More colors! Now seen from space!

Punk Rock so named by BunkyGirl. I love this one.


Summer Lovin' I am pretty sure you could see this one from space.



Lemon Lime Snow Cone. "It looks like a snow cone" says BunkyGirl
"So it does" says I




It's not easy being green. From the softest mint to the deepest emerald.

Quadrillion

A quadrillion comes after a trillion. I wonder when the Goverment will start using that number. Yikes.

Anyway on to the yarn shall we? Above is the new and improved St Crispins Day colorway on the new BunkyToes base yarn. 3-ply superwash merino wool 425+ yards. I love the new base yarn. It is soft and squishy. I will have 5 new colorways in the shop this weekend. Including Grand Lake, and Elderberry Wine. Very excited. I have been playing with colors you don't see me use often. Monkey Boy is helping too. He likes to put the yarn in to soak. He is good about not tangling it up. Both kids are a big help with BunkyBobo's. It is so much fun to do this with them. Bunky is in charge of getting the lip balm ready to go in the package while Bobo and I get the yarn tagged and bagged. They are both growing up so fast. I am so happy I have this time with them.

Update

In knitting news: I have finished the back/sleeve part of my Tubey and knit about an inch of the body last night. So far so good. I have not touched my other projects in a day or 2. Maybe I will knit on some socks this week.

In BunkyBobo's news: I am dyeing yarn like crazy around here. I want to have plenty in my shop when the next PhatFiber box comes out. There will be new colorways and restock of some colors. Bunky and I are going to make new lip balms for spring this weekend so you can look for new flavors in your orders very soon.

In other news. Mom and Dad got Hubby a Home Depot gift card for christmas. We went last night and got paint for the family room. Goodbye yellow! Bobo wants to help me paint. I have a bad feeling about this.

In the world around us: Anyone else wondering what comes after a trillion?

This is another kettle dye. 2 skeins worsted weight (220 yards each)
Colorway: Chaos: from Greek Myth, Non-gendered deity of the nothingness from which all else sprang.


Hand Painted: 4 skeins (220 yards each) worsted wool
Colorway: Miami Vice. Remember those t-shirts and jackets? Gotta love the 80's.
If you see something you like let me know and I will save it for you. I will be working on listings today.

Yarn!

220 yards worsted weight wool

Colorway: Cosmos

Only one skein of this one but 2 more colors tomorrow.

Thank You Lorena!

My friend Lorena sent me this skein of sock yarn for Christmas. Isn't it pretty. It is the Hanks shop brand of hand dye. Colorway: Gingerbread. Very pretty! Maybe Christmas socks... I hope one day to get to Florida and see Hanks for myself. Thanks Lorena! I love it!

New Colors!

The top one is Gaia, Greek Goddess of the Earth or Mother Earth

The other is Nyx, Greek Goddess of Darkness.
So what do you think?

Go Cubs!

Go Cubs Go

So I don't blog much about the Cubs because when I do they lose. They lost last night so its OK today. They are doing great this year! Might we dare to dream? Could 100 years please the goat? Ask me again in September.

Wowbagger, the Infinitely Prolonged

Wowbagger is an alien who became immortal due to an accident with an irrational particle accelerator, a pair of rubber bands and a liquid lunch, so therefore does not know how to handle being immortal. This is in contrast to the rest of the immortal beings in the universe, who are, in his opinion, "a load of serene bastards." He eventually comes up with a plan to keep himself busy: he will insult every living being in the universe - in alphabetical order.

The Tale of Sweeney Todd...

When I did up the first round of this colorway I dyed the yarn with food safe dyes. I have been trying to repeat it with acid dye and I think I got it. Sweeney is all about the blood, both fresh spilled and stains years old. Here we have blood red mixed with burgundy and reddish brown. The color in the photo is pretty good. The brown is much deeper. That is 2 -250 yard skeins of superwash wool sport weight. Going into the shop tomorrow.

I have also listed some Cuticle balm in the shop. I discovered when I made the lip balm that this stuff was great on the rough spots on my hands. So good in fact I use a different lip balm for my lips and these have become for my hands.

For those going to the Estes wool market I am going to have a find Sandy give away. If you find me at the market and know the answer to life the universe and everything, I will give you a little prize. I will post before I go what to look for. I am hoping to meet lots of people and spread the BunkyBoBo's love a little!

ps this answer comes from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Never fear if you are not going to the market. I will have another give away when I get back.

Self Promotion

Today is all about prompting the Etsy shop. I added a thing in the side bar that will link you right to my stuff. Go on check it out! All the cool kids are doing it!
Shop update to come Monday!

What a day!

Look what I got today! After the 2nd day of the public warehouse sale I came home to find a parcel from Germany! My SP11 sent me a great package. The little bag is a great size for a small project and inside were all types of goodies. There was Chocolate (the MK's got the little umbrella shaped ones before I could get the picture) a cute little note pad, a sock blocker key chain, a very nice smelling sachet from Scouts Swag, and a little pot of jam ( I think it is jam I can't read German) but the best part was the yarn and the scarf!. She knit me My So Called Scarf in Wollmeise Lammdoehwolle in Koralle im Meer. I love it!!! The colors are great. I don't have anything like it. I have it on right now. I love to wear a scarf in the chilly weather. The yarn is beautiful sock yarn. I can't read the label because of the not speaking German thing but I think its cool to have a yarn I clearly can not get here in the Heartland. The label reads:

Tausendschon

Handgefarbte Sockenwolle ( I am pretty sure this means Hand Dyed Sock Wool)

The color is just gorgeous! I love it love it love it! It is a 60/20/20 blend and I can not wait to knit with it! Thank you so much SP11 You made my day! could you help me out with the translation?

Right after opening the goodies I went to check my email and I got my Ravelry invite! I am sandyknits. I just had time to poke around a little I can feel myself getting sucked in already! I need to set up a flicka account and get started.

The public warehouse sale has been a festival of weirdness. Every junk collector in town has been in and gone a little nuts. People are pretty overwellmed by the things I have, Most of the stuff there you won't see anywhere else. I sold $4000.00 worth of stuff today alone. I wonder what tomorrow holds... VP#2 is handling things tomorrow and I have the day off. He said he did not want help and I am to stay home as I have worked 3 weekends this month already. I got one of the other managers to "drop by" and help him out anyway. He is going to need it cuz all the folks that came the last 2 days will be back looking for a deal. Yeah he'll need help. I expect my phone to ring many times.

As for work, my co workers are coming to terms with the fact that I am leaving and the Boss now think they may need to hire 2 people to do all the things they had me doing.( I could have told them this and have in fact many times) When the boss asked me to list all the things I do he was shocked. He then asked me how much they were paying me (boss does not keep track of that stuff VP#1 does) He said he was sorry. Gee I should have told them I was going to quit a lot sooner! Oh well I am at peace with my choice. I will miss some of the people there but I will not miss the grind or 50 hour work weeks.

and now I am off to find the perfect pattern for my new Sockenwolle in Ravelry land