Black Sheep Gathering -2 Spinners Lead

******This post is still being edited its late and my roo needs to be put away so if the pictures are off I am still Working on this.. thanks*** 10:31 PM... 24 of June.


BSG- Spinner Lead II

After a nice dinner we went to Spinner lead. We saw a group of people sorting a fleece

Here starts a plethora of interesting people with their animals…


Also Trish our lovely announcer from Tanglewood fibers.

Our Friend Marie Paul who is a member of CARS ( California Angora Rabbit Society).









Aww the worlds cutest little kid





Lovely knit top




Beautiful Needle Felted Vest



A sheep herders necklase and purse made of interesting parts of the sheep

Black Sheep Gathering - 1

So Black Sheep Gathering.

We Left Humboldt at 4Am….

We were trying to get there in time as our friends from southern California were showing at the CAGBA ( colored Angora Goat Breeders Association) national show.

The ride there was lovely as we saw sheep along the way

We got to the show and saw Allen from Eureka Mohair

This picture by mom

cute little bottle baby….



More of the Goat Show


hey thats Marie Paul!



Marie Knitting on her Shawl for Spinners Lead later that night!



Berets also made by Marie

Then some sheep…

Then mom and I decided to go look at fleece from the fleece show… Big mistake… Giant mistake…

WE looked at fleeces. There were a lot of awesome ones., but most of them weren’t for sale.

We decided on two Icelandic and walked outside where there was 35 or so people waiting…To get in and buy the fleeces, I had not bought one here, at most places I have been it is different. Someone mentioned those crazy bride dress sales, because this year there was only a third the number of fleeces there were last year.

There were twice as many behind us. I asked mom if she would bail me out of jail for smaking down a 50 year old lady for a fleece.

We got our fleeces…

We then went to the hotel and took the silkworms out of the box.

We then had dinner moms and mine.

MY HAIR

Hmmm. well... Ok

We founds some Mulberry leafs. But still if you live in Humboldt and have some please let me know...


Silk moth goodness....









Lots and lots of chicken time....



Some of my eggs that look hmm some not so Maran like yet.






Also took out the giant plants that look like a pot bush and had to use a skill saw to cut them down.

WW Knit in Public Day at the North Coast Knittery in Eureka

So... For all of you that don't know 12th of June was knit in Public day...

I went to the Northcoast knittery in lovely downtown Eureka, which was one of the places that Humboldt County knitters met up for Knit in Public day.

There was a plethora of food and drink all day


every hour there was a drawing for prizes very generous prizes...


at 11 we went on a Horse drawn carraige ride through down town Eureka,


Harry the president of the Spinning guild.


Sara, myself and betty?

in these videos we talked about knitting Ravelry, Harry shouted out it was WW knit in Public day. I was trying to explain about silk and realised watching the video I sound like a mouse on some drug and didn't know my voice sounded that way....

Sorry my editing isn't letting me put the actual Video in it right now so youll have to settle for the link

Video 1
Video 2
Video 3

All and all it was a great day for knitting in Downtown Eureka.


When we got back I won one of the drawings for this and that

Oh more you know it is more...

So some things have happened. Since the last posting

I found a dead rat in the yard. My mom also foudn a Vole.... I hope none of my neighbors are using posion.



My chickens I thought had herpes but it turned out to a mild beak injury.


So I fed them some Yogurt and they loved it.




Sara and I had Vietmanese Food.



Mom came on Friday and brought up 1000 Silk worms.
Yeah that was 1000 Silk Worms....




750 are in their final instar and sbout to spin.... but are not... it is cold in Humboldt so we are trying to keep them warm

The other 250 are small and I have some chow... but they don't like it and .... so if you live in Humboldt County and have a Fruiting Mulberry or whie Mulberry tree and you have leaves please contact me ASAP. Or if your going to Black Sheep Gathering...

I had for breakfast my eggs in a basket ...



My car locked while the doors were open while I was at Accident Gallery Working. Phyllis and Matthew were nice enough to put me in my car and tape all the doors shut.

AH! I m still here, barely.

So been MIA For a while I know.

I had gotten this Chicken from Orick ( click here to read about it). She was at Sherri house. Well the other chickens didn't like her ( sherries or mine), they tried to kill her, and I think she might have been a bit inbred because she sat there and just let them peck her to death and her mouth gapped open. I had tired everything I could so I wouldn't have to get rid of her, she wasn't laying any eggs after over a month and none of the other chickens liked her. I really wanted to paint and draw her but it looked like it wasn't going to work out. I had to take her back up to Orick.SO good bye to my little Fluffy Chicken.

Next item My Socks.I handspun my sock yarn, three ply and I am using 00 for the needles. I ribbed the whole first one, then decided maybe I have been making socks the wrong way. So I started to rib then went to Stockinette..... Hmmm...

Heel Yarn:



Can't Decide if you have any ideas let me know.

Computer: Still being crap I need to have a Dell service person come out....

Rat: Caught one in the Shed, I flung it in the yard of a neighbor it looked more like a rural field then my shed.


Arts Alive: I totally flaked pictures... Here is guild member Weaving



Eggs: Tasty but not quite as good as I was hoping for in Color

Chickens: Charming as usual. I love the Roo he is so Wonderful

Hat: Sherri gave me this hat in trade for one of my Ceramic Chickens.