Really, they are. Today was the spinning group meeting. We typically meet the first Saturday of each month, but since Easter fell on the first weekend, we pushed it back a weekend. We’re a small group, with about five faithful rain-or-shine regulars, and about another 5 or so who float in or out. Since we [...]
It’s amazing what you can get done when you don’t actually have to work, and when you don’t have to work for three days, it’s even more amazing what you can get done. I’ve been productive this Easter. For the most part, the holiday has been spent quietly spinning, knitting, and reading. This fiber . [...]
It’s a time when sprinters fall out and endurance runners take their mark. The semester has begun, the first round of assignments comes in on Monday, handbooks and lessons need writing or updating, graduate students need responses (i.e., I need to do some additional homework on their topics and questions), and the Polwarth is on [...]
. . . and I swear the stuff could have been the blob that ate New York! The lighting is so bad lately that I can’t get a good shot of the color, but it’s a very dark grey made warmer by the chocolate-bleached tips. This fleece: But, it’s done. 1200 grams of carded batts [...]
I’d say the new year is off to a good start. (The camera flash washed out the batts in front; they’re all as dark as the ones in the bin.) There are 18 batts, weighing 40-50 grams each for over 740 grams (over 26 ounces). It’s this Polwarth fleece: There are about 600 grams left [...]