After winding all that 2/28 yarn I disappeared into a deep hot bath with a long drink and a spouse. Then knitted on ‘is sock in bed for a while. I am about to begin the toe shaping. It makes progress but does not enthral me. This however, does. Isn’t it gorgeous? Woken by Nell …
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Ouch
Ok. I got on with my plying. It’s not finished. It’s taking ages. I had not realised just how fine I had been spinning. There’s miles of this stuff and it took forever to 2 ply a bobbin full. I now understand the attraction of the double treadle. There’s no leaving off plying in a …
And the parcels pour in…
No sign of the quilting needles yet. How long can it take to shove those in an envelope and stick a stamp on it??? I did receive the new pin for my new debit card, replacing the one that I locked myself out of and can’t unlock due the need to get to a Nationwide …
Spinning Wednesday
Spinning was at S1’s place today – in her very accommodating kitchen. Excellent scones were served. S did bring the Icelandic fleece, which was much admired. Surprisingly, I finished my roving. Really surprisingly; I spun the last piece unconsciously I think, because I thought I still had some left at the point at which I …
Monday blues
Mr L is back at his desk today and there is an air of gloom emanating from the office. I have been requested to hang around and keep him company today which rather goes against my plan of knuckling down to some experimentation with paper-making at t’other end of the house. So I shall be …
And other really useful stuff.: Caesium.
Now, this truly speaks to the geek in me. Genius! I could have a whole wardrobe of different elements… And other really useful stuff.: Caesium. What’s your favourite emission spectrum? Closer to home Seriously late night last night and feeling v sluggish today. Don’t even feel like knitting. I’d like to spin though – and …