Clearing complete

So everything is cleared. We have also done some shaping as there were a few low spots. I think it turned out really nice. Now we will be planting nice trees (the ones we removed were really scrubby and mostly alder) and we will also fence the perimeter this year. My husband worked really hard on this running back and forth from his office to check on things and organizing what needed to be done. I think were both really happy with the way it turned out - and the weather has been very cooperative!










Oh ya, I've been knitting. I am working on samples for the BC Creative Expo in November. I will be able to post some pics this weekend.

I have added quite a few new yarns to our line up. We now have Austermann Step, Ecco Cashmere and new colors of malabrigo silky merino. The silky merino will be posted over the weekend.

The new yarns I have on order include:
Dream in Color
Avery Allison
Dyed in The Wool Handmade
several new colors of Malabrigo Lace and all colors of Malabrigo sock.

One new yarn that I haven't ordered (but I am going to order) is the Mission Falls Wool. I just received their wholesale package today and I am looking forward to putting that order together.

Have a great weekend everyone and I hope to start posting more regularly. with knitting content. :)

Week 1 of Construction

My DH and I bought 3 acres this past spring. We're now starting to clear and develop it so I thought I would show you pictures as we go.

Background - one side of the property backs onto the freeway. This made the place much more affordable for us but it is something we will have to deal with along the way. I would rather listen to some traffic noise that make huge payments, but that's just me.

Below: Most of the place was cleared but several small alders poked there way up again. The trees in the background are going to be taken out.

The picture below is day 1 of clearing. It was so exciting to finally see the work starting. The excavator will probably be 6 days clearing and raking. We then will be using a bulldozer to shape some of the areas. You can't tell in the photo but two sides of the place have rolling hills and some of the lows areas need shaping to keep water from collecting.

As more clearing happens it is easier to see the shape and we're even happier than before. The flat area (in the above photo) is where the house will be and the pasture has nice rolling hills. Perfect!

Since this is a knitting blog, I should include some knitting huh? Well, I don't have alot to share. I am making an order this week for some new yarns. I did re-order all the Malabrigo Sock but the supplier is sold out. I actually only received half the order in the first place. If I had received my whole order, I wouldn't have sold out so quickly. That's life I guess!!

Next week will be knitting related. I am working on some new things and will share them next week.



It's

Malabrigo Sock Yarn

We have the Malabrigo Sock Yarn in stock. It came in a couple weeks ago but I am just getting around to blogging about it now. Here are a few pictures: caribeno is on the left, in the middle from left to right is Stone Chat, Violeta Africana, Boticelli Red and Arcangel, the picture on the far right (from left to right) is ochre, turner and lettuce.

New Yarns Arrived

I received ALOT of new yarn. We just got in:

Ella Rae Classic - really nice 100% wool, great price and great for felting

More Malabrigo - need I say more?

Ranco sock leaflets

These.....

will be opened and posted asap. I will also be sending out a newsletter with sale items. I am going to be having a sale coming up in the next week.

New Yarns Coming

The store is currently in an expansion phase. I have been thinking and looking at yarn from everywhere. I am trying really hard have something for everyone. [I know what you're thinking here - you can't please everyone, I know that too, I get that life lesson all the time, but I insist on trying because if you throw enough mud, eventually some of it will stick].

Back to the yarn. I received Malabrigo Silky Merino and it is just as beautiful as you can imagine. Malabrigo has a nice variety of colors and there could be a variety of projects out of this yarn - fingerless gloves, sweaters, t-shirts, scarf, hat and pretty much anything else you want, except maybe socks.

The next shipment I am receiving will be from SWTC (South West Trading Company). I didn't know much about this company until I started doing research and they're grrrrreat. They have all these cool alternative fibre yarns (and lots of wool, silk). They are a family based company out of Arizona. Joe, one of the owners, couldn't be nicer.

We wanted to order lots of stuff from them but we need to expand slowly. So this is what we are getting:

SWTC:
Pure - 100% Soysilk, 50 gr. 8 great colors.

Vickie Howell Collection - Love - 70% Bamboo/30% Silk, 50 gr. This is soft, soft yarn. 11 colors.

There will also be patterns to support these yarns.

Lanaknits
allHemp6 yarn - 100% hemp
I haven't tried Hemp yet but I wanted an alternative to wool and Hemp seems to be a good source. Lanaknits also has several patterns to support the yarn.

I will also be ordering Noro Silk Garden Sock Yarn and ???? (not sure what else yet).

Louet
Riverstone - 100% wool.
This will be at a great price. It will be a nice sweater yarn or great for felting.

Gems - 100% superwash wool.
This is a very popular yarn and it is machine washable and dryable.

That's all for now. I hope everyone looks forward to the new yarns.

Understanding

It's Friday, sunny, a long weekend ahead and I have to admit that I am a bit bummed. I am bummed due to alot of things but this post is directly related to knitting and my online store. I wish I felt local support like the brick and morter stores get supported. I have plans of opening a brick and morter store one day but I wonder sometimes if I would get support.

Anyways, I am not going to keep going down that road. Nobody needs to hear me ramble on about this.

I finished the back of the Patagonia Cardy. I wasn't fond of the neck/shoulder shaping. I will probably change it when I get the front panels done and look at it again.

Most hand dyed yarns should be knit alternating skeins every few rows but in this case I did not do that and there is no pooling effect at all. I am really pleased with the color.

I hope everyone has a good long weekend.

Happy Mother's Day

I have always thought about my mom (not just on mother's day). It's a heck of alot of work being a mom. Even though I have always appreciated my mom, I understand more, now that I am a mom, how much work she did.

I would like to say to all mothers - Happy Mother's Day. Spend today accepting the love of your family.