I'm finding knitting with White Buffalo to be just shy of fun. I have to remind myself that it is 100% wool, for it feels like foam, or cotton candy...but the airy foamy feel of it knitted is what it is meant for.

There is a nice Knitter's Review article about White Buffalo.

The heathery light brown remains my favorite color, which elann is now out of. There are heathery colors available from Yarn Forward but at its regular price $9 for 8 oz.

Anyway, I am guessing this may be a one and only White Buffalo project. I tried felting it, not good, Knitter's Review suggest "fulling" and I can see that working well. I did hope to imagine some slippers for Karly.

17 sleeps till Bandon is officially HOME. Among the March photo gallery pictures is a new chair that I think knitting will go along nicely in xo This gallery page is also just shy of fun, the thumbnails can be out of proportion.

If I had tucked in the turtleneck, it would've been a more impressive picture of pretty Astrid at the beach. I was definitely cozy warm.

Our good old iMac is now running on OS9 and all my favorite software is still happily functioning. This time next week it should be connected to the sky. That will be a fun bit of moving reality.

March 8 :: Karly's gone through another pair of fuzzy feet : ) The new quick knit slippers did take only an afternoon, and should hold up long enough for me to create a White Buffalo model. Blackberry Ridge (quick-knit slipper kit) gets high marks for fast service xo picked up this interesting sweater pattern there as well.

If I am away for awhile, it will be on account of technical frustration. Still avoiding new OS10 machine, but putting OS9 on our Tangy (orange as in tangerine I-Mac) because the satelite software requires it.

Mar 7 :: here is the first bit of Muchos Poncho, before the needle broke, and a view of the White Buffalo, which is 6 strands of roving. When you begin to knit with it, you give it a few twists which then magically keep twisted as you go, makes airy thick fabric suitable to Eskimos and Oregonians. The light brown (seal heather) is my favorite color on account of its heatherness, I kept almost going back shopping for more. I want to try fuzzy feet in this wool.

Yesterday's big excitement (not knitting related) was finding Hailey and Robin a Portland home. Robin already is going to go to the coolest school, now he and his girl have the coolest (tho quite wee) home. Hailey and Robin have been sweethearts since the last day of their freshman year. In my long life, I've rarely seen 2 people more compatible. When they are together, I love hearing their gentle voices and laughter. Hailey hasn't decided what she's going to do with her grownup life. She said "Whatever I try lately, I am great at." Not an exact quote, but that's my daughter-in-law-to-be in a nutshell.

Enough proud mom rant xo It feels to me like most of the knit-bloggers have much younger children. I still remember when the mutant ninja turtles were the center of Robin's life : ) Precious life.

It's a very spring scented morning here. What I learned from my panel wrap...I don't care for drop shoulders & there is never going to be enough knitting of silk garden for me : )

Enjoyed the first part of yesterday working with the white buffalo wool, but after the piece got about 8 inches, twice in 10 minutes the denise needles popped apart, so this project is waiting for purchase of bamboo US#13. Recently I got some addi natura's that I like very much.