Things are continuing to be horribly busy around here; there’s little time for self-indulgence- but I did make time for spinning today.
The weather continues in stunning fashion and we actually broke records today – it was the hottest day since we came to the island. We topped 22 degrees C. With no fresh breeze to [...]
Yesterday did not pan out quite as planned but did turn out to be a busy and most interesting day. I hauled myself from bed at the paper hour and had my “Queen Mum’s” under way before breakfast. Spinning was to be at Crudy again and F is still plastered, so volunteer cake makers were [...]
It is the warmest day of the year thus far and the sun is shining.
We celebrated by eating breakfast al fresco, for the first time this year – just plenty of good coffee and some Brioche. After breakfast we took advantage of the low tide…
…and took the dogs paddling
See? Shorts and sunhat weather! I have [...]
There’s nothing quite like a blue bag in the hands of the postman to start a day off well. Generally a blue bag signals the arrival of yarn or roving, but not today. Today’s blue bag held warp thread from Texere. In a fit of madness the other day I ordered up some warp, with [...]
At long last, the Ocean Drift roving is all spun up and skeined.
A pretty yarn, very silky and with much drape.
Project details and photographs.
I have some loot to share with you.
First of all, Cookie A’s Sock Innovation was finally delivered by Amazon. Proof?
Photographic evidence. It exists. Mine, all mine…
The yarn is from The Yarn Yard, and is Caber. It is the one that I want to use first but it is considerably lighter (at 450m per 100g) than [...]
Plans for Project Spectrum East involve avoiding yellow as much as possible and doing my own thing…
I failed to get any spinning done but I did knit on my latest project, though not much – a poor night left me feeling very lacklustre today. I am approaching the end of the second ball, nonetheless.
Spinning was chez moi again. We had the “Queen Mum’s Cake” today, and it slipped down very nicely, thank you…
The Jumbo Flyer is still in the box that it was delivered in and the holidays are half over. Other things have been in the way but I really am hoping/planning to get the Danish Oil out in the next few days so that I can assemble the flyer soon. It feels like forever since I did any spinning.
Spinning was at F’s today. Fascinatingly, I appear to have been to the Frozen Norf. It’s only about 6Km to Crudy, but it seems to have its own microclimate and I was astounded to find myself in a Winter Wonderland when I approached. It was all green and sunny when I left home!
I wasn’t at [...]
