2am listings and whatnot

I'm very, very sleepy. I say this after finally putting up some of my handspun on Etsy (if you want to check it out, search for mustardseed11 under sellers). This process seemed to take forever, but I guess that since I've finally jumped the hurtle, all is well. Subsiquently, each item after the first was easy. I'm still trying to work out how to determine pricing, but I guess I'll figure it out through trial and error. I think my plan right now is to just spin until my fingers are worn through. I need a large amount of stock and so that means spinning, spinning, spinning! I also plan to sell handwoven goods at some point, but that will occur later in the summer.

Speaking of weaving and summer, I'm going to learn tapestry weaving! I've been looking over 2 books I happened upon, in hopes of understanding some of the techniques, which has caused more than a few "A-ha!" moments. I also plan to create a collapse weave project and a rug. A project for each month of summer sounds perfect. If I work hard, I may try for more, but I'm not going to push it.

Well, I'm off to cook some breakfast.... until later!

Buffy the Worm Slayer!

Well, it has been a blast being sick, but I think I'm ready to leave the party. As of late, I've been surviving off of tea, pancakes, Buffy and Xena. Yeah, you read that correctly. I finished DS9 and had nothing else to turn to... Don't judge me too harshly!

Anyway, I haven't done much work in my garden as of late with all the deceptive sunny days leading into frosty nights of doom for seedlings. I'm watching my little ones break through the soil of their little paper pots and attempt to reach the light. How vigorous and single-minded they are! Tomatoes, eggplant, and artichokes all clamoring to reach the "sun". Soon enough there will be an entire slew of little plantlets to put out in the soil and encourage...

As for fiber arts, I'm pulling everything together for my Independent Learning Contract this spring. I'll be doing some serious spinning, dyeing and even learn how to weave! How awesome is that?? My father is so excited he is willing to pitch in for a drum carder and even a loom!!! That is, after I've gotten around to learning how to weave..... Thank goodness the college seems to have an ample supply of looms at their disposal. Poor things need homes and fingers to work their threads; instead they mostly seem to sit around collecting dust. I'll be posting more as things progress and will actually have a second blog chronicling everything I learn and cover next quarter.