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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,

Sounds of destruction

There have been horrible noises coming from the downstairs of my house since 9am. Today is Door Installation day. The new front and back doors we ordered sometime last year were finished last week and there are three men doing the work. It's not the first big home

Badgers badger badger

BBC News: Secret lives of badgers revealed. The subterranean secrets of badgers have been revealed by a BBC film crew. Over two years, tiny cameras placed deep underground recorded the comings and goings of a wild badger family. While the animals have been well studied outside of their setts, until

One handed

One pirate mitten down, one to go. I've been struggling for a week trying to figure out a good way to hold the yarn and it just clicked on Saturday. I tried a yarn guide but it wasn't helping much. The mitten isn't perfect,

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