The Spinning Knit Wit

So I went to work yesterday and packed up some of the shipping. The rest, aka Starry Night and Velvet Underground, will start going in the dye pots tonight. Stinker Bell’s expression while crammed into the tiny cat cave pretty much sums up how I feel about leaving the house and going to work. I don’t want to but I have to. Although technically Stinky doesn’t have to cram herself into that tiny space. On the flip side, I need to get out of my little cave of sorrow and join the world again. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRkaEgEp4Q1/?utm_medium=tumblr

How do you dry fiber when 2 curious kittens think they’re really big helpers? I’m using the show displays today and tomorrow and until Monday when the little cuddle bugs fly the coop to their new home 🥰 Ps. I can’t stand this not dying because of tiny little leg climbing, flying fuzz balls anymore. #tourdefleece #wool #handspunyarn #handspun #handspinning #handspinnersofinstagram (at Deep Dyed Yarns) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQPgC0_pnPO/?utm_medium=tumblr

Off to the studio to dye fiber and yarns. If you have been on the website lately there are no fibers available because everything sold out! Expect a fiber update tomorrow when everything is dry. There might be a few new colors and yarn inventories to be updated tonight as well! Now that all the fuzz butts are almost gone, it’s time to dye and dry. Took a bit of a hiatus because everything had to be kitten proofed and that time is coming to an end. Once my she shed/workshop is cleaned out, I totally plan to do kittens again! However, it will never ever ever happen at the studio ever ever again😂 #yarn #yarnaddict #crochet #crochetersofinstagram #knit #knitting #knittersofinstagram (at Deep Dyed Yarns) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQOpNdvJYJD/?utm_medium=tumblr

When Serious wants up, he really wants up 😂 #kitten #kittens #kitty #kittensofinstagram #cat #cats #catstagram #catsofinstagram #blackcat (at Deep Dyed Yarns) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQMzogyp5Cr/?utm_medium=tumblr

Well, look who is still here! There were a couple of life circumstances come up and now Serious Black and Little Red need homes. They are both very ‘helpful’ and love attention. Little Red loves to play and is actually a girl!!! She’s a sweet cuddle bug when not in full on kitten play mode and has the biggest purr 😻 Serious Black is all boy and all go. When he isn’t full of kitten rambunctiousness, Serious loves to be with you! He is always underfoot or on your foot and is going to make a great cat one day. Oh he also sometimes growls at his toys. It’s absolutely hilarious 😂 I would love to keep them both, but I have 2 tiny Satans at home. 4 tiny Satans would be crazy cat lady territory for me #kitten #kittens #cat #cats #catstagram #kitty #kittensofinstagram #haventforgottenthekittyhashtags (at Deep Dyed Yarns) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJ0wH1J7nv/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sweet Ethel is out on a weekend trial with a fabulous local knitter and spinner. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for her! It is time to start unpacking the yarns and make my studio look a tad more like the yarn Nirvana it should be instead of the kitten play ground it became. Plus I have some back orders to ship once everything is unpacked and back to where it lives. Now let’s see if I remember how to use non kitten related hashtags 😂 #yarn #yarnaddict #knit #knittersofinstagram #crochet #crochetersofinstagram (at Deep Dyed Yarns) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP_yX8oJBDF/?utm_medium=tumblr

Kitten pickup and delivery day. Mouth is on his way to his new home. Windsor and Meyer are off to the vet with their new owner. My current music selection is song of the unhappy tiny cat people. Ps. This was typed and sent at stop lights. #cat #cats #catsofinstagram #kitten #gingercat #instakitty #kitty (at Deep Dyed Yarns) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP8-wIyJ5sZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

It is good to be so loved even if it’s for just the food. Zoom will be going to his new home tomorrow and I’m not sure how I feel about that. He was the last kitten born and the first to leave. Sigh.... #kittens #kittens #kittensofinstagram #cat #cats #blackcat (at Deep Dyed Yarns) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP1k8vAJVBU/?utm_medium=tumblr

It’s nearing the end of the day @hoosierhillsfiberfestival and the booth is finally how I like it. Someone might have forgotten to pack the nice booth banner 🤣 #knit #knitting #yarn #yarnaddict #crochet #crochetersofinstagram #fiberfestival (at Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPtYeK0J7z7/?utm_medium=tumblr

Stopping for a quick walk on my way to the @hoosierhillsfiberfestival Second trip with the new to me camper. It’s definitely not a new camper and needs a few repairs still, but I’m thrilled to have a little home on wheels🥰 #haveyarnwilltravel #yarn #yarnaddict #knitting #knittersofinstagram #crochet #ontheroad #fiberfestival (at Deep Dyed Yarns) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPqrKAFJ7Oh/?utm_medium=tumblr

You don’t get to go to the festival this weekend. And you don’t get to go to the festival this weekend. No to you. Absolutely not. Cute but NO. NOPE! NOPE! NOPE!!! Tomorrow the racks will be loaded into the trailer to head to the Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival. Luckily this little rascal only got into a small amount of yarn. Even luckier for me they are past 8 weeks old so.... next week they need to go to their new homes. Will I miss them. Absolutely. Will I be glad they aren’t in the studio anymore. ABSOLUTELY😂. Momma Ethel still needs a new home. She sweet. She’s delightful. She loves being loved on. And she deserves a permanent home that isn’t near a super busy road where she won’t be having more kittens. #knit #knittersofinstagram #knitting #yarn #yarnaddict #crochet #crochetersofinstagram #kitten #kittens #kittensofinstagram #cat #catsofinstagram (at Deep Dyed Yarns) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPmtMUkJwzO/?utm_medium=tumblr

Outside of kittens, gardening has been on the list of things to do in the past few weeks. It’s a smidgen late to start the garden, but I have really missed working in the fort for the past few years because my life was in limbo first from a divorce and then from moving into my home. This is the pond I did last year finally full of plants. Fluffy and friend are in love with their space! The video was taken several weeks ago as things were being moved around , so the water is now clear as a bell 🔔 In garden news... basil, lavender, dill, tomatoes, potatoes, thyme, carrots, beets, garlic chives, kale, and wildflowers are currently growing in or around the raised beds. On the agenda next week... 3 more raised beds by the fence for popcorn, okra, and I don’t know what else. And maybe teaching myself to weld. I’m researching fencing repairs for the future. At some point the wobbly fence needs to come down so the posts can be either reset or replaced depending on the damage. The planks all seem to be in decent shape so that’s a positive! And I’m hoping to do this myself. This weekend is the @hoosierhillsfiberfestival and I’m dying up a storm of fresh Yarns and fibers. Hope to see you there💗 #garden #pond #gardening #greenthings #diy #doityourselfgirl (at Nicholasville, Kentucky) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPln5f-rmxQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

So I went out yesterday and it was pretty epic! Started with spinning some yarn while listening to some bluegrass music, progressed to dinner and live music, then axe throwing with old and new friends, gay bars, a drag show, and whatever was happening at White Castle on my way home! Seriously epic day and Night! Oh and let’s just say you want me in your zombie apocalypse team for more reasons than my spinning and knitting skills. I had no idea I could throw an axe and hit where I was aiming consistently. #spinning #spinningyarn #handspunyarn #handspun #handspunstagram #bluegrass #axethrowing #throwingaxes #vaxxedandwaxxed #whitecastle #ninjastar #theplacesyoucango (at Battle Axes Lexington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPgHfxqrTgv/?utm_medium=tumblr

Kitten update... everyone is fat and sassy. Ethel is still nursing them so no one is ready for their forever home quite yet. #kitten #cat #catsofinstagram #kitty #kittens #cats (at Deep Dyed Yarns) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPN3aTzpDWI/?utm_medium=tumblr

The herd of hell spawn had 5 days of unsupervised freedom in the studio. Now that the trailer is unloaded that’s coming to an end and they are back to the bathroom. That wasn’t my wisest decision, but the good stuff was locked up safe and sound in the trailer and they needed some freedom. And no one died. Ethel needs a home as I haven’t heard from her tentative home in a while. the light mackerel ginger kitten I call the mouth is unspoken for as well. He’s always been independent and made his opinions clear from the start. Everyone else (little red, Meyer, Sirius black, Zoom, and Windsor) has been claimed. Just one little talker needing a home. (at Deep Dyed Yarns) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPFBmVgpHyX/?utm_medium=tumblr

I adore all my customers, but this one is My favorite customer of the day! #alpaca #kentuckysheepandfiberfestival #fiberfestival #yarn #yarnaddict #yarnporn #knittersofinstagram #knit #knitting #crochet #crochetersofinstagram (at Masterson Station Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO8bUTHJ4s_/?igshid=gq4mfdvutazx