preparations

Yesterday the professor had several of his students out to our backyard to learn about how to catch moths and butterflies for study. He showed them how to set up a live bait trap. The traps are baited with a mushed up mixture of overripe bananas, beer, and yeast. This smell is enough to turn them off of beer forever!

I can see this one from my office window. I've been spending a lot of time in my office..getting ready for my big fiber festival project this summer. (More on that in another post.)

In my breaks, I've been spinning this blend of navy blue and cranberry colored 2 ply Cotswold. I dyed this last fall, and I'm combining the colors by holding the rovings together, and spinning as it comes. As usual, there is no real plan for my yarn...it may go up for sale on etsy some day, or sold at the Log House gallery in Berea, or knitted up at my house. Right now, like me, its future is exciting and unknown....

Just a few minutes ago, I booked last minute plane tickets for the professor and me to go to Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. We're leaving a day early to see my folks in Virginia first. They'll provide us with a bed for the first of our festival adventures...this weekend, Maryland. Next weekend, New Hampshire. I'll try to keep my blog updated as I journey. The project's details will unfold as I know more!

Knitting for the trip? Not the professor's sweater...it's huge! The sleeve I'm working on is now 20 some inches, and I'm doing the raglan shoulder bits...it was 21 inches until I started the armhole decrease! Instead, I'll bring a sock. Small, tidy, brainless knitting that weighs very little is just right for this adventure. I'll include a spindle too. No telling if I'll need to do a little spinning too, as it always calms me right down.