Between Battles

Head Games hat knitting war started on Wednesday. I was able to get the hat finished and in the mail today. That will give me a day to rest before Death by Socks start up on Monday. Both of my targets live in Georgia this time. Sometimes I get a twinge bit of guilt for knocking them off so quickly, but that quickly fades. I was actually giddy leaving the post office. Target #1 will be DOA by Monday at 3:00 pm or so I'm told. It took about 5 to 10 minutes to explain to the nice postal worker what a knitting war was. The easiest way is to say that it is Highlander for knitters. There can be only one. As I'm of the MacLeod clan, it should be me. Both Head Games and Death by Socks are far smaller than Sock wars, only about 30 in each group. It should be over quicker. I'm in it more for bragging right than anything else. One of the few things I overachieve on. I'll have to stop warring until fall when these are done. Sheep and embroidery season will be starting soon.

The farm where I claim sheep will be shearing the last weekend in February. If you are near Allegan, Michigan, you are welcome to come. Then I get to skirt or pick off the nasty bits off of 100ish fleeces to get ready for Fleece Event in April. There isn't much on their website yet. I'll be selling raw fleeces, roving, and hand spun yarn. Most of all the stuff will be natural colored Shetland. I'm getting spoiled. I only want to work with Shetland. Not to mention that there are 33 ewes due to lamb and I said I would help with the lambing.

As for embroidery, I'm working on my EGA Master Craftsman in Counted Thread and need to get the first step done. It is going to be a sampler with parts of Proverbs 31 on a virtious woman. I pilot stitch for the Posy Collection. She sells kits at historical and natural landmarks. The only one I really ended up not liking was the one for Crater Lake Lodge. Too much detail in a small space. She only uses 18 count Aida fabric. I'm getting to be embroidery snob. I prefer linen. She seems to send me kits to work on this time of year. I'm done stitching for Williamsburg, Jamestown, Mount Vernon, and the Grand Tetons.

Since it is a new year, I have made some resolutions.
1. Spin or felt what I the wool I currently have before the end of the year. Some say that this is impossible.
2. Lose weight. I've entered a weight management program at work. If nothing else it will help the insurance go down.
3. Clean the house.