Shearing

Report on last weekend’s shearing. photos included.

Over the Hill to Boloquoy Mill

Report on last week’s photo walk. Photo-rich and includes embedded slideshow.

Cutting things fine

I took the Reclamation scarf to spinning today as last week’s disastrous efforts have quite put me off spinning for a while. After that it was a quick romp to the end this afternoon. It is done!

Work in Progress

There is a new project on the needles.

Reclamation: triangular scarf in 3ply handspun Merino/Tencel

That’s the way that it goes

I bought industrial quantities of vine-ripened tomatoes in K’wall yesterday. I’m eager to use them so today I have dug out a pack of local beef “Best Stew” and am lovingly preparing a slow stew of tomatoes, paprika, and beef -to which I shall later add some dwarf green beans. I planned to dump it …

Catching up

Friday – went over the hill to Boloquoy and then to Backaskaill for a meringue. Saturday edited some photos then went with visiting L to watch (we’d like to say “assist”…) with shearing at SpinningGill’s. Ate too much delicious Biryani – in the evening SG and hubby came round for evening of beer, weaving, and …