Some little progress is being made. I am working in short bursts, so finding it hard going and frustrating. Yesterday’s spinning gave me a little fillip and I sat and completed the Giggle spinning today in between doing other things. Just the plying left to do now. The Ultimate Temptation project still steals my attention …
Monthly archives: July 2008
Random Genius
Knitty: Summer 2008 I find this v exciting – the notion of a randomly generated pattern. One that changes each time you open it? And it doesn’t matter that it changes? Absolute genius – and the ultimate in the idea of knitted garments being unique to the maker. A shame that the pattern isn’t ideally …
Spinning Day
Spinning Day this week is hot, hot, hot. So hot that we couldn’t take advantage of my new sitting place outside and had to go spin inside in the shade! Spinning Cake was oaty-fruity-seedy bars that may have started life as flapjacks but were honey-based instead of syrup-based, and a tray of wonderfully spicy, fruity …
Yes, still AWOL
An absence of fibre today – but lots of activity. I have been cleaning concrete with the pressure washer, cleaning windows and windowsills of 2 years’ accretion of algae, muck, and mould – and digging up weeds. I also painted (v roughly) my garden bench. Later on I shall be applying Weedol and drilling and …
Still AWOL
Briefly: still struggling with a sore appendage now also struggling with a lumpy sore throat and temperature but unable to leave the knitting strictly alone though successful at not spinning for a while Sky and Water II on the move again (slowly) (25%) Ultimate Temptation going well (30%) Tumult of Waves stalled while I make …
AWOL
My arm is screaming at me so I am trying to keep computer time to a minimum. This explains the shortness of posting around here of late. Sadly, the arm is becoming so sore that I need to rest it from knitting and spinning also. Somewhat disgruntled by this, I rejected all forms of common …