Wednesday, February 25, 2009

busy

I've been so busy last couple of days! Custom dyeing, trying to prepare a substantial shop update and squeezing in some spinning (apart from household chores, cooking and such) . What a feeling. I love being productive. I have two things to keep me organized. My two books. First one is for custom orders and most things shop-related.

Poslednych par dni som sa ani nezastavila. Objednavky, farbenie vlniek do obchodu a popritom som sa snazila aj trochu priast (okrem upratovania, varenia prania a pod.). To je pocit, superproduktivita vysokeho stupna. Dve veci ma drzia nad vodou. Moje dve knizocky. Prva je na objednavky a veci suvisiace s obchodom.


Then there's my general notebook, for ideas, sketches, inspiration. I've made both (which shows) and I've used recycled paper - all the bits of paper and tissue I could find.

Potom mam este knizku na napady, skice a vytrzky z casopisov a tak. Obe knizky som vyrobila (to je aj vidno) a su z recyklovaneho papiera, teda zo vseliakych kuskov roznych papierov, ktore som doma nasla.


I'm trying to finish these singles for maybe a month now. I'm aiming for nice 3ply sock yarn, but ugh, it
takes forever. I don't even want to imagine plying...

Tuto nestastnu vlnku pradiem uz asi tak mesiac. Trva to prilis dlho, uz ma to ani nebavi vobec. Ale chcela by som dosiahnut peknu 3vrstvovu ponozkovu vlnku, och...


So to distract myself, I've spun a little sample on my spindle, mohair in natural gray. Lovely and fuzzy, but way too scratchy.

Takyto kusocek som spriadla na mojom vretienku, je to moher. Pekny a chlpaty, ale prilis skrablavy veru.



More dyeing for me and shop update for you tomorrow!

4 comments:

tereza said...

Knizky su uzasne!!! Blog je krasny, vzdy tu najdem nieco nove a krasne, z coho mam radost, len zo samotneho faktu, ze to vidim :-), Spindle je vretienko v slovencine.

Beata said...

ahaaa tak vretienko, uz som to tam aj opravila, dakujem!

skymring said...

Those books are lovely!

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