What am I working on?

I haven't blogged in awhile. I just get caught up in life and don't get to it sometimes. I have been keeping busy with projects though! I am still working on the rug I blogged about a while ago. I do a little here and there. It is a bit tedious so is a long term project. I have finished a few pairs of socks since my last check in too. You can see what I am currently working on below:)


Above you can see some roving that my dear friend Sherry sent me as "packing" with my birthday gifts. Yea, just "packing" lol. I couldn't wait to get to my spinning wheel with it. I finished it yesterday and it is absolutely gorgeous. I am going to make a hat or hoodie for myself with it. The natural color is so creamy and luscious I decieded not to dye it but just keep the natural splendor. It was a dream to spin. This roving is 100% Columbia wool from SheerLark Farms. It is easily as nice as any Merino I have ever spun. It is soft as can be and not itchy at all. It was easy to spin and just drifted off of my fingers easily. I would love to spin more of this for sure!! Thank you Sherry!


I made my husband and son matching rainbow hats out of Merino Worsted weight yarn I dyed. It was a mess up yarn so I used it for personal projects. This is one of the hats.


Don's hat from another angle.


These are socks I am making out of this yarn from my shop. I am using the Monkey Sock Pattern from Knitty.com. I love this pattern!!


Lastly, I am making myself a hat now out of this DK Superwash in Kaliedoscope also from my shop. I need hats too!!!

Fire Season is Still Roaring

Here we go again. Fires have been breaking out all over southern California and a new one has started close to my home.


The black circle is roughly where I live. This map makes scale a little hard to understand but it was 5 miles east of Wrightwood last night at and I am (as the crow flies) about 1 mile North of Wrightwood. As "the crow flies" is actually mountain range though so that is a nice buffer. It has to go through mountains and then down the mountain to get to me. Fire tends to burn up more than down. I am not feeling overly scared right now. Just keeping a close eye!

ANNOUNCEMENT

New Evacuations in portions of Wrightwood
The following areas in Wrightwood are under mandatory evacuation: all areas east of Heath Canyon and on the west side of Heath Canyon the areas bounded by Lone Pine Canyon, Hwy 2 and Heath Canyon.... more
INCIDENT UPDATED 1:37 HRS. AGO
Approximate Location
34.267 latitude, -117.483 longitude
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Terrain
Incident Overview

The Sheep Fire is burning between Lytle Creek Cyn and Highway 138. New mandatory evacuations are being put in place in Wrightwood for the areas east of Heath Canyon and west of Heath Canyon between Lone Pine Canyon Rd. and Hwy 2. The remainder of Wrightwood is under voluntary evacuation. Mandatory evacuations remain in place for the following areas in Lytle Creek: Applewhite, Happy Jack, areas east of Lytle Creek up to and including Mountain Lakes RV Park. Mandatory evacuations are in place also for Swarthout Cyn and areas along Hwy 138 between I-15 and Hess Rd. An evacuation center is located at Eisenhower High School in Rialto and at Victorville Fairgrounds. Small animals can be taken to the Devore Animal Shelter. Large and small animals may be taken to the Victorville Fairgrounds. Glen Helen Rodeo grounds was taking large animals but is now full.

Basic Information
Incident Type Wildfire

Cause Under Investigation

Date of Origin Saturday October 03rd, 2009 approx 02:11 PM

Location Between Lytle Creek & Lone Pine Canyons

Incident Commander Unkovich & Nunez

Current Situation
Total Personnel 1,000

Size 3,500 acres

Percent Contained 10%

Fuels Involved
Chaparral and timber

Fire Behavior
Large fire growth and short range spotting has been occurring.

Significant Events
Currently the fire is moving north to northwest from Swarthout Canyon to Highway 138.

Outlook
Growth Potential
Extreme

Terrain Difficulty
Extreme

Remarks
The Forest Service is in unified command with San Bernardino County Fire and the San Bernardino County Sherrif's Dept. Resources assigned to the fire are: 13 handcrews, 57 engines, 4 dozers, 4 water tender, 4 helicopters and 9 airtankers (including the DC-10 and the Martin Mars).
Current Weather
Wind Conditions 40 mph SW
Temperature 65 degrees
Humidity 40%