there’s a new man in town. He’s fast and he’s smooth.
behold!
The Woolee Winder
I am in love with this thing. Check out how much more even my spinning has become. I cannot tell you how thrilled I am – I don’t even want to blog, I want to spin! If I haven’t left you a comment, it’s because I’m spinning – not skimming, spinning.
This past weekend, I went with my friends Mary and Tina to Sea Isle, NJ. Tina has a vacation home there. We have been friends since the age of 10 and it is easy to pick right up whenever we get together. We had a great time – gabbing, knitting and spinning. I brought my wheel with me – Mary is a knitter who now wants a spinning wheel and she in turn taught Tina to knit — so the weekend netted two converts for the flock! While there, these babies came off the needles:
and were immediately pressed into service for a walk on the boardwalk! If you remember, I had run out of yarn and ended up finishing with Koigu. I think I picked a good color match. The Koigu is a bit thinner than the StR, but all in all a good yarn to use for this emergency.
Mary also finished up a sock or two this weekend and a big, big shout out to FA in PA who has been working hard on her second pair of socks!! I treated each of them to a skank of Trekking as way of welcome to the addiction of sock knitting. Let’s hear it for the ladies!
further proof of diligent knitting …..
on the left a feather and fan shawl/scarf thingamagig. I bought this yarn two years ago at Rhinebeck and it is about time I used it. The right is a progress picture of my Brook’s Farm Four Play starring in the Chinese Sweater pattern……
and now I must trot along —- the phone won’t stop ringing!
it has not been easy to be one of my pets these past few months. In the fall, we had to put our Shih Tzu Mo to sleep. Next our dog Daisy was diagnosed with a heart condition, which we monitor daily. And today, our cat Holly passed away. As recently as the beginning of the year, she had been the picture of feline health. The past two weeks were a different story however. She was critically ill and after doing some tests, the vet thought that she most likely had cancer of her spleen. The only consolation is that she died while being petted.
Four jobs you have had in your life:
1. WW leader
2. camp counselor
3. secretary
4. retail sales
Four movies you would watch over and over again:
1. Chocolat
2. About Schmidt
3. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
4. The Station Agent
Four places you have lived:
1. King of Prussia, PA
2. Royal Oak, MI
3. Heidelberg, Germany
4. Long Island, NY
Four T.V. shows you love to watch:
1. The Office
2. Medium
3. Keeping Up Appearances
4. Bewitched
Four places you have been on vacation:
1. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
2. Nova Scotia
3. Aughnish, Ireland
4. the Jersey Shore!
Three web-sites I visit daily:
1. Metafilter
2. Sitemeter
3. Bloglines
Four of my favorite foods:
1. butter
2. salt
3. Cheese Puffs
4. watermelon
Four places I’d rather be right now:
1. Nowhere. I’m happy here.
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