I know, much catching up to do. It shall have to wait – lots of busy going on, much stress. Just stopping by to make a note on current frustration levels. For some time I have been wanting to make the Colors [sic] Squared shawl (Ravelry). I even had the yarn stashed away and the …
Monthly archives: August 2009
Spinning Wednesday
J invited us to spin at her cottage hideaway yesterday, in special honour of F’s birthday. I hadn’t seen the cottage before, and didn’t even know where to find it. I wasn’t even at all sure that I was going to go. Tuesday was a very bad day for me, with a lot of pain …
Like a hole in the head
I think it’s an addiction, why else would I acquire more stash? I’m never going to knit my way though what I have already! And then there’s all those fleeces to spin… Anyway, I fed my habit: Kelpie, from The Yarn Yard. Laceweight cashmere. Colour: Paprika. This is wound already and poised to make a …
Oh, woe
Things are not as good as they might be on this Windswept Acre, so please forgive if blog coverage is patchy for a while. My back continues to trouble me but that is not what keeps me awake at night. The last couple of weeks of feeling generally “off it” and full of nothing but …
Grumpy.
I hurt my back on Thursday morning. It hurts when I sit down. It hurts when I stand up. It hurts when l lie on my back. It is now Sunday and I am losing all sense of proportion with this pain that has been going on forever. I’m trying to do without painkillers today …
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