stage 16 and a rest day

the dog booties were the cat's pajama's (how's that for mixing metaphors :) they fit perfectly and she spent the day swimming like a fish dog! so here's how this works. etta, our five year old yellow lab, adores the water. when we had the pool put in three summers ago, the installers told us that they let their dogs swim in the pool. the dog hair isn't the problem, you just have to watch out for nails penetrating the liner. so etta got a set of latex dog boots. it's like trying to put balloons on your squirming dogs feet. she does well for three paws, then squirms like crazy while two adults struggle to put on the last bootie. this year her dad found a set of neoprene dog booties online. the first swim they floated off because of those skinny dog legs. the repairs i did worked perfectly....

she can paddle away and we don't have to worry about an accidental liner tear.

she is stylin in her new foot-wear. are we nuts about our dogs or what?
onto the fiber.

still spinning on those odds & ends. i''m going to have to soon decide how (or if) to ply this.
i finished sarah's slippers....

i'll spend an afternoon at dad's felting these in the top loading, agitating washer!
today was dye day with amythefibergoddess. we're on the count down to the fiber fest. with all the major events behind us, she can focus on getting her products ready. we were in the groove...

and had major dyeing mojo! every color worked, the skeins were amazing......

and i came home looking like i dumped it in my lap! i was wet to the skin and have no idea how it happened. we were rocking the dye pots!