Dear D and Cowboy,

This mother is very, very proud to be the lady in your life (lives).

I want to thank you for being so kind, and funny, and responsive to my often crazy ideas.

D… thanks for being my best friend. The person who never (out loud) thinks that my zany ideas are , well, zany. Thanks for giving me room to explore my creativity and to be me. The me you met and dated, and later made an honest woman. You are the best friend a girl could ever hope for… and I love you with all my heart and am so proud to be your wife.

Cowboy, you are an amazing child. You have a sensitivity that I hope never leaves you. You are polite beyond your years and you take delight in all that comes your way. You have the creativity bug, too. And I think it is as bad as the one that bit me. And, I love you. Like a love that I have never had with anyone else. Your my boy… and I am so, so proud to be your mama.

So, my boys, thanks for making me a mama. Thanks for a very special day of gardening yesterday and of toying with my new GPS! Thanks for making me laugh, giving me direction, and making me whole.

I love you both so much,

E.

It is very telling that my nights have been chock full of fitful dreams as of late.
Last night, I dreamed I was an RA (I never lived in a dorm in college) and … here is the BEST part…

Justin Timberlake and I shared a room.

I was then, woken by a lightsaber-swinging cowboy telling me to “get up it is 9:30!!”

*sigh*

MDSW was fantastic this year! I was so psyched to have my wares in the Cloverhill Booth… and to be in that booth with so many of my friends, professional and personal.

I think that Michelle and I had about 4 hours of sleep an evening… for the entire time she was here. I miss her so, so much!

I also had a brief moment of insanity this week…

I went to Spinster Fibers in Baltimore and took their Lendrum for a test drive. I made a phone call, sold my Joy , and ordered a Lendrum DT complete in about 2 hours.

Madness I tell you!

I will have more complete thoughts for you soon… Mother’s Day tomorrow. I think some time in the garden is warranted.

Have a great weekend!

Seriously… I am so wiped. I have not been to bed before 2 am since TUESDAY night.

I have run my poor Canadian friend into the ground with my last minute madness. She should have gotten a work visa is all I’m sayin’!

We went to DC / Alexandria, VA to drop off a huge order to Knit Happens (merino / tencel… love it) and the poor girl got to see our nation’s capital from the passenger side window of my Volkswagon Rabbit (turbo and paddle shifter) rental vehicle.

I was all like “there is the Washington Monument”… and she was all like “there is a car that you are going to hit..”

Some people I tell you!

I have been annoying Michelle with my new game for the weekend. I decided it was best to deal with my anxiety for the weekend by labeling the emotion I am feeling at the top of my lungs. For a full 24 hours I have been intermittently shouting out words like

“WORRIED!” “ANXIOUS!” “TIRED!” “ANGRY!”

Michelle has been shouting out words like

“EAR PLUGS!” “DON’T CARE!” “ZIP IT!”… how rude? right?

What is our schedule for the weekend you may ask?

Tonight, FRIDAY MAY 2:

OPEN HOUSE at the Warehouse. Starts at 4 ends around 11. Details are here.

SATURDAY, MAY 3:

8am - 1pm at the Cloverhill booth. Main barn, D2,D3

Come say hi to me and the gang!

7pm -11pm Ravelry party at the Sheraton in Columbia.

SUNDAY, MAY 4:

Aimlessly wandering the fairgrounds yelling at the top of my lungs

“COWBOY!” “GET BACK HERE!” “1 ……… 2 ……. YOU DONT WANT ME TO GET TO….. 3 !!!!!”

See you at MDSW! (or miss you at MDSW!)

WHOOOOOOOPIEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Look at this!

Thanks Stefanie…. It is awesome!

If anyone is interested in that colorway they can contact me here ! 

Oi vey people!!!

Can it be MDSW NOW?! I just want to fast forward to Wednesday when I pick my partner in crime up from BWI and the party starts!

I had another round of oral surgery this morning. Much more minor compared to the last round… but it still sucked. No more baby teeth for me (yes… I still had one lone ranger!)

The last of my sheep and wool roving is steaming… and all is quiet here at the warehouse. (Yes… I still had to work today… I wish I had my ja-jaminas and some codene)

I totally feel like I am in a  flippin’ Judy Blume novel along with some nameless 9 year old girls I know.  It is raining and pouring for me and my homies…lets just hope that the weather breaks for us (figuratively and the like).

Any astrology buffs out there? Anyone wanna take a stab at my charts? I would LOVE to see that!

Oh.. and I love you Doris Day. You made my night.

More (brighter) topics of conversation tomorrow… Like the MDSW open house/ pre party at my studio on Friday!

Umm… just found out that Chewy… the wonder cat… has anxiety disorder.

Thank you nice vet man for the 245.00 bill (and 135.00 in a supply list) to say that my cat is crazy. Let’s hope the feliway works… shall we?

Let’s not forget the kitty prozac too.

Oy!

I have been thinking a lot about beginnings… how did this yarn thing start for me?

In my recollection… I sent out some test skeins in late 2005 to 5 folks around the country to see what they thought.  They gave the thumbs up and the yarn started being produced.  The name “C*EYE*BER Fiber ” stemmed from all of the input and support that the virtual web-based internet community provided (and continues to provide, I may add!)

I remember one of the things that I loved doing were “customs”. Send me your images and I send you that in yarn.

So.. fast forward a couple years. And… the fact that there are 2 of us that make C*EYE*BER Fibers now. And…we reopened the Warehouse. And we are interested in getting back to basics. So..

Welcome back the custom colorway! WOOT! You can have it your way again… any weight , any combo! Come and see… 

Thanks so much for your support! We are so touched by how amazing you all are!

You can find us all here.

Remember to use the coupon code “welcomeback” to save 15%!

It’s a quiet Sunday mornin here at the warehouse.

I am dyeing my MDSW / Cloverhill order. Just me and John Mayer (sigh).

I stopped by the sugary rings of death shop (Dunkin Donuts) to grab a muffin and some coffee on my way in. Punk rock, sk8ter boy was there. He is a 16 - or - so (man… the older I get the younger they look!) skater that I see around my neighborhood . He is likely in transit to work or Charm City Skate park.

The cowboy noticed him one day and chased him and his uber-cool posse down the street saying “shred it man!” Awesome. Very cool, no?

Well, I tell Tony Hawk this morning that my kid saw him and thinks he and his friends are really cool.

He said “Yeah. I saw him. I told my friends that I see you in the DD like EVERY DAY!”

I said ” Not everyday. I have a studio in the building next door.”

He said “Well, every weekend then. You come here a lot.”

NOT COOL! I have been branded by generation Y as a donut eating mom that has a funny kid. I usually get COFFEE ,Mr. Hawk.

And as an FYI… those clothes your wearing… we wore them first when they WERE NOT in style.

That haircut… yeah… we shaved each others heads in the bathroom at school while we were smoking cigarettes (I quit people) and being WAY too cool to go to class.

Sk8 videos were grainy , nearly contraband, VHS tapes that your older brother watched (much to your protest) while you wanted to watch the Wizard of OZ!… Oh.. well that may not have been cool.

I am going to lick my wounds by listening to the Replacements and the Bouncing Souls now…

Damn.

First off… thanks SO much to everyone for your kind and thoughtful healing vibes. We are doing well.. the cowboy is up to his normal speed (if any of you have met him that is double time!) and I am getting into the swing of things.

Dawn and I are slowly expanding our product lines. We are adding lace yarn to the site very soon. We would LOVE some lace patterns to offer with the yarn. if you have any fingering weight patterns… we would love to see them too!

Please email us  if you are interested!