyeing…
A few years ago, a friend and I went on a mini-version of the I-75 yarn crawl. Part of the festivities were special discounts, sales and drawings to win things! I entered just because, and instantly forgot because I seem to rarely have good luck. About a week later, I received a phone call from one… Continue reading BRB, Dyeing…
BuJo Like No One’s Watching
Okay, my final thought on my bullet journal is this: BuJo like no one's watching.There are many artistically talented people who bullet journal. That is great. I love looking through the hashtag when I've got a few minutes of waiting to do (but not enough to pull out the knitting!).There are many people who post… Continue reading BuJo Like No One’s Watching
How I Bullet Journal
Going through the 'get started guide' from the official Bullet Journal people, I title my pages and number them just like they recommend. I know it sounds silly, but those numbered pages have been really helpful to me more than once already! I don't number the whole book at once though - I do 10-20… Continue reading How I Bullet Journal
Another Bullet Journal Convert
In the past, I had tried to be a journaler, which I abandoned when I went through a dry spell, got too busy or bored myself with 'more of the same' entries when I made myself write every day. I had a foray into being a Highly Effective Person complete with the planner than weighed more… Continue reading Another Bullet Journal Convert
Donita2018 – Sustain
My word for 2018 is 'sustain'. If you're thinking that 'sustain' and 'maintain' are very similar words, you'd be right. I like the direction we've both been moving and the direction things have taken for us (it's not without setbacks or disappointments, but you'll have that...). When I was looking for verbs that I could… Continue reading Donita2018 – Sustain
Donita2017 Reflection
My theme for 2017 was to "Maintain My Groovy Self". Maintaining what we've been working towards the last few years proved more challenging than we anticipated when I chose this focus. But I'm so glad that we did. Because we didn't have crazy ambitious goals and timelines in our minds, we were better able to… Continue reading Donita2017 Reflection
Donita2017 Q4 – The Home stretch
Well, it's time to shut 2017 down. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. I knit up a cowl for the hubs, to match a hat he made himself a few years ago. This was my first time knitting with Briar Rose Fibers yarn and this base was SO squishy and… Continue reading Donita2017 Q4 – The Home stretch
Donita Westman 