Amanda's Green--my daughter painted the wool! 

Berry Blue 

yarn and stuff

HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY!!

what a week...sales are going sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooowly. BUT I have a performance this weekend in Vermillion. You should come and see me...we'll have corned beef and cabbage and soda bread and potatoes and such....it'll be fun! I can't wait to see people...

I have spun an interesting sort of greeny-blue color that Amanda (my 12 year old) dyed. I'm going to do one more skein and then put it out. Berry Blue is going up for auction very soon. I now have two skeins and they are pretty...Eastery, springy colors.

so check in on my auctions if your interested. we have lots of d&d stuff up too....
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcastlemanQ2espf

Plus check out my website at
www.celticharpanddrum.com if you are interested in a concert or cds!

rn/

new week...whorls

I got a couple requests for more spindles...so here they are...everything from one big one that weighs 44 grams (my favorite) to some tiny lace weight ones that weigh less than 10 grams. they are all for sale... email if your interested. (rita@celticharpanddrum.com).

Lots of cool new yarn...I'm trying a new style of picture...what do you think? I love the "warm fire" there is more of the "berry blue" coming...anyway...

drop me a note....check out my auctions on ebay http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZcastlemanQ2espf

rita n/

black and white floral--tiny 10 gram whorl 

red and natural floral--1.5 inch--13 grams 

handstamped knotwork whorl--tiny 

red white and blue stars--tiny whorl 

really red curly qs--redder than the pic 

black and olive knotwork 1.5 inch whorl 

red floral tiny whorl--it is much redder than the pic 

tiny viny whorl 

green celtic cross tiny whorl 

natural and black celtic cross super small lace weight whorl 

1.5 inch whorl--neat sort of asian inspired look 

knotwork on 1.5 inch whorl--the whorl is darker than the pic. 

Sold

blue knotwork--1.5 inch whorl--great for fine yarn

sold

3 inch whorl

sold

warm fire--two ply gorgeous wool

silky spring--two ply Tussah silk yarn 

cool new limey green poofy yarn 

currently on ebay

strawberries and light cream--thin singles (new pic)

3 inch spindle whorl--with green and blue celtic knotwork--ask for prices 

silky summer sky--two ply Tussah silk yarn 

strawberries and heavy cream (new pic) 

Berry Blue--two ply thick and thin!! 

silky green--two ply, one thick, one very fine, both handspun from Tussah silk 

cool new limey green poofy yarn!

Ok---
so I was spinning and I sort of forgot what I was doing and as a result one half of the spindle was full of very fine singles and the other was sort of thick and thin singles. Now I was going for two ply so in spite of my error I plied it....so cool. the thin created this slightly poofy look in the thick areas and then with the thin sections of course the yarn is very, very thin.....it is so cool!

anyway...I dyed some more silk...some is yarn dyed and neat and some is dyed in the roving and really neat. can't wait to spin it....

what have you been doing???????

rn/

spindles coming soon

I've been working on a bunch of spindle whorls. In all different kinds of styles. Look for pictures soon. I've had a good week selling. If you're interested in books or yarn or spinning check out my auctions at

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcastlemanQ2espf

Hasn't been exactly my best week. My 11 year old son ran away last night. The police returned him home at 3am. what a night! Somedays are not the best. I've been dyeing a lot so I guess I need to get spinning. I have a concert this weekend. YEAH!!!!

rn/

country songs

Ok--
my husband and i have a new theory. All country songs are really about dolly parton's breasts. "islands in the stream" and so forth

and, have you ever considered how much dating and stalking are similar...all except that you like one and don't like the other???

any bizarre thoughts?????