The Pitter Patter of Little Booties

These cuties are going to California for a short visit. Then, it's on to China to warm the little toesies of some babies at the orphanage where a group of Mommies and Daddies are going to get their new family member. April,whose Mom Penny is on one of the yahoo lists that I frequent, will be bringing home a sweet little girl and leaving these little toe-warmers for the kiddos that don't get Mommies and Daddies. Grandma Penny put out a plea for booties and I decided that would be a good use for some of the handspun yarn that my dear friend Mary from Missouri sent me a while back to be used for my charity knitting. Hope April and the little kiddles like these.
This picture doesn't do them justice, nor the yarn. I think that Mary may have hand-painted the blue. I is really a beautiful shade. I had some brown left over from some socks that I made for CIC from her yarn, so I knit one pair and the foot of another pair with that and did the ankle and cuff with the left overs from the 3 pair of blue booties. Good to the last snithch!
DJ

Wheeeee-l Day

Hey, hey, hey!!!! I picked up my new spinning wheel today. I love it. Now I just have to practice, practice, practice!
It is a Ashford, Traveller. It is so light and so easy to just put in the back seat of the car and strap in with the seatbelt. could it get any better? I have a few yards of yarn made on it and hope to do a lot more in the very near future. I have an all day class on Saturday to learn everything you every wanted to know about being a new spinner. lol
I can hardly wait.
Here's my new little baby. Hmmmm, what shall I name her? Spinderella? Rove-ina? Ply-ianna? LOL Gotta think about that.