I went ahead and did three different mosaics for the different three categories of things I listed…

1. Plum Blush messy yarn ball mug – new color!
2. Calico Cat – new item. And COME ON! That’s funny! Get it? Calico cat?
3. Bird Welcome Sign – I have yet to actually *sell* a welcome sign, but I love making them! I’m particularly happy with how the flowers on this one came out.
4. 1970′s style owl soap dish – new color (at least… I’m pretty sure I’ve previously listed the green one… AHA! Yes, I have!).
5. Brown spotted large African Violet pot – new item and a new glaze style.
6. Small shell soap dish – new color.
7. Madonna in White – renewed item.
8. Buddha in Green – renewed item.
9. Pill boxes with flowers – renewed item.

1. Falkland – Fiber Content: 100% Falkland Wool
Yardage: 129 y (117 m)
Weight: 4 oz (112 g)
2. Wool/Alpaca – Fiber Content: 70% Wool, 30% Alpaca
Yardage: 76 y (69 m)
Weight: 2 oz (59 g)
3. Organic Merino – Fiber Content: 100% Organic Merino Wool
Yardage: 160 y (146 m)
Weight: 4 oz (100 g)
4. Wool Blend – Fiber Content: 100% wool blend
Yardage: 60 y (54 m)
Weight: 2 oz (56 g)

I might have gone a little crazy over the soap last week…

1. Celestial Moon soap – in both A Pirate’s Life, and Oatmeal, Milk, and Honey.
2. Bay Rum scented Grooved Bar – a men’s fragrance I’d never heard of until a few male friends started asking for it. I didn’t know if it was the right thing or not so I made it, asked a friend to test it (he approved it highly) and then before I could get it listed I sold out of it at the craft show! So here’s batch #2!
3. Hedgehog soap in both Patchouli, and Fresh Baked Bread.
4. Peace symbol guest soaps (set of six each) – in both Sunflower, and Sandalwood Vanilla – these are both extras from a custom order and unlikely to make it into regular rotation.
5. Oatmeal, Milk, and Honey scented When Pigs Fly soap – surplus from a custom order, unless I get more requests after this sells out I might not make more of this scent/design combo.
6. A Pirate’s Life scented Green Man – renewed item (note to self: make some of this fragrance in the skull soap!)
7. Cucumber Melon scented Sheep – this fragrance is really perfect for hot weather.
8. Four new Dragonfly sampler packs in sets of six – Lavender Blends (Lavender, Lavender Chamomile, Lavender Lemon, Lavender Patchouli, Lavender Rose, and Lavender Vanilla), Fruits and Veggie Blends (Apple, Blackberry, Cranberry, Cucumber Melon, Cucumber Mint, and Lettuce), Baked Good Blends (Cinnamon Toast, Fresh Baked Bread, Gingersnap, Maple Walnut Fudge, Pumpkin Pecan Cake, and Pumpkin Spice), and a whole new sampler set (Mangosteen, Midnight Rain, Papaya Coconut, Plumeria, Sheer Freesia, and Tropical Vacation). Feedback on the fragrances in both the new samplers and the Lavender Blends sets will determine if any of those scents will make it into regular shop rotation.
9. Longevity knot soap scented with Marie’s Hearth – renewed item.
10. Sweetgrass Southwest Bear – renewed item.
11. Cocoa Butter scented Baby Block soaps – sold out, made more!
12. Sandalwood Vanilla scented Celtic knot soap – renewed item.
13. Frankincense & Myrrh scented Skull Soap – renewed item.
14. Acorn soap (and for those of you who like the brain soap, this is about the same size) – Vanilla Maple Pecan, Hazelnut , and Teak & Sandalwood.
15. Yarn Ball soap – both Patchouli scented and Lavender scented.
16. 10 Soaps for $50 – mix and match from what I have available, or put your own things together!

Oops; apparently I forgot to add into the photo the Rose Scented Sunflower soap I listed, and the Leather scented Scarab Beetle soap; and that I made five new Sugar Skull Madonnas (how could I forget them?!). Told you it was a long week!

I’m most excited about the new six-packs, especially the Lavender Blends one (my favorites in there are Lavender Lemon and Lavender Patchouli). Anything in this list you’re excited about?

Fiber: South African Fine

Yardage/Weight: In the cup – 157 yards/4 oz. On the bottom – 153 yards/4 oz.

From: The Spunky Eclectic Fiber club

Fiber: Alpaca

Yardage/Weight: 54 yards/2 oz

From: Absolutely do not remember where I got this; same packaging as the white alpaca from last week, so most likely the same place.

Fiber: Alpaca

Yardage/Weight: 54 yards/2 oz

From: Absolutely do not remember where I got this

Fiber: Superwash BlueFaced Leicester

Yardage/Weight: 235 yards/8 oz

From: The Spunky Eclectic Fiber Club

Fiber: 100% Coopworth

Yardage/Weight: 130 yards/~4 oz

From: the BlackBunny Fibers fiber club

Fiber: 50/50 Camel/Silk

Yardage/Weight: 94 yards/2 oz

From: A Verb for Keeping Warm, via my friend Jacquie

Fiber: Norwegian Wool

Yardage/Weight: 191 yards/4 oz

From: The Spunky Eclectic Fiber Club

Notes: Gifted to my good friend Marie, as a trade for her finishing seaming my 2009 afghan. *smooches*

Fiber: 100% BFL

Yardage/Weight: 179 y/103 g

From: The Spunky Eclectic Fiber club

Fiber: 50% BFL/50% Alpaca

Yardage/Weight: approximately a heavy sport/DK weight — hopefully by the time I am done I will have 2 pounds and about 2400 yards

From: I had a pound of a white Blue-faced Leicester and 1/2 pound each of an oatmeal colored alpaca and a brown alpaca. Ginger is carding them together for me and I am spinning them in order to make another Gathered Pullover.

Edited to add: Since I originally typed up this post (OMG! I pre-blog sometimes!) I’ve swatched this and it is definitely not going to work as my Gathered Pullover. While I’m getting exactly the gauge the pattern calls for, I don’t like the feel of the fabric; I want something more drapey. So I’m going to spin the rest of this up throughout the spring and summer, and knit a pullover out of it this winter.