Archive for June, 2007

30 Jun

Cotton yarn, again

I’ve come to the conclusion that cotton fibers are smarter than I am.
I know that I’m spinning a fine yarn and it does take longer to spin fine yarns than fat yarns. On the logic level I’m covered. It will take longer to spin this yarn than it would to spin yarn out of wool [...]

29 Jun

Yarn that tests me

This cotton fiber disturbs my calm. I spin yarn to produce calm, to maintain calm. Do I need to spin a yarn that disrupts that sweet serenity?
I suppose I do.  I suppose deep down inside of me, deep deep down, in the darkest recesses of my soul there’s a part of me that must force [...]

25 Jun

Humans of Earth

“We come in pieces. Take us to your litter.”
My husband said “Someone took all the sunshine and tubby toast and left these dead bodies.”
Lexi said “Ok, my kitties.”
Josey said “Why don’t they have tails?”
Greta says “…”
And that about sums it up doesn’t it?

24 Jun

Confessions

How do I say this? Do I just confess and get it over with? Do I delete the pictures, kill the witnesses and pretend this never happens? Do I ‘fess up?This is what happens when I’m working. Today it looks particularly hellish, like a tragic craft tsunami hit the dining room.
It couldn’t all be my [...]

20 Jun

Spinning cotton

Spinning cotton is one of those experiences that you either learn to love, or continue to hate. I’m all about the love at this moment.
I’ve not learned to love it yet, but I’m trying. I have 8 ounces of this stuff so I’ve plenty of time to figure out where to find the love. Later [...]

20 Jun

I’m so totally famous

That’s right. I will put on my shades and say “No, oh please. No autographs today, I’m so exhausted.” Then I will smile sweetly at the darling little paparazzi men as they snap photos of me wearing decent clothing that fully cover my underwear.
Maybe not. But I was interviewed for the Stayton Mail (it’s a [...]

17 Jun

Happy Father’s Day

Soul Calibur marathons really are something special here in the Meyer household. Look at the love between father and son.
Here is the boy-child, note his father’s shiny pate in the background. Perhaps this is the very moment where his character says something charming like “Die already.”
Doesn’t that just warm the cockles of you heart?
And [...]

17 Jun

Yarn!

Oh wonders will never cease. I actually have a project full of soft and lovely yarnage to report on.
I started this shawl the evening before the house broke. It’s out of lace weight handspun gray alpaca and the pattern has been spawned from my tiny aching brains. I spent way too much time staring at [...]

16 Jun

Eventually I’ll blog about yarn..

It’s not easy when I’ve fallen out of the habit of daily blogging to get back into it. I am never quite sure what I should be writing about, other than my crafts and my yarn. My kids are cute and my pets adventures are interesting to me, but even I need to take a [...]

14 Jun

Leave a Cricket!

You know when you read a blog, and you read a post, and you *want* to leave a comment but aren’t sure what to say, or five people said what you would have said before you got there, or you don’t have anything constructive to add to the conversation– Opal and I know that situation– [...]