The End of an Era~

Today marks the end of an era... 

We are very VERY excited at all of the new changes, this is not a sad time, 

but a time for NEW BEGINNINGS! and how can that ever be a sad thing?

Material Whirled is being phased into our new farm business,  Peculiar Ambitions!

We will no longer be using our shopping cart to sell products.

(This site will only remain active until I get all of my free patterns transferred to the Ravelry.com pattern database.)

Around the beginning of September 2011 the Material Whirled url will forward to my personal blog where you can follow our antics and receive updates.

Link to Reenie's Blog

Link to Peculiar Ambitions' Blog

Link to Reenie's Facebook Page

In the future I will be offering products in our farm's etsy site, but for now we are taking our time through the transition.

Thanks to ALL who have supported Material Whirled over the past SIX years!

We love you and thank you for staying in touch!

xoxoxoxo

Color Inspiration~

I have skeins of Malabrigo hanging by my studio window.
Right outside the window is my planter, with geraniums, salvia and nasturtium in the exact same delicious colors.

Garnet & Molly

 

 

Lettuce & Apple Green

Go here to buy!

Blog Slacker~

I know..... I have been a blog slacker.
Been busy being mom and hippie housewife. Trying to slow down a bit and absorb some summer energy.  Gardening, canning, puttering in circles around the house and sending a few car loads of stuff we have outgrown to Goodwill.

Today my Ruth is taking me out for a relaxing lunch, and after I will take some more shots of what I have been up to....

NEWS....
Last weekend I updated the shop with some pretty cool things!
Yarns, journals, new pins, embellishments! New Stash Purge items!
Go and see~?

          

          

AND....
VERY exciting news....
Next week, Tues. July 13th we (Jackie, Liz and I) will be doing another Paperclipping.com/Live show!
Topic is an art journal tutorial....
How to Make your own 'Free Range' art journal!
This show will be filmed in my art studio.... in the Material Whirled!
Too much fun.

xo
see you soon!
reenieout

Cabled Dreams Journal~

Another Journal~

Available (for now) in the Shop (Material Whirled) on the Journal Page!

The cover is quilted with a lover-ly hydrangea-esque floral pattern.

I couched down strands of a coordinating handspun yarn with matchy-matchy threads.

The acid green knit cabled panel, is a gauge swatch for a project I never got started. Which is fine, because it was really meant for this book.

The closure is an old green coat button and a chain of my handspun.

Inside the front cover is a pocket made from some painted canvas, great to hold your pen or cell phone.

Cover measures 7 in. x 9 inches closed.  

Perfect size to slip into your knitting bag~

           
Inside hand bound pages measure 6 1/2 x 9 (largest)... others vary under that.
108 pages (counting front and back)
Pages are a collection of scrapbook cardstock, printed lined papers, copies of a yarn pattern my late memaw had written out by hand (my mom just found this and sent to me).... there are many clear pockets and places for you to slip in notes or pics...

  

12 of the pages are my art collages... created specifically for this book from old craft books, parts of my paintings, ephemera I have hoarded, yarn sample cards, etc. etc. etc.
Also cards made with my new yarn-ball stamp I carved...
Embellishments are sewn, glued and taped in.
I am sure there are other things I am forgetting to list here, so some things will be a surprise! (teehee)

 

Consider this a Jump Start for your art and journaling! 

A collaboration~ between you and me :)

What can you DO with a book like this?
Record your knitting projects....

Journal you thoughts, dreams, plans, prayers and intentions...

Write out your grocery and to-do lists.

Glue or tape in your favorite photos...

I can go on and list things for days... 

I took a kajillion pictures for you to see, there are more on the journal page in the shop. 

 

One-of-a-kind! You will be the envy of your knitting group~ 

I Need a To Do List~

I slept in a bit this morning...

and then spent over an hour browsing on some new-to-me design (interior) blogs.
Sounds like a colossal waste of time, but OH, so much inspiration! Not so good for the ADD though, now my head is swimming with even more things I want to make and do!

Here are some links if you are interested in that sort of thing...
Some are new (to me) and some I have been following for a long time~
decor8
Design Sponge
decoFabulous
made2create (some great DIY home decor ideas)
The Yvestown Blog
Supermarket Sarah (some raw kitschy displays)
Brooklyn Limestone (great decor/design/ renovation ideas)

Sunday we hit the Pearl in Portland for lunch and some walking around.

Here are shots of the window displays at Anthropologie!

Made from plastic water bottles... which I totally want to try to make for some spring decorations around here.

Yesterday I finished up some serious custom yarn orders~ phew!
They are gorgeous, but were so very time consuming.... . I have a case of spin-ass-itis, which means my back hurts from sitting and spinning for hours and hours. duh. I could get up and stretch occasionally I suppose. I just get into what I am doing and forget.

My Ann was feeling under the weather yesterday. No extreme symptoms, just achy, nauseous, and slightly feverish all day. Hopefully she feels better once she wakes up today. We missed a group excursion to see the Percy Jackson movie. which was very very upsetting for her. Maybe we can see it today?

Paul's flight was delayed in SLC because some woman refused to remove her ipod for religious reasons?! So they kicked her off the plane, started up the runway, then had to turn around so they could remove her checked luggage from cargo. Nice lady. sheesh. What religion would that be? anyone?

So not sure what today will bring... until Ann wakes up. Will snap some pictures to add here once I get to the studio.

Here are some of the Knit Pins I have recently put in the shop.

HILARIOUS!

There are 24 Knit designs, 9 Spin designs and 4 Crochet designs. Go see!
xo