Current mood:

hopeful

"We wish a ticket to ride where the railroad tracks run off into the sky and never come back-"



This yarn is an ode to Cyndi Lauper. It reminds me of her fluffy tulle skirts, and crazy colored hair. My dad bought her record for me when I was little, and I remember lip syncing to all her songs, and wishing I would grow up the be just like her. I think I was around the same age when I told my parents that I wanted to have big boobs like Dolly Parton when I grew up. This request always seemed to get a lot of laughs, and therefor prompted me to repeat my desire in front of relatives.





This yarn is a huge mixture of color. I gathered small sections of dyed fiber from all of my different piles and randomly added them in.





Here is some other yarn I spun. The little citrus ball was actually quite a nice huge ball of yarn....until I tried to ply it with orange thread. I have not had any luck with plying, and the yarn ends up in a big tangle. So this is what I have untangled so far. I actually had to cut the yarn at one point, so I will now have two smaller balls. Maybe I should do a little research on plying before I give it another go!





I also took this photograph of my stack of fabric from yesterday, just because I love all the colors, and it might inspire me with choosing colors for yarn. I ended up with lots of pinks + oranges, not sure why though. I exspecially love the thin striped pink + darker pink fabric. its a stretchy knit fabric, and I want to use some to make a pair of thigh high tights for myself.


Last night I was reading a book out loud to my kids and it talked about riding on a train. It got me thinking about how lovely it would be to take a trip via train next time. Maybe even one of those overnight trains. So we could board in the evening, sleep and then wake up at our destination. I am going to go look into it now. We have been meaning to visit New Orleans soon, maybe this would be an ideal way to go? I have not been on a train since I was very young, so maybe I am romanticizing it.