Stress? No, not me.

OH MY GOD ONLY ONE MORE WEEK OF CLASSES UNTIL THE END OF THE SEMESTER AND I THINK MY BRAIN MAY HAVE JUST LEAKED OUT OF MY EAR!

So, a bit hyperbolic but yeah, I’m pretty sure I’m 4 brain cells short of a complete vegetative state. I’m hanging in there though with the help of a highly supportive group of friends (both online and in real life), family and my wonderful boy, Mike who is literally the thing keeping me sane right now. How he manages to keep things light when I am trying my damndest to be in a bad mood is amazing.

So! New things: I joined yet another social media/crafting website thingy and am quite smitten with the whole thing. It’s Mixxmade.com and it’s a pretty comprehensive site for independent artisan crafters of all persuasions. Wonder Webmistress Amy turned me on to the site and I’ve been elbow deep in exploring it since. I also took advantage of their ‘artisan spotlight’ feature and am currently featured on the front page in an interview style profile. If you are either a) a supporter of the handmade, DIY or indie goods movement and want to find some great handmade artisans to give your money to or b) a indie artisan of some kind yourself (everything from soap and yarn to artwork and pottery) I recommend you check out Mixxmade. Supporting websites like this supports the indie crafting community.

In the dying/spinning/knitting arena I have completed a few things:

New yarns available at Knit Las Vegas:

Very nice merino/nylon base yarn that is squishy and soft and took color beautifully. All of these yarns are hand dyed with Greener Shades dyes which are natural and heavy metal free.

I also dyed 5 more hanks of lace weight based on the artwork of Georgia O’Keefe to go in the Phat Fiber Shop but I haven’t taken photos of them yet because I still need to rehank and tag them. I also dyed the May Rock Your Socks Off yarn based on Sleater Kinney’s ‘One Beat’ album, which I have taken photos of but the packages haven’t gone out to club members yet so I’m not going to spoil the surprise. I’m hoping on Friday I’ll be able to package them up and get them shipped out to our current members.

Speaking of, remember the bit about me being brain dead because we’re so close to graduation and all my energy and creative juices are going into studying for finals and such? Well, I need your help who who we should do for June RYSO. We’ll do a little mini contest, winning entry gets bragging rights and a 50 yard hank of my handspun. Which I will take a picture of soon. It’s blue and brown and soft. And AWESOME because it’s handspun.

Guidelines: I’d like to do someone who currently has a song on the radio since we’ve been doing pretty much 90’s alt rock the last three months. This is a pretty broad guideline though so pretty much anything goes as long as they currently have something on the air waves. Try to think summery since it’s June. Taking entries from now until May 7th (the day after my in class finals are done).

That’s all I have for now. I have several WIPs that are nearing completion, including the Kai Mei socks and a tank top for my favorite baby Madison. As soon as they are actually done I will post pictures of those. If you don’t see anything from me for the next week do not be alarmed; it’s finals. I will be back with with a vengeance after the 12th. (the day all of my finals are done.)

Wish me luck with Chemistry! It’s the only thing I’m in danger of not passing and having to take over the summer. (Blech.)

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