The Duchess made a strong point of practice makes perfect in the art of spinning. Well being the good Queen that i am i took her advice under advisement and have to agree. Schack and i are doing better, so now i am considering a traveling wheel to go with me like knitting needles and yarn. Possibly that will open up the idea to the King that we should travel a bit more than around the yard. Well we will see for now we have an 80th birthday celebration to tackle and a youth trek in Wyoming to tackle and then we start preparing for W.
But for now we have spun up some bobbins
And then we were so excited about the fiber we won from random picks on Yarnnation that we decided to spin it up next. What do you think, fabulous colors right. Just leave your comments below. It’s very easy to do. 
Doesn’t this brown mienke just make you want to cubble up in it, I think W will feel the same, so i’m excited to get this done, and then a little retro baseball the Princess P picked out to celebrate PBTB.
Well if you have never been to Girls Camp you have missed an experience that can’t be described, the spirit, support, love, fun and freezing nights with lots of rocks to sleep on are things that testimonies are built on. So off the King and Queen went to somewhere up the mountains. Exit 150 to be as exact as i know, and there we camped and cooked for our combined wards Young Women. There are flush toilets, but they are on restricted teepee usage (somebody didn’t mind the sign that reads) if you do a #2 flush, wipe, flush, wipe with only 4 squares at a time or else we will have a clogged toilet.
Of course Gnome lounged around while the rest of us worked our butts off. Gnome N Clayture definately has it made, ride around in the camera case pop out with the camera and jump into the main event. It’s a good thing he is so good looking. We have pictures of cooking, skitting, having fun and just kicking back.Some of us ate tooo… It was all great
Putting up humanitarian kits for the church to have for emergency.
Learning how to play Big Budda, I’m to dislexic, so not a game for me.
Brother for a ride which is lots of fun and no one falls out because its seat belted. What a great way to end and afternoon between unpacking from Seattle and packing for girls camp. And of course Gnome N Clayture jumped on the jeep for a ride, check the windshield.
So long Grandpa
and a little more fiber on the wheel..
That is correct handcart pioneers to go along with the Trek which is in July. The King and I are going as a Ma & Pa and we will have 8 children to shepard for 4 days. Yes we are accepting luck and condolences from one and all. That brings us to the apron.
This is where i want to scream… I edited this but it refuses to edit on the blog. Stupid thing… Anyway the dress is also done after much consternation and Queen Mother intervention. I just need to put dress and apron on body and take picture. Relativly easy you would think. Anyway you will have to wait for that. 
Gnome was sunning himself out in the back yard, we have been having some beautifully warm days.
If you look very carefully you will see another Gnome cousin on the wall in the left hand picture. The royal dogs Johnny Cash & Sophie.
Guess what that means baby showers. Yes Princess P and a baby W shower on Saturday. The hostesses were Rachel, Marsha and 
Gretchen who is trying to escape without a pick. Not with the queen behind the camera, and we all know who is the food expert that leaves a house hostess. There you are. Ribbon sandwiches and ice cream cake, sparkling punch. mmmmmm. Then the games were refreshing and different the funniest was Sister Sue watching all the grown-ups sniffing diapers and expecting them, sticking fingers in the mess. She told us that is was disgusting.
This is the Marcellina Vest from Simply Shetland. I knit this one in Debbie Bliss Cotton Cashmere, since it’s summer here and the Princess is 7 months along. It really turned out beautiful to toot my own horn a bit. I crocheted around the arms and neck and then finished with the crab stitch that Rene Dickey demonstrated in her finishing class. Princess P received some absolutely wonderful gifts. Our knitting guild was on the invite list as well a dear aunts and cousins who out did themselves. Here are a few pictures to enjoy.
