All of my recent spinning has been for a swap, so it was quite secret. Now that they’ve been received, I can post pictures! Spun from a Grafton Fibers “poof” About 140 yards, 4 ounces Approximately 60 yards; colored ply is kool-aid dyed corridale wool, brown is 100% Flint the Llama. Didn’t remember to test read more
Open Letter to MARKLASER
Dear MARKLASER,I know I gave you a stupid name, but it needed to be descriptive of where you live and how you work. I didn’t want to call you Phaser7400DN even though that is your given name because quite frankly, that’s too much. Too many numbers mixed in with the letters. I know that I read more
Friendly Neighborhood Hero.
I have great friends. On Wednesday night, I printed and put together a sample of our save-the-date cards. And hated it. It was going to be a lot of work and was going to look “crafty” in a not-so-very good kind of way. So, yesterday morning, I rearranged my digital files for a new format read more
Swap Questionnaire
I joined a swap and it requires me to fill out a questionnaire about my spinning habits. To spare those of you who don’t really care that much, I’ll post it behind the cut. 1) How long have you been spinning?Just shy of 1 year. 2) Are you a beginner, novice, or experienced spinner?I’d classify read more
D-Lister
While in the Atlanta airport [terminal C] TheBoy and I were sitting and waiting patiently for our slightly delayed flight to Maine. I watched as a teenage girl got very excited as she approached a young black man with spiky hair to ask for a photograph. I looked at him more closely and realized it read more
Whirlwind.
Friday, August 11 I spent the day packing and cleaning things up in our apartment. TheBoy came home from work sometime around 5.30 and I cut his hair. We left just before 7 after a stop for gas, heading north for TheBoy’s mom’s house to stay the night. We missed the exit for Albany where read more
Exhausted!
Dress is bought! TheBoy and I are back on the West Coast after a whirlwind week in Maine. Pictures forthcoming once I get some sleep!
Wedding Glasses!
I’ve been looking for suitable champagne flutes for the wedding reception, for TheBoy and I [and our attendants.] Today, during a fortuitous trip to CostPlus, I found some that are the right color. And for less than $5. I’m very pleased.
The Shoes Have Arrived.
And now I have photos. They’re a little snug yet, but since they’re leather they will stretch. The right one hurts but I have an injured pinky toe, so I think that’s the source of it. And now, a barrage of photos!
Cultured Milk
I don’t like milk. I never have. I think that this has been exacerbated by the fact that cow’s milk tastes weird to me. We raised dairy goats when I was a kid and so we had raw goat’s milk and only drank cow’s milk if we happened to run out. At any rate, I read more
Cart Before the Horse?
My doppelganger made a comment about my shawl [which looks very close to the same as it did the other day so I’m not going to post a new photo] and how it’s coming before the dress. Folks might have also noticed that the shoes came before the dress too. It’s primarily been out of read more
Beginning the Process
So, I’ve begun my wedding shawl. It’s Madli’s Shawl from Interweave Knits Summer 2004. It’s a long, lacy, rectangular shawl with lots of fun “nupps” which are kind of a pain to knit, but I like how they look. I started it three days ago and have gotten through the first border and two repeats read more