Yak, Jacob, and a small rant

Found a great spindle box for my Tudor Rose spindle and started spinning some grey yak down. The box is a birch wine bottle box with a leather tie, it holds the spindle and a good lump of fibre.  The yak is from Crown Mountain Farms, very soft and fluffy,

Spring greens

Can we have spring now please?  I'm tired of sneak attacks by winter.  Tuesday dumped over six inches of snow on us in the morning alone, and I had a heart-stopping drive home.  There were three spots where the car sat spinning the wheels in snow going up

Birthday spinning - The Tudor Rose

It's my birthday today, and Hubby got me the most wonderful present, a drop spindle custom designed specially for me by Thomas Golding, the Tudor Rose: This is the band on the rim, sterling silver with roses on: It has a cherry whorl with some amazing scroll work,

Spinning FO: Undyed Baby Camel

Finished this during the week: Baby camel down from The Fold, 57 yds, 1 oz, Navajo plied on wheel, spindle spun, light sport weight yarn. This is my first attempt at Navajo plying, and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.  My technique needs a lot of

Writing up a storm

After National Novel Writing Month last year, a group of us wanted to keep meeting, and we're working on a series of stories set in the same world.  In this world, magic is real, fairies are modelling on all the catwalks in London and New York, and dwarves

Blues and Barbecue

Went to Memphis for the weekend with Hubby and had a great time.  Rode the Main Street trolley, took the Gibson factory tour and saw how they make guitars, and had dinner at BB King's Blues Club.  It was great to get out of St Louis and go

Changing metaphors

BBC News article: What now for the Forth metaphor? After 100 years the painting of the Forth Rail bridge is to come to an end, depriving the English language of one its most treasured similes.  With three coats of a special paint, similar to that used in the offshore oil

Brass Monkeys

There was a freak blizzard across St Louis on Monday morning but all the snow was gone by 2pm.  It's been grey and dismal and bitter cold outside for weeks, even my red car turned grey with all the salt on the roads.  I got a ball of

Happy Birthday Hubby!

It's Hubby's birthday today!  Hope it's a good one, I love you.

FO: Boom socks

Finished the Boom socks for my mother-in-law: Yarn: Fiesta Baby Boom in Mochachino Needles: size 1.5 (2.5mm) Addi circular Pattern: My own (hemmed top, 4 row cables, eye of partridge heel, round toe) Duration: January 14th to 13th February This is great yarn to work with, very soft.