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Babs Ausherman

I don't care if my socks match. I like other things to match, but I really don't care if my hand-knitted socks match. So, as a way of investigating this... Read More

What's In A Name? Hot Shot!

Babs Ausherman

MDSW2015 on Hot Shot In case you couldn't tell, we love words here at the Miss Babs studio. We love to name things, we love alliterations (using same letters at the beginning of words), we love finding the right name for a color, we love finding pictures in our picture book of animals and sea creatures and trees and more that help us to connect color with yarn names. I thought I would share the story of the naming of our 80/20 sock base. That's 80% superwash merino and 20% nylon.... Read More

Shy Babs

Babs

Shy!?@#! Heck no!!! But there are those who like photos of themselves and those who hate photos of themselves. I am in the Hate category. I don't care to see myself, just as I don't like hearing myself on the phone recording and so on. I am probably just like many others this way. But a customer of mine took this picture at SAFF this fall and when I opened it up, I said to myself...that actually isn't too bad. So here it is: [caption id="attachment_655" align="aligncenter" width="257" caption="Miss Babs... Read More

Frog Princess!! is Our New Colorway's Name!

Babs

Frog Princess was the leader in the poll from the start and maintained its position throughout the voting! Wildflower Meadow came in second and Hollyhocks came in third. I will be notifying winners today and will post the names of winners along with pictures of the prizes in the next day! I want to thank each of you who came to vote! Thanks for helping us Name the Colorway! Read More

Sock Summit is Coming!!

Babs

I just realized this morning that not everyone knows about the Sock Summit that is happening in Portland, Oregon this August. It is always amazing when you have something going on in your life (in a consuming type fashion) and you realize that, Oh my Gawd, you don't know about that?!? So here's where I try and let folks know about this very big event that is coming up. This first Sock Summit is being organized by Tina of Blue Moon Fiber Arts fame (Socks that Rock) and Stephanie McPhee of The Yarn Harlot... Read More

End of May - Getting Ready for June

Babs

Planting needs to happen! I need to get the rest of the tomato plants in, and all of the flowers I bought last week at Susan's. Susan is a member of my fiber guild. Plus I have a knockout rose that I need to put in. I like to have real flowers at my shows and this one is Stitches South. It was loaded with blooms. I need to get the dead blooms cut off and get it into the ground! Jen, one of the gals who works with me - she... Read More

Spinning Green Kettle-Dyed Fiber!!

Babs

Well, I am not sure if you realize it or not, but I LOVE the color green! I dyed this fiber about a month ago, right before Stitches South. I thought I would spin some for socks. This may take me awhile, but I thought you might like to see how it spins and knits up. Here is a picture of the top before I started doing anything to it. BFL stands for Blue Face Leicester, which is a breed of sheep. [caption id="attachment_53" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="BFL Top in Three... Read More

Sun Made a Showing!

Babs

Yesterday started out the same as so many days lately - rainy! I know I should not complain about the rain, and how it is restoring water levels to the good finally. However, the Great Golden Orb did show up in the afternoon. I was able to take a walk around the property and assess what needs to be done (some will get done and some won't!!) Here's some of the gardens that obviously need some cleaning out. That's the studio in the background. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Studio Gardens"][/caption] [caption... Read More