Springtree Road

Starting tomorrow, everything will change

maya — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:32:58 -0400

Ok, not everything. But if you subscribe to this blog, you might want to update your readers tomorrow because... http://springtreeroad.com will be my landing page. http://blog.springtreeroad.com will be my blog (nothing there yet, though). But if you subscribe to http://springtreeroad.typepad.com/...

Love to knit? Have a knitting blog? Not too busy? A working giveaway

maya — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:40:15 -0400

Hiya! I want to have a giveaway - let's call it a working giveaway ... or maybe a collaboration. Yeah, that sounds nice. I want to have a collaboration! Here's what I need - someone who: would like to try...

V's gone viral

maya — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:57:36 -0400

A couple of weeks go I got an email from the nice folks at youtube telling me that one of my videos of V had gone viral and did I want to put ads on it? I said yes -...

Maria's handspun scarf

maya — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:13:13 -0400

Yesterday I sent out my newsletter announcing the opening of my new shop and I mentioned there that you can get $10 off your next order if you will blog about making something from my yarn or fiber and send...

Same handspun yarn, brand new shop!

maya — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:34:50 -0400

So, I went and opened a new shop - it's still handspun yarn, but this time it's completely my own space. Of course I love my Etsy shop - Etsy is a great place for me to be and I'm...

Davie and Chiyo

maya — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:50:00 -0400

I got an email from one of the owners of the cutest little Etsy shop a few weeks ago, asking if I would take photos of V modeling two of their new products. Well, I couldn't resist that! So Davie...

Being Outside

maya — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:53:34 -0400

This morning, V wanted to take some pictures outside with her little Fisher Price kid's camera. Here are some of her best shots - she wanted to call the series "Being Outside." This is the neighbors' giant, gorgeous hydrangea bush....

A clear idea

maya — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:21:21 -0400

One of the things that's constantly on my mind is homeschooling. Or unschooling. Or some sort of combination of the two. We think V will be a really good candidate for unschooling (though, truthfully, we think all children are) because...

Bones -n- Gristles

maya — Fri, 28 May 2010 10:32:45 -0400

There was one of these things in the parking lot of the gas station where we stopped for our peaches last weekend. Do they have these where you live? It's a smoker, for BBQ. Let me confess that though I've...

FROG jam & such

maya — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:53:37 -0400

Saturday we went out for a bit to try something new. On the way home we stopped by this little roadside stand. Now I'm wishing I'd have bought some of the green peanuts so I could make my own boiled...

I think I'll turn into ... The Cat!

maya — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:50:59 -0400

When my brother was a kidlet he used to say, "I think I'll turn into ... The Cat!" and then he'd jump around all over the furniture like a cat. After a while he'd say, "I think I'll turn into...

Look what you done for me

maya — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:18:38 -0400

Yesterday morning, V was painting with her new watercolors. She pretty much used all her pink in one day, she was that excited to have it. She told me that she was going to start making paintings to sell on...

Loop love

maya — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:22:24 -0400

I ordered this batt from Loop in April. Isn't it luscious? It's a pillow of lush. If I could make batts like this, I'm not sure I'd do anything else. Steph has a mini-mill carding machine that can work all...

And she didn't even get the mud on her white shirt

maya — Sat, 15 May 2010 10:32:55 -0400

If you'll be so kind as to visit my friend Sosae's blog, you can enter to win a giveaway for something in my shop - you get to choose. Plus I say a few things. A lot of things, really....

Oh baby!

maya — Fri, 14 May 2010 11:17:20 -0400

Look at this newborn beauty. Gorgeous, isn't she? When I started making the lace baby wraps, I knew I had to ask Tafari to take pictures for me. Because he's the best photographer I know. I first saw his work...

Samples and hopeful for hummingbirds

maya — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:33:39 -0400

I carded some batts the other day and started spinning one. I spun about half of one and thought the yarn was thinner than I wanted it so I stopped. Then I saw some yarn I had on a bobbin,...

From Supergirl

maya — Sun, 09 May 2010 15:15:00 -0400

Happy Mother's Day from Supergirl!

Ch-ch-changes

maya — Thu, 06 May 2010 08:16:54 -0400

I'm working on a few changes here, trying to get everything together in a more together sort of way. Soonish, springtreeroad.com will become my landing page & the blog will have a different address. It won't happen tomorrow, but it'll...

WIP: Kina

maya — Sat, 01 May 2010 20:57:27 -0400

I saw this cute pattern for a girl's short-sleeved cardigan a few months ago and have wanted to knit it ever since, but I couldn't remember where I'd seen it. So yesterday I went to my favorite LYS with high...

Found flowers

maya — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:34:55 -0400

Here are some flowers I found today while looking for excess photos to delete. This one has a broken flower in it. I like that. Also, Lime & Violet were kind enough to mention my wee yarn shop in their...

I'm going with wild and free

maya — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:55:46 -0400

So here it is, my little lump of yarn, all plied up. What do you think? Wonderfully wild and free? Or just a big ol' mess of what-the-heck? I can see both sides of that argument, but I'm going with...

Will it work?

maya — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:13:41 -0400

A couple of months ago, I came into possession of a teeny, tiny bit of fluff from the wonderful and oh-so-talented Lacey, a fellow fiberista whose Etsy shop is called Moonrover. It's just .55 ounces, so I spun it as...

V found the bandaids

maya — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:03:05 -0400

I tried to hide them from her. She'll use them for "cuts" and "scrapes" and "really, really hurty boo boos" until they're gone. And then when she needs one... Hey - I'm starting a newsletter for my handspun yarn &...

...and four extras

maya — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:24:51 -0400

Still in downtown Acworth... Love the old advertisements that are painted on the sides of brick buildings. This one is for Coca-Cola. Yep, I'm a Coke snob. I don't drink a lot of sodas, but if I'm going to have...

Two buildings

maya — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:54:24 -0400

When I saw this building in downtown Acworth, my first thought was that is so cute, I want to pop it in my mouth! This is the way I feel about old buildings - they look like candy to me....

Three houses

maya — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:53:19 -0400

We went to downtown Acworth on Sunday afternoon. These three houses are across the street/railroad tracks. I don't think it gets any cuter than these three houses all in row. This one has a white & pink dogwood tree in...

People I have known: Lisa

maya — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:49:41 -0400

My grandparents started out owning two lots in their neighborhood. They built a house on one, but eventually sold the other and a house was built on it by someone else. By the time I had any awareness of it,...

Lucky Number 13

maya — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:27:52 -0400

Spinning cotton is hard work, y'all! Lots of practicing to do there. Just saying. Anyway, the random number generator gave me this: So that means congratulations goes to Mousy Brown - you win the Virtue Natural giveaway!

Trying new things

maya — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:30:38 -0400

This is some naturally colored cotton. Isn't it pretty? Ok, I'm just a little bit intimidated by it. But I'm going to try spinning it very soon. Just need to read up on spinning cotton a bit. Here is something...

Guess who wants to be a vet when she grows up?

maya — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:27:56 -0400

We were at the vet last week (and will be again on Friday - Miss Kitty needs a teeth cleaning) and there was a dog there wearing an Elizabethan collar. V was very interested in the hows and whys of...

Virtue Natural - great skincare products + giveaway

maya — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:42:11 -0400

I met Sosae a couple of months ago, when she bought some yarn from me. I think at the time she just had her little knits shop open (lovely handknits!) and was in the process of getting her latest venture...