Left – old band style label; Right – new tag style label My new labels will make their debut at Guild. This has been a goal of mine for ages. I hate, hate, hate the band style labels that I was using. They were big, bulky and fell off constantly – particularly on the yarn, [...]
Time to distract you with the pretty again. No pictures this time, however, rest assured that the pretty is on its way. I just placed an order from Knitspot – there’s 14 different patterns coming, about half of which are new. Some of my favorite new ones? Carcia, Maple Wing and the Spiralucious Mitts. Mmmm, [...]
I think its finally time to share what’s had me in such a tailspin recently. I’ve indicated that I’m under a lot of stress and have a lot going on. Everett and I are divorcing. I can’t quite put words to what a difficult time this is for me. I’ve debated about when and how [...]
A little bit more of what’s to come. The rovings are alpaca/merino/silk and the yarn is Painted Sock Too – all dyed up on Saturday. I now only have to dye some Lambie and some Shimmer and I’m done for the next Guild meeting and shop update – finally! And now that I have my [...]
I don’t know where to begin this post. Its the blog post that I have been waiting to write and at times, writing in my head, for close to 21 months. Today is a big day here at The Painted Sheep. I suppose I should start by sharing the news: “The Painted Sheep” and the [...]
Virtually no knitting or crocheting this week. Life interfered. I managed a couple of rows on the shawl at SnB last week, up until the wine kicked in. Since then, nothing. Few rows on the Malabrigo sock too. Hoping that I’ll sneak in a couple of rows this morning or tonight at SnB. What I [...]
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