Spinning progress
Picked up a big box from the Weaving Department at Myer's House and Hubby helped me turn it into this:
It's an Ashford Kiwi with a clear lacquer finish. I was sent home from the store with a big ball of white roving and an oil
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I'm taking a break, I'll be back in a week or so.
Overlooked history
BBC News: London's heart of stone.
The mysterious "London stone" is going to be rescued from a building due to be demolished. Does it mean that London is going to be saved from an ancient legend? You couldn't get much less of a romantic
Second time around
Left Ear: Oh... dude got dogs, man. I don't do dogs. I-I had a bad experience.
Charlie: What happened?
Left Ear: I had. A bad. Experience. D**n it, I'm deaf.
Quote from The Italian Job
Once upon a time there was some sock yarn. Good
Spin, coin, knit
Tried spinning my silk hankie on Friday, using the Knittyspin article as a guide. I'm amazed at the results! It is so easy to spin, even easier than the Coopworth, and it's shiny. Shiny and beautiful. It gets stuck to your hands, especially if your skin
Spam Humour
"Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam;"
Monty Python
A few
Still going
Spun some of the Sugar Maple Colonial Wool from Copper Moose last night, it was more difficult than the Coopworth and I'm spinning a very fine thread. Need to make it a bit thicker next time. Picked up a silk hankie and some Corriedale pencil roving from Crown
ET went home
BBC News: UFO study finds no sign of aliens.
A confidential Ministry of Defence report on Unidentified Flying Objects has concluded that there is no proof of alien life forms. In spite of the secrecy surrounding the UFO study, it seems citizens of planet Earth have little to worry about.
Geocaching
It is now possible to circumnavigate Creve Coeur Lake. You didn't used to be able to get all the way around, this was our first complete loop. It's a 3.7 mile trail, more if you're wandering off doing an excellent 3 part multi-cache
Spinning FO: Identification
The Yarn Harlot's new book Knitting Rules mentions several ways to identify anonymous yarn, including setting it on fire and dissolving it in bleach. I found a slightly less dangerous way: Shipping tags. You can label each piece of yarn with what it is and where it came