tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69505082024-03-13T06:02:06.853-07:00Ancient Threads Spin & KnitAncient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-19178549196699049442014-06-06T06:16:00.001-07:002014-06-06T06:16:11.166-07:00Small World<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>It is a small world- I know I live near Smalbany, but this is outside that small world reference. In addition to being a knitter, I have become a runner. I think I can say that since I ran a half marathon last October, and finished the damn thing and have the medal to prove it. <br/>
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I filled out a survey some time ago for Another Mother Runner a podcasting, author duo about running, being a mom and making life fit together. I got an email last week from someone helping AMR write their book asking if I would like to talk to her about running and diabetes. <br/>
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While I didn't know it at the time, it was Adrienne Martini, from Sweater Quest, and she lives live an hour from me. It is really odd to talk to someone you know quite a lot about ( I read the book quite some time ago) and not realize it is them you are speaking too. She is also a runner. <br/>
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Not much knitting happening, having issues with shoulder pain and lack of motivation. Finished this most recently. Vortex shawl by Kristina McCurley knit out of gypsy girl gradations that I picked up at Rhinebeck in 2012 or so. <br/>
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This past year has been a doozy! I ran the half marathon on October and did as good as could be expected. I was about 1/2 an hour slower than I wanted, but training was interrupted due to chronic pain and illness. <br />
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I was diagnosed with endometrosis in September after a month of tests, painkillers, late nights and lots of doctors visits. It was a tough time, and things got tougher as we progressed through the Fall. There is no cure for endo, it is a painful, pervasive and terrible ordeal. I'm just thankful I didn't show symptoms until last Fall. The Fall and winter are really a blur for me, I don't think any of us realized how bad things were. I was just trying to manage the symptoms as best I could, and trying to keep everything together though a haze of chronic pain, and uncertainty. <br />
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I ended up having a complete hysterectomy in late March, and I am now completely recovered. The surgeon was shocked when during the surgery they realized I was in stage 4 endo, not the stage 1 or 2 they had been expecting. I was pretty asymptomatic for the years it took for things to get that far out of control. I'm surprised at how good I now feel 8 weeks post surgery, and how fast I healed. <br />
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Now to get back to running and training for the next race. <br />
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I got a job, a very good job just weeks after that last post, and I have been really enjoying the work (and the paychecks!). <br />
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The family is good, we bought a property last August and are working to rebuild and restore an older home. It is a lot of work, and is keeping everyone busy in the house. <br />
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Tim is still working on his PhD and we hope he will finish in about 18 months. <br />
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I started running just over a year ago and ran my first 5k on Fathers Day last year, I will run the <a href="http://www.freihofersrun.com/" target="_blank">Freihofers Womens 5k</a> on June 1 and I think it will be my 9th or 10th race? I'll figure out all of them someday, but we have been doing a lot of races. I signed up for the<a href="http://www.mohawkhudsonmarathon.com/" target="_blank"> Hudson Mohawk Half </a>in October and joined a running training program to get trained. Looking at the schedule, it is pretty daunting. So, I was thinking of using my blog as a way to track my progress outside of my nike run and talk about my runs. <br />
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Now that I can blog using my phone it shouldn't be too hard to keep things up to date. <br />
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Tuesday, May 14, run was 2.10 miles at the Crossings in Colonie. My time was pathetic at 37.19, 17.45 per mile. I walked quite a bit at the end, so that did throw off my splits. It was painful, not as painful as the Tuesday run I did with Jen that lasted 25 minutes, but it hurt. I'm hoping as training goes on, this hurting part goes away. I don't mean that the running itself is painful, it is hard to get going sometimes. Mentally I keep wanting to stop. <br />
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I was looking back at both phone at the Nike app and I ran 100.4 miles with the iphone and 63.10 with the android! 163.50 miles since I started keeping track. I think that sound impressive. Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-5787379993887548212011-05-04T07:17:00.000-07:002011-05-04T07:36:11.500-07:00Baby TurtleTim found a baby painted turtle in the garden yesterday when mowing with the scythe- he was pretty tiny!<br />
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Pattern is Roza's socks from Spring 07 Interweave Knits- I made these before and really liked the pattern. but the socks wore out superfast- either I wore them all the time, or...<br />
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But anyway- here is the new sock<br />
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Inspired by Stanley Family at http://www.savingsandstewardship.com/search/label/Eat%20from%20the%20Pantry, we too are going to Eat from the Pantry/freezer for March.<br />
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</tbody></table>I have been stockpiling since last October and the grocery bills have been going down, but we still spend too much at the market and the pantry shelves keep getting fuller and fuller.<br />
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So, other than fresh produce and dairy (and coffee*) I can't purchase anything at the market. I'm trying to keep the monthly grocery budget to $50.<br />
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So, I need to come up with some recipes that use what is in the pantry- a new one to try this week<br />
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I'm not sure what the kids will think, but they can stand a shake-up once in a while and stop being so picky. <br />
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*We are almost out of decent coffee and that is a staple I refuse to live without. All I have left is one bag of the Eight o'Clock bogo coffee I got last Fall, Eight o'Clock is not my favorite, so I usually mix it with my favorite Green Mountain Dark Magic Espresso. That makes it drinkable, and helps the Green Mountain go further.<br />
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I do have a couple of loopholes,<br />
1. if there are freebies this week at Price Chopper that I can get, so if it is free/nearly free I can purchase those. What I will need in dairy/produce should help cover the 50% I need to get the double coupons, so we spend enough at the market. <br />
2. I can still get the papers as needed. <br />
3. Over the weekend it was my Mom's birthday and she likes Carvel ice cream cake, so I went ahead a bought one of those ($18.99!!!!). She is worth it and I can't make those chocolate crunchies like they can. So that doesn't come out of my budget as it is a special occasion purchase and happened before I decided to do this anyway.Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-49887728147707718652011-03-09T04:46:00.000-08:002011-03-09T04:46:32.160-08:00Midterms Already!I can't believe we are at midterms already for this semester. I guess that means the job hunts really needs to get kicked into gear!<br />
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Met with Deirdre yesterday and she gave me some great ideas, and she will be sending my resume onto some people she knows. I would still like to work at the University again, but I'm not sure that opportunity will ever come through with the NYS budget situation.<br />
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Two exams down (both A's!!!!!!! - even in Intermediate Acct II!!!!!!!) and two to go this week. And this proctoring has got to stop, what a waste of time watching undergrads taking exams in huge rooms- I understand the need for proctors but why do they need so many of us? 3 people to watch 30 kids, really?Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-59869467284165196082011-02-15T06:01:00.000-08:002011-02-15T06:01:14.103-08:00went to the marketI went back to Price Chopper yesterday and scored a few things with double coupons<br />
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Some types of Ronzoni Pasta was a on sale for $1 a box, I have six coupons for $1 off of 2 boxes so when the coupon doubled they were all free. I scored 12 free boxes of pasta. (it will last a long time, we don't eat pasta more than once a week)<br />
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The large bottles of Gain were on sale for $2 a bottle, I had 2 $1 off coupons from a P&G mailer, so they were both free. <br />
Betty Crocker Potatoes (in the box) were also free after the sale and doubled coupons, so I got 4 boxes of those (they also will last forever, we rarely eat them)<br />
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I got a 1/2 gallon of chocolate milk for $.25 with a sale and double coupon. There was more, but I can't remember them all without my receipt in front of me. <br />
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I ordered a few coupons from the coupon clipping people, and will go back on Friday to score some more freebies! For the things that remain after a few months, I will donate to the food pantry in town, so I can make more room in the pantry and keep my stockpile fresh. Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-38517320676897255942011-02-15T05:54:00.000-08:002011-02-15T05:54:23.797-08:00Cloissone JacketLast summer (Spring?)I started working on the Cloisonne Jacket from the Fall 2010 Interweave Knits. It is a really pretty lace edge, colorwork cardigan. <br />
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I hate doing colorwork flat and I can't figure out why Interweave thinks that its readers can't do steeking. Why on earth would anyone what to do colorwork while purling? It doesn't make any sense to me. Learning how to steek is far easier than trying to handle 20 odd rows of back and forth colorwork while purling. <br />
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So anyway, here is how I did it<br />
I knit the bottom lace like normal, then added six stitches to the count and joined the sweater in the round<br />
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when knitting in the round, just add these in, carrying the floats along like normal.<br />
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But, I still have work to do on this, I got through all of the interesting parts of the colorwork and I stopped at the armholes. But February break is next week, who knows I may get inspired and pick it up again. <br />
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Currently, I am working on a mobieus scarf for my Aunt's 75th birthday party on Saturday. I need to accomplish six inches of knitting a night to get it done in time. As it is knit on size 11 needles, this shouldn't be a challenge, but oddly when I have a deadline, it always is a challenge. <br />
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Will I be jinxing myself if I say school seems easier this semester? Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-50740399715580082262011-02-04T11:25:00.000-08:002011-02-04T11:30:16.800-08:00I love to save $$Last October I read a book called <a href="http://www.becentsable.net/book/">"Be Centsable" </a>by Chrissy Pate and Kristin McKee. I was really surprised how much money they saved by using coupons. So, I got interested and started looking online and reading other peoples blogs and found out that you can use coupons to get stuff for free!<br />
So, today was grocery day, and since learning how to use coupons, it has become a game and not so much of a chore. I go to the Bennington, VT Price Chopper because they have double coupons, and it is the only store I know of that does in the Capital Region. Before coupons and Advantage savings, I spent 364.09, but I only paid 245.86. A good part of that was Advantage savings, but over $50 was in coupons. Here's what I did really well on<br />
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Colgate Wisp- I have no idea why anyone needs these, but they were on sale for $1.50, I had a $.75 coupon that doubled for $1.50 so they were free. I assume the kids will have fun with them.<br />
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Friskies Cat treats- Again, I don't buy too many treats for the cats, I mean Chubbs is gigantic, he doesn't need too many treats. These were $1.69 a package and I had a $1.00 off one coupon so once it doubled these were also free.<br />
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Hood Sour Cream 16 oz. This was on sale for 1.89 each and again I had a $1.00 off coupon that doubled to make them free!<br />
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Heluva Good Dip was on sale for $2, and I had a $1 off of 2, so when it doubled. they were only $.50 each. <br />
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There were more- but the best deal was Unilever products were buy $30 worth of products (before coupons) and you got a coupon for your next visit for $10. There were tons of Unilever product coupons last Sunday in the paper, and Price Chopper had a ton of these products on sale, so I was easily able to get my $10 coupon. <br />
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So, we have lots of food for our first annual anti-SuperBowl Party- I'm so excited! <br />
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It was a good day. I then came home and cleaned the house. We are all ready for the weekend.Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-1602140821300318562011-02-02T11:12:00.000-08:002011-02-02T11:55:38.567-08:00Snow DayJake doing his impression of a teddy bear<br />
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I can't believe I went through the whole Christmas vacation and never posted anything. Returning to grad school has been overwhelming. But, I'm happy to say I passed all of my courses and have started the Spring semester.<br />
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I'm back working at <a href="http://www.pineridgexc.com/">Pineridge X-Country</a> ski area a few days a week. It is fun to go back to something you did ages ago and see changes (and what hasn't changed!) The conditions this year have been the best in the past 10-15 years! And still we get people who complain. It's groomed too much, groomed too little, too cold, too warm. While Tim and I always talk about owning another business, I'm not sure I can handle the whiners.<br />
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So, we got about a foot of snow between yesterday and today, and the University canceled classes, so I get an unexpected day off. No time for knitting however, homework and baking are the tasks today.<br />
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I remember my mom always liked to bake her Portuguese potato bread when we had snow, and I have tended to keep up that tradition, snow days usually turn into baking days. So, today I made <a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/whole-grain-pain-au-chocolat-recipe">pain au chocolat</a> from the King Arthur Flour catalog Winter 2011. I made a few modifications to fit my budget and pantry:<br />
-We were nearly out of white flour, so I used all White Wheat flour (King Arthur Brand)<br />
-I used Idahoan Yukon gold instant potatoes I got free with a coupon stack ages ago. We never eat instant potatoes, but it was free, and they never go bad, so I got them anyway. They are a great addition to bread recipes.<br />
- we didn't have any grapeseed flour, so I left that out.<br />
I also made the dough in the bread maker- (I really love that thing $5 at a yard sale!) almost thru through the first rising, then I took it out and put the dough on the woodstove to rise further. One thing I noticed, this dough doesn't rise a lot, but it should be puffy. I then followed the followed the directions in the recipe from #4 on<br />
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- I couldn't afford the chocolate sticks from King Arthur, so I warmed up some Nutella, spread it on the dough and added some semisweet chocolate chips (10-12 chips) to each roll.<br />
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They came out great and are a nice snack with a mug of hot Ovaltine! Mmmmm!<br />
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Not a whole lot of knitting going on- I started a new sweater and got bored with it. The Cloisonne I started in the Fall needs some work, so that is on hold as well. Lately I am doing some plain toe up socks using stash yarn I got in a swap ages ago. It seems like all of my socks are wearing out at the same time. I am doing both socks at the same time and am ready to do the leg portion, I just need a find an interesting pattern to use to get this project done.<br />
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But I did make Tim a new hat to his specifications- he wanted a chullo type hat with no ties and with pine trees on it. I used yarn from <a href="http://www.stonehedgefibermill.com/yarn.html">Stonehedge Fiber Mill, Shepard's Wool</a>. This is seriously nice and soft and it was great to work with. We bought our mill equipment from Stonehedge years ago, so I have a soft spot for their mill. <br />
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-Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-555449932246495952010-11-01T12:25:00.000-07:002010-11-01T12:49:15.478-07:00updatesIt has been a busy summer and already we are into Fall! November 1 no less. Tim is saying that it is winter already, I'm not buying into it, but it is cold out today. I wore my Arwen cardi and a mohair scarf and I'm still cold.<br /><br />I'm back to school full time, studying Forensic Accounting, it has been a lot harder than I thought it would be. So while I am loving being back in school, and I really do enjoy the classes, the work is all consuming sometimes. I have three major projects due in less than three weeks, so I really need to get going and get some work done.<br /><br />I hope to graduate in May, get a job and then I take the CPA exam in another year.<br />So, knitting is happening as it happens, some days more than others.<br /><br />Things I'm working on<a href="http://www.interweaveknits.com/preview/fall-knits-2010.asp#cloisonne-jacket">The Cloisonne Cardigan</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/TM8YrkTT6DI/AAAAAAAAAKI/wnmLNnrbyfg/s1600/cloissione.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/TM8YrkTT6DI/AAAAAAAAAKI/wnmLNnrbyfg/s320/cloissione.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534669603819743282" border="0" /></a>made in the same colors as the Interweave one but I went cheap and bought knitpicks yarn instead. I couldn't picture wearing alpaca in colorwork, it would just be too warm<br />In addition, I tried to do the colorwork as the pattern said, but gave up in frustration - I ripped it out and re-knit it with a steek. I can understand why Interweave may not want to use a pattern with a steek, but seriously who can stand to do that colorwork while purling! Ridiculous, it would be a great opportunity to teach people about steeks. They are easy to do and simple to work with.<br />I'm past the colorwork and now working up to the armpits. I made a mistake when setting up for the arms and ended up putting it down for a while. <br /><br />So, I got bored with that and I started the Lady Eleanor stole yesterday. I had a ton of handspun mohair that a former customer gave us. So, I handdyed with purples, greens and blues and I have all of that to make into something warm and fuzzy. Our house is cold in winter, so last year I dreamed of a warm and snuggly shawl, so this is a good in front of the file project. <br /><br />I still have to finish two sweaters and get going on Christmas knitting. Oh well. <br />Dyeing has been going on as well, new yarns should be up on etsy later this week- early next week depending on when I get my corp financial stmt paper done.Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-30540685658724305382010-05-02T08:27:00.001-07:002010-05-02T08:34:27.298-07:00Best reason to spend money<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/S92a5n2fR6I/AAAAAAAAAJw/a9Xg_UGSbao/s1600/IMG_0176.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/S92a5n2fR6I/AAAAAAAAAJw/a9Xg_UGSbao/s320/IMG_0176.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466695837438396322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/S92aL853RJI/AAAAAAAAAJo/Hl08gyFVYOI/s1600/IMG_0154.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/S92aL853RJI/AAAAAAAAAJo/Hl08gyFVYOI/s320/IMG_0154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466695052815713426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Puppies!<br />After months and months of shelter searches and major disappointments, we brought home Ben and Trinny yesterday. Nate and Trinny are on the left, Jake and Ben are on the right.<br /><br />They are 8 weeks old English Shepard puppies that we got from a breeder about an hour from here.<br /><br />They are very sweet and doing really well, hardly any whining last night and no accidents in the house yet!<br /><br />Someday I'll share all of the shelter stories, some of them are just ridiculous-one shelter wanted us to bring in the other dogs in the neighborhood to make sure they got along with the 4 year old dog we wanted to adopt.Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-9068847546227420822010-04-01T05:10:00.000-07:002010-04-01T05:11:57.398-07:00Vote for this cool idea in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge!<br /><br />http://www.refresheverything.com/playforpower<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.refresheverything.com/widget/?i=05f2cfa6-74b8-102d-aa6d-0019b9b9e205&w=300" width="300" height="255" scrolling="'no'" frameborder="'0'"></iframe>Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-91503401680355352442010-03-20T14:23:00.000-07:002010-03-20T14:39:09.578-07:00Its been quite a year<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/S6VASmmqr_I/AAAAAAAAAJg/-PMlFtSMmek/s1600-h/IMG_0026.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/S6VASmmqr_I/AAAAAAAAAJg/-PMlFtSMmek/s320/IMG_0026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450833612346404850" border="0" /></a><br />Yes, it has been a year. And I'm not going to make any excuses.<br /><br />Well, there is too much news to share it all, so here is a quick synopsis, I'm no longer in Syracuse, we moved to a farm in Pittstown, the kids are back in public school, I'm in school to become an accountant and I am dyeing yarn again.<br /><br />Lots and Lots of yarn. This order went out yesterday, more yarn to come. Not a whole lot of knitting going on, but a lot of dyeing and studying. That and bread baking.Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-82076950386326364922009-03-11T16:34:00.000-07:002009-03-11T16:42:20.328-07:00March MadnessI have to say, I'm not much of a sports fan, but when your team is in playoff for the NCAA tournament, I do watch a bit of basketball. Go Orange!<br /><br />Lately, when I'm not watching basketball, I've been watching old episodes of twin peaks online http://www.mahalo.com/Watch_Twin_Peaks_Online. I remember this show and how creepy it was from the 80's, but I never saw the end, or I don't remember seeing all of it. It is good to bring back the old days. <br /><br />I was amazed at how much <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">tv</span> is now online, before I moved to the new house in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">SYR</span>, I thought I had to have cable in order to have anything to watch. But, really all I ended up watching was network <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">tv</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">HGTV</span> shows. How many house hunters can one girl watch anyway? So, now that I'm moved and I don't have cable, I don't miss it at all. Some nights, like tonight (Wednesday) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">tv</span> stinks, but I can always find an episode of something on line to watch, or get a movie from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hulu</span>. <br /><br />I think living frugally is beginning to settle on me. Now if I could get the food bills down. I was reading this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">frugal</span> moms blog about margarine over butter and why she gets margarine. Is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">margarine</span> that much cheaper that it makes that much of a difference? I buy butter, for me it is like decent yarn, you get what you pay for and butter is worth the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">sacrifice</span> in my household anyway. I'll give up oreos and orange juice first.Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-41119246220299496082009-03-08T10:08:00.001-07:002009-03-08T10:21:28.821-07:00Forgot my knittingI can't believe it, since I moved to Syracuse in July, I have been traveling back to my home in Eastern NY every weekend, plus traveling all over the US for work. So, this weekend, when I am inches away from finishing up the Vanda sweater from the summer 08, Knitter magazine.<br />http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vanda<br /><br />It has been a pretty easy knit, and I have been finishing up the sleeves all week in anticipation of doing the neck this weekend, and getting the damn thing finished. I don't know where my mind is. So, as I didn't have anything else to do, I had to cast on a new pair of socks. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/SbP-TWAdONI/AAAAAAAAAJY/8qWPE7r4uY8/s1600-h/flat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/SbP-TWAdONI/AAAAAAAAAJY/8qWPE7r4uY8/s320/flat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310867993878411474" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/SbP-K4d48jI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/nqmP1pJjR4A/s1600-h/toe_flat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/SbP-K4d48jI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/nqmP1pJjR4A/s320/toe_flat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310867848509846066" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was a yarn blank that was a gift from my yarn wholesaler last summer. It is Blue-faced Leicester in one of those flat pieces you dye and then knit from. i thought these were all two strands, but apparently not, this one is just one. I dyed it with cochineal and logwood purple, and really like the colors I got. It is nice to save some yarns out for yourself and not feel too guilty about it!<br /><br />I have new yarns up on ETSY, so go take a look. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5055805Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-66859604807685457102009-01-01T10:04:00.000-08:002009-01-01T10:25:25.748-08:00Back from beyondWell, back anyway. The fall travel has ended at long last, I returned from Buenos Aires with no yarn to show for it. it amazes me that I was given the opportunity to travel to South America again and I missed the chance to get great yarn at fabulous prices. True, i did get yarn last time I was in BA, but this time I promised myself I would make it Scalabrini Ortiz (we were only 10 blocks away in the hotel) and get yarn.<br /><br />Well, that didn't happen, but I did get to see two different sides of the Argentine health care system.<br />One was a bit scary,<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/SV0IZy6XsoI/AAAAAAAAAJA/ZQwshGM2Rcg/s1600-h/IMG_0125.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/SV0IZy6XsoI/AAAAAAAAAJA/ZQwshGM2Rcg/s320/IMG_0125.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286390776859177602" border="0" /></a> like the emergency room gurney in the photo below, with another patient next it- (a real lack of privacy here). Best part was, the hospital was only going to ask for a 8 peso donation for 2 xrays, an ambulance ride, all of the blood tests and the doctors visits. We donated quite a lot more. <br />The otherhospital was outrageously overpriced, but very clean and lovely ($5000 US for an overnight inpatient stay- US not pesos, so I would have been over 15000 pesos!) I had two students who had medical emergencies when we were there, so as the leader I had to go along.<br />For a bit, it looked like I wasn't going to make it home for Christmas, but then finally things worked out and we all made it home safe and sound.<br /><br />Tomorrow I go back to work after begin off for 9 days, the longest time I have been home since I had Nate in 1999. I got some work done, including sone new yarns to go on Etsy.<br /><br />For those of you who have asked, yes, I am still dyeing yarn. But, the majority of that yarn is being sent to Cherry Tree Hill Yarn who buys it wholesale and resells it to her customers, some shops here in the US, some online retailers in the US and in Europe. I stopped the Etsy store when my travel schedule and work life made it impossible for me to consistitently fill orders and mail packages on time. (This fall I was on the road two to three weeks at a stretch). So while I could dye yarn when home for a few days, I couldn't get photos and posts done)<br /><br />So, we are now in the spring and I hope to devote myself again to posting and selling yarns through the etsy store. <br /><br />I've also been toying with the idea of a natural dyes podcast. It is really amazing how many questions I get via email about dyeing with natural dyes. So, I thought it would be a good way to help teach other people about this great creative way to get new, unique colors and blends of colors.Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-28820392332516015382008-09-03T18:17:00.000-07:002009-01-23T05:50:51.193-08:00It was June- are you sure it was June?The last time I posted was wayyyyy back in June- I really don't think it has been that long. But since it took me twenty minutes to convince Google I was who I said I was and remember my freaking password, maybe it has been since June.<br /><br />Well, I did it, moved to Syracuse. I have my own apartment, my own space for the stash and my own tv to watch and enjoy. Things are going.... not great, not bad but going. It is really weird to be away from home every night. It's like when I traveled a lot when doing sales, you are away in a hotel and everything is surreal. You hear about the issues at home but are helpless to do anything about them.<br /><br /><br />I also thought I would have soooooo much time for knitting. Well, I do have more time for knitting, I just don't have much ambition to get any done. I did notice last week when things got cooler for a few days I really worked diligently on a sweater I'm making. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/SL87T0PpnXI/AAAAAAAAAGc/slkESuIz9TA/s1600-h/Rhinebeck.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/SL87T0PpnXI/AAAAAAAAAGc/slkESuIz9TA/s320/Rhinebeck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241973702910385522" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was going to be called Rhinebeck and I dyed the yarn hoping to make some Fall leaf colors, dark rich oranges, and reds with some yellows and browns added in. Well It is more of a tomato orange with some great reds. I like it, but with much of my natural dyeing, the results can be unpredictable. It has a ruffled edge and I may rename it something else after the <a href="http://www.afinefleece.com/">A fine fleece</a> book came out and has a nicer pattern named Rhinebeck - a great book by the way, I was quite inspired after reading it. Not enough tobegin spinning again, but they say winters are long in Syracuse.<br /><br />I'm hoping as the weather gets cooler, my knitting mojo returns. Otherwise, I have to force myself to get motivated. Next week I start traveling for work, so in the space of three weeks I hit<br />Toronto, Boston, Washington dc, NYC, Chicago, Phoenix, Seattle then home for the weekend, then Houston, Atlanta, Miami, home again then , Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, followed up with a quick trip to Dallas for a conference.<br />I have to figure out what knitting to bring with me, lots of socks I think. It will be a good time to burn thru some of the sock yarn stash that has built up.<br /><br />Speaking of sock yarn, I have a pile of yarn waiting to be labeled and sent to Cherry Tree Hill. My yarn is now being carried by <a href="http://yarnmarket.blogspot.com/2008/08/ancient-threads-farm-is-new-to-us.html">Yarnmarket </a>as well! Who<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/SL89Bm1gJtI/AAAAAAAAAGk/ydoWL9KsbDc/s1600-h/pile+of+yarn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/SL89Bm1gJtI/AAAAAAAAAGk/ydoWL9KsbDc/s320/pile+of+yarn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241975589096662738" border="0" /></a>o-hoo- this is a great part time job, when you are lonely for home and have no money to spend so have to stay home. Don't worry, itlooks much neater when it is twisted into skeins and labelled. Thanks to my big sister Eileen who came last week and learned how to dye yarn to help me keep up.<br />I've had to send my regrets to Rhinebeck for this year, I just can't get anymore dyeing done in time. With my planned travel, I am home, in Albany or Syracuse only 10 days between next Saturday and when Rhinebeck starts.<br /><br />If anyone is looking for cones of undyed yarn, let me know, I have bamboo/merino sock yarn, sport weight, lace weight and some worsted weight I can sell for cheap. Not much merino superwash left, there are some severe shortages of that going arounf this year.<br /><br />Talk to you soon,<br /><br />LAncient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-61158326165816218862008-06-26T13:13:00.000-07:002008-06-26T13:19:16.328-07:00my yarn is in the UK!I've been doing quite a lot of dyeing lately. Since I met <a href="http://cherryyarn.typepad.com/">Cheryl</a> from Cherry Tree Hill she has certainly kept my busy. 50 skeins went out last week, an additional dozen this week. and look my yarn is now being sold in the UK at <a href="http://www.woollyworkshop.co.uk/acatalog/Ancien_Threads.html">The Wooly Workshop. </a><br /><br />That plus the impending move to Syracuse life has been busy- but I found a new home, and how many knitters can say they rented an apartment, just so the stash could have its own bedroom!<br /><br />I went to my mecca last week- IKEA, and was overwhelmed. I've wanted to go to Ikea ever since I heard about them during mu undergrad nearly 20 years ago. I spent quite a bit of money and really didn't buy too much furniture.Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-7190683469813634432008-05-30T16:28:00.000-07:002008-05-30T16:33:50.600-07:00Took it- moving news and more!Well, I took the job at SU, and now the whole world knows. We announced it to the classes today, and it is really gratifying to have everyone say such nice things about me. <br /><br />In other really exciting news, I met <a href="http://cherryyarn.typepad.com/my_weblog/">Cheryl Potter</a> of <a href="http://www.cherryyarn.com/">Cherry Tree Hill Yarns</a> at MA Sheep and Wool and she is going to sell some of my yarn under the Ancient Threads Farm name. It feels like things are really taking off. So, I bought myself an electric skeiner and a whole new shipment of base yarn!<br /><br />We sold quite a bit at MA, so I need to get the etsy shop updated again. Now to take the photos and do the loading of the yarn! <br /><br />Now to get that done, find an apartment in Syracuse and get some new furniture while trying to clean up my job at Albany- oh the fun never stops!Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-28049239679831314692008-05-19T15:41:00.000-07:002008-05-19T15:43:06.264-07:00more Syracuse newsNo- I haven't accepted the job yet- but I found out that Syracuse has an MFA in fiber arts http://vpa.syr.edu/index.cfm/page/graduate-fiber-gallery<br /><br /><br />and I get free tuition! How can I say no to that?Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-40909491471135866662008-05-12T15:42:00.000-07:002008-05-12T15:48:24.471-07:00Looking upYes, things are looking up! We finally hired someone! He starts on Wednesday, so while I have to work this weekend and most likely next, my marathon spring is nearly over. <br /><br />And.... da..da...da I got a new job ... in Syracuse. Syracuse isn't that far- only two hours away so it isn't like I can't come home every weekend- and I plan to. But, it does mean I have to leave my husband and kids for a while, until the house sells, and Tim makes a decision on what he is going to do. So, while I'm very excited about this opportunity, I'm nervous if we can make it through. <br /><br />The salary is nearly a 50% raise for me, and the job looks really interesting, so if you are from Syracuse and know of an apartment in the SU area, let me know. I'm looking forward to living close to work and walking if possible most days. I just don't want to live in a dive. Tim and I have to travel out there after graduation next week to try and find a place. I keep looking at the IKEA catalog and thinking about decorating a place all on my own. <br /><br />I'm also looking for some knitting groups or guild that meet mid-week in the Syracuse area.Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-84161398026179525662008-04-11T11:52:00.000-07:002010-03-20T14:54:24.029-07:00Things have not improved...or have they?Good Karma Spinning Co. has asked me to update their web address to http://www.karmayarn.com/. This is the company that bought our mill equipment.<br /><br /><a href="http://hometown.aol.com/sbo12441/myhomepage/business.html">Wool n Word</a> is now carrying Ancient Threads Yarn in the shop- thank you Stephanie! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/R_-3C2Px5OI/AAAAAAAAAFk/yUY3hifyJyI/s1600-h/kmerrick1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/R_-3C2Px5OI/AAAAAAAAAFk/yUY3hifyJyI/s320/kmerrick1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188066555303421154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Kathy M from PA sent me some pictures of her crocheted raglan cardigan - out of Ancient Threads Yarn- it is really<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/R_-3MWPx5PI/AAAAAAAAAFs/LRAbkDlmtFU/s1600-h/kmerrick2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GBKezoLfX-o/R_-3MWPx5PI/AAAAAAAAAFs/LRAbkDlmtFU/s320/kmerrick2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188066718512178418" border="0" /></a> pretty and it is nice to know other have time to create even if I don't.Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950508.post-78813197975549636682008-03-19T10:11:00.001-07:002008-03-19T10:12:38.971-07:00sock photos<a href="http://knittydigital.blogspot.com/">Knitty Digital</a> used some of the my yarn to make a beautiful pair of socks- they look great!Ancient Threadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765719671383821629noreply@blogger.com0