Spinning day today. I got off to a poor start when the shower refused to work… then spent the rest of pre-spinning time chasing my tail and trying to put an attractive birthday card together. Eventually I shot out of the door at the last minute, minus my spinning wheel but with the Citron shawl, …
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Two Fine Gentlemen
I took my new camera to town with me on Friday. The plan was to capture some FO shots of my Brandywine Shawl in the sunshine on the ferry. We were blessed with the most fabulous weather, but the photo shoot just didn’t work out. These two fine gentlemen live over the door of the …
Today, I…
Today, I: Sneezed a lot Toyed with the ball of crochet thread that arrived in the morning’s post Did more research on crochet thread sizes Fought off the temptation to begin a doiley Completed my Flutter scarf – and even sewed the ends in Unpinned my Brandywine Shawl, and it is gorgeous! It makes me …
Doiley Cart
In pursuit of enlightenment on the crochet thread front, and the eventual production of a real live doiley, I have been shopping at eBay. Today my example of a 20’s (is this the same as #20?) thread arrived. It’s a creamy shade of Lesür Pixie 20’s 100% cotton. 20gms but no indication of length, unfortunately. …
Tangy
Today has something of the flavour of Spring about it. The sun is out, there is little wind, and some actual warmth is detectable in the wan yellow rays. To be honest, thoughts have been turning to Spring for several days now – since I noticed the birds are more active and the ducks have …
Briefly
Let’s keep this brief, my RSI is very sore… I missed Spinning today. A web update that I needed to do, and had promised to have done “early this week”, had done a Topsy on me and grown much larger than was achievable in the original time span. It’s still growing 🙂 Knowing that I …