ma website

yay...its back up and running www.mamalojo.com im home! check it out sometime, ya hear!

spin-in

yay...worked on a fresh new yarn during a spin party at hands on craft...my fav new shop/studio in arcata. it was ver fun and i was inspired by everyones unique artistry. love it!

still reading

im just reading a lot right now...
(yeah check out my reading list over there ---->
its really satisfying...so im not making any yarn...plus im in a give-away phase...so seriously if you want some yarn...email me, its yours, for real and for true. free! hurry before its gone

i love to read!

so, my drum carder is on the brink of destruction...but i should pop up with something by this weekend...problem is...i can't stop reading books! So until i get lured away from novels and shortstories...i might be absent from a yarn post for awhile...but cool news...a new crafty place is in town, looks super great, cannot wait to check it out in person, site under construction but look anyway www.handoncrafts.com

athena finished

Getting ready to spin with some lovely fluffly white alpaca, golden brown bfl wool, pink sparkle, some custom batts of merino (gold, pink, browns) and vintage pink and pinker fuzzy thread...

Here is Athena...58 yards of hand dyed, hand carded batts of merino and romney...bits of sparkle, spun thick and thin with lofty bits and slubs...plied with a kinky powder blue yarn... soft and squishy!

on a side note: im a little frustrated with some mohair that I have...its so filled with veggie matter (vm) its ridiculous! Im trying my best not to fall asleep while slowly picking through it and gently shaking and fluffing it all out...my carder wont really get it out either...time for a new drum carder? yeah, i think so!

athena getting ready to be pliednew yarn: athena...should be complete soon (see above)

update on alpaca: still washing (dirtay!) and still drying

New yarn finished: (see below) meloncolony...hand dyed and carded merino, polypay and hampshire lamb cross...some sparkle...55 yards of peachypink, candystriped combos of pinks, blues, browns, greys, etc....greens with lavenders...some big poofy puffs, too.

sweet jane

sweet jane...and she smells so nice! Single spun thick and thin with lots of slubs...sparkle...spun with a hot pink cotton core, at times co-spun, and fuzzed with core. she's a gold digger, though and has bits of gold locks spun right in...roller derby sparkle spandex meets marilyn monroe (the pink years)

77 beautiful yards of merino, romney, polypay...all handwashed, dyed and carded!