Sidetracked!

I actually planned on putting the Ray of Hope spindles up in the shop today, but I got sidetracked. I am working on getting a Schacht Mighty Wolf loom. One of the things I am doing for the seller is getting a t-shirt quilt pieced and tied for her.
Now, before I go much further, I promise the spindles will be going into the shop on Weds, as tomorrow I have a full day of errands and a Guild meeting.
The t-shirt quilt is neat, but I am glad it is ready now to be tied. I hope to have it tied when I am away at some engagements tomorrow. At least that is my plan. While its a neat idea, the fact of the matter is, t-shirt material stretches. It stretches badly. It really need to be stabilized, and while all of the pieces had been, it still was horrible to sew.
Needless to say, I would have rather have spent the day painting spindles, knitting or just working on something else.
At one point I even vacuumed some, but I knew I needed to get this monkey off my back.

So, after I get done doing the stuff tomorrow, I will be back to making more spindles.

I do encourage you all to stop by ArtFire.com and look around. The place is amazing and the items up for grabs are so cool. Seriously. If I had a bailout I would be buying like nothing else.

Stay tuned!
And don't forget to Buy Handmade!

Happy Easter

Just a quick pop in to say Happy Easter!

May the hope and promise of spring continue to bring good things to all.

Ray of Hope Rose Spindle

As promised I have been trying to get better at updating the shop and letting you know about the new spindles coming soon.

Today I added 5 more spindles to the Shop. Hope you enjoy looking at them.

I wanted to show you a preview of a special spindle that will be going up soon. I am calling it "The Ray of Hope Rose" spindle. Part of the price of these spindles will be going to Relay for Life to help with Cancer research.

Top of whorl (hook not shown)

Each of the spindles will be numbered and will be limited to being made for only one year.

Side view of shaft and whorl.

Side view of whorlKeep an eye on the shop, these will be listing soon!

And the WINNER is.....

Wow, this was a hard decision to make.
All of the names are so wonderful and original.

After thinking about it and really struggling with it the winner is - EvenRose by Loribird!

I am contacting her today and will be getting her spindle in the mail as soon as I get a snail mail addy.

Thank you all for participating in the contest.
The EvenRose spindle along with the others will hopefully be in the artfire shop today.

Have a great Day!

Technology? shudder

Technology has always been something that I have not warmed up to. It scares me in a weird way, since it seems so complicated. Uncomplicated items are more my style.
Things that do not require electricity, like the spinning wheels, drop spindle, knitting, hand sewing, are more in line with the lifestyle here. Maybe it is due to not having much exposure to them when in school, as only a few students in my class were even given an opportunity to take any computer classes. But mostly it is due to being afraid I could not wrap my head around the information needed to understand it all.
The whole learning a new language thing scared me. What the heck is HTML, and code? I had no idea, but looking back to my attempt to learn German in high school, I was pretty sure I would not understand it much. (To my defense, I can still recite the phrase that Herr Healy drummed into our heads. "Arbeit Macht Dass Leben Zus" )
When I went to college, no one I knew had a computer in the dorm rooms, we used electric typewriters. The ones with the digital screen that you could erase the last so many letters were really neat.
A few weeks ago I started an Artfire shop. One of the great things is the support in the forums. Reading through those I had many "AH-HA!" moments. Realization also hit home that the shop needed to get more of a voice on the web. Not being one to jump on a band wagon right away, this old fashioned gal had never even visited twitter or facebook.
Now that is not to say I don't chat online, I do. Constantly.
I am on Plurk and AIM almost all day. Just ask my family lol.
So after taking several deep breaths, I finally took the plunge and joined Facebook (Shell Auker), and after a few hesitations Twitter(Rosegardenfiber) too.
So, if you are on either, please say hi.
Today will be spent on the spindles, spinning, and some knitting. I will hopefully have new pictures and items up on the shop this week. If I don't, please feel free to let me know on any of the spots above!

New Spindles on the way! Contest!

I spent some of this past weekend working on new spindles for the shop, I have a few almost ready to go... Some of them are more of current designs, but the purple one is a new design.
I am still trying to decide on a name for it.
Any ideas?


Leave a comment if you have an idea for a name, If I chose your idea, you will win one of them! So make sure to leave your info so I can contact you.

New Start

I have been very bad about posting here, but will be trying to do more from now on.
Please keep checking back as I will be posting more.

Welcome!

hello and welcome, I am a handspinner who love to make yarns and use them too- I am wishing to make some of the handspun availible for others - if you see something you like- please email me and we can discuss the possibilities of the purchase. At times I may place items up for sale here- prices will be listed with items.-- Enjoy the stay and pics! Blessings! Shell