Blue Mountain Handcrafts

May 18, 2010

I've Lost My Mind....Again

Last Saturday the kids and I went to the flea market. No, Eric didn't go....he handed me cash and said to have fun. Silly man, he should know better. Guess what the kids and I found at the flea market. An Angora bunny. Guess what the kids and I brought home. Yep, that super cute fluffy Angora bunny. It's Eric's fault because he wasn't there to stop me from buying it. Eric is a big softie for bunnies so he wasn't upset...there was a little eye rolling but he thinks it will be interesting at the very least. We've named the bunny Beauford. Yep, it was the goofiest name we could think of and it suits him. Oh, the bunny is a 10 month old male. The kids absolutely adore the bunny, the cats don't know what to think, and George just hopes he doesn't eat all the dandelion greens and strawberries. Oh! I also got a pic of a rare and beautiful yellow Lady's Slipper in bloom in the woods near our house...it's beautiful!!! Kind of the same old thing going on here....sewing, carding, washing fleece, making tools blah blah blah blah, you get the idea. I volunteered to head up a knitting group at the local library....I know, another sign I've lost my mind. My thinking is it's really hard to lose something you were never in possession of anyway. We'll see how it goes.

 

Oh! Katie and I finally framed my extra copies of Interweave Crochet over the weekend!

 

 

 

 May 13, 2010

BMH Flower Fairy Spin A Long!!!!

I just got my first themed spin a long up in the shop!!! The theme is Flower Fairies with 6 different color batts to choose from and there's a wonderful prize to be had if you participate in the spin a long!! Go check it out!

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May 6, 2010

BMH Wool Combing Videos!!

I've been really busy with Eric making videos and we've finally gotten up 7 videos on using the Fiber Tools.....still need to do a few more for the blending hackle. They're posted on YouTube...our channel is bluemtnhandcrafts and on the website on the new Videos page. Check 'em out and let me know what you think and if there is something in particular you would like to see done with the tools.

 

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Visiting a Farm!

Today Eric and I loaded up the kids and took a road trip to visit a farm that has some lovely sheep, lots of friendly dogs, and a guardian llama. It was lots of fun meeting the nice couple that owned the farm and the spot they had was gorgeous! Katie fell in love with one of the dogs and would have brought it home if she thought she could sneak it by all the adults. Both kids loved seeing the new lambs AND we got to see two twin lambs that were born 2 hours before we got there. They were so small and soooo CUTE!!! All of the sheep were very friendly and loved the graham cracker treats Geri gave them.........she said it was something they don't get often but boy do they love them!! The miniature dog (it looks like a toy!) loved them too;) After our tour of the farm and seeing all the ewes, lambs, and rams I got to go shopping in Geri's fleece room. Talk about a kid in a candy store! Shelves of fleece in bags stacked almost to the ceiling. Honestly, it was really hard to decide which ones to take......I hate being on a budget........but I came home with 4 gorgeous fleeces and a total of 24.4 lbs. I've got alot of washing to do when we get some good sunny warm weather.......it's rainy and foggy this weekend. Here are some pics (yes, I remembered the camera) I took while I was there...........

 

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Chasing My Tail....

Cripes it's been over a week since I last posted! There is so much going on and so much to do I'm a little overwhelmed and I feel like I'm chasing my tail.......getting nowhere really fast. I know I'm getting some stuff done but, well, it's not up to what I feel like I need to get done. I think I'm going to have to take some advice from Dennis Leary "Drop some of your needs!". Until they can clone people I've got to try and remember I'm one person with only 2 hands. Briefly, (right) here's what's going on  on the mountain:

*I'm sewing.........alot. It feels like alot but I only have 3 Caddy Sax and 3 little buddy bags to show for it. My shoulder says it's alot too.

* Eric finished one set of the new small hand combs that can work as a mini comb and hackle set. You can't get a really smooth combed top from it (there will still be nepps) but they are really neat and fun to use.

*My Virginia Bluebells, daffodils, bloodroot, and sundry other mountain wildflowers are blooming....finally. The deer haven't eaten them yet which is a miracle in itself.

*The kids got their report cards today. Katie did the usual......all A's and B's and 1 C.....math kicks her in the butt every time. Alex, my teenager bless his heart, is all over the board with grades. This aggrevates the hell out of me. He is super smart..........no kidding, REALLY smart...he gets this from Eric whose IQ is phenomenal. Alex just decides he doesn't feel like doing class work so he doesn't. He gets great grades on his tests and his teachers say they know that he knows the material, he just won't do the class work. They wonder why I drink.

*I need to dye about 6lbs worth of fiber for a special thing I'm doing in the shop in May........this is a big project I'm hoping to pull off in May and it's kind of freaking me out. Can I do it? Will it work? Should someone just shoot me now?

*Mailwise, it's been a great week!! I got a huge box of fabric from a Ravelry friend whom I swapped some handspun yarn for. I got some gorgeous spinning fiber and my 5lbs of firestar finally showed up today. I'll be dyeing this weekend!!

Oh! I did some new ads for Ravelry for May. Here's one of them!

April 1, 2010

We are running this special in our shop for the month of April to celebrate our 1 year anniversary!!

Monday, March 29, 2010

Interweave Crochet Spring 2010 Finally Showed Up!!!

Had to share!! I'm so excited!!!  Crud, I guess this means I really better start sewing

 some bags for the etsy shop ;)