I was born late
and never quite caught up. I haven’t put forth any serious spinning effort in a while, every once in a while I grab my spindle and work on the reddish brown baby alpaca but the wheel has languished in the closet since August. Opal knows what it takes to get a girl spinning again and [...]
Scary soap
I made a batch of soap just before Christmas and it’s fully cured now. I am very pleased with the final results (the lather is really nice and my skin smells so good.) I used coconut oil, virgin olive oil, dried senna, and some pink lime essential oil. This was one of those batches that [...]
Sometimes
…an image is just way too cool to be ignored, and sometimes I get tired of staring at my own designs. What I’m getting around to saying is that I’ve stolen (cough cough) borrowed a celtic dragon design I found online for inspiration. The original is a lovely tile, my copy is punchneedle embroidery. I’m [...]
Simple again
Since August every second of my spare time has revolved mainly around my new dogs and making sure my children didn’t feel neglected due to my spending so much time with the dogs. The spindles and wheels went into the closet along with my yarn, fibers, needles, guitar, nice trousers, and paint supplies. In part, [...]
Igolochkoy
I don’t know how or if I can actually justify my fascination with punch-needle work. Like everything sincerely fun and cool igolochkoy was horribly abused by those people who do rustic and primitive craft thingies straight from kits purchased “as seen on TV.” Inevitably there’s a rule of craft tools. When one, such as myself, [...]
The pixies are hard at work
The collar is now on Lexi’s dress, and the sleeves are basted on but still need to be serged. The pixies’ work ethic seems to leave a little something to be desired since they keep getting distracted by things like watching movies, making soap, taking the dogs for walks, reading books and buying holiday print [...]
Soft Christmas tree
I don’t know if you’ve noticed but it’s been a while since I blogged regularly, I really ought to do something about it. I’ve fallen out of the habit. I haven’t done much that’s been yarn related, which is probably somewhat responsible for the non-blogging that has been going around here lately. Although I am [...]
And someone has never heard of a tailor
There’s this issue. A sensitive issue. A blight really. I’m not sure there’s a delicate way to bring this up but its a topic that should discussed with frankness and maturity. It’s called ‘muffin top‘ (and no we’re not talking about delightful baked goods) and it’s a plague. A pandemic. A very big problem. A [...]
He spins!
I brought the Traveler out and cozied myself up next to the fire to spin some BFL and Josey asked if he could use the Traddy. Does a bear live in the woods? He armed himself with some wool, I set the drive band and tension for him, put a drop of oil on the [...]
Oh, the agony of de feet
A few days ago I managed to stub my toe with such force that I split the toe nail down to the cuticle. Right near the middle of the nail too. If you live within a 3000 mile radius of my house it’s possible that you heard a string of profane observations on the character [...]
