I am currently working on ball #3 of 6 that the "wager wool" spinning at events, demos, A&S night, and even at work. It's a calming thing, even when the drop spindle lives up to its name and drops ... again. I really should weigh what I've done so far, the tri-ply/ply as you spin go method works for me, although there is nothing that indicates it ( Read more... )

Links
http://gfwsheep.com/washingwool/woolwashing.html
and
http://keepingthefarm.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-to-wash-wool-fleece.html
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a giggle for your pleasure. Yes, it does work that way.

Apparently one of the trees had a bit of poison ivy on/near it. I've got itchy bumps on my arm.

Feh.

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Oh heck ... here is where the wager was made.

On Saturday, August 27, 2011, I started spinning the pound. I have until April 27, 2012 to finish it. It's a Friday.

Here goes my mindless computer gaming for the next long while.

It's been raining since about 3pm locally, steady rain with spurts of horizontal. It's the leading edge of Irene, and we've been warned to expect flooding. Heck, we're within a half mile of a designated evacuation site. Despite this, I went to a knitting gathering earlier, for lunch, and to see people who I haven't seen since ... June, and to ( Read more... )

Killing time, some. Time for a SCA meme, stolen from lumineaux by way of math5:

( cut because I'm boring )

First things first
I am writing this because an online friend has had a problem with virii attacking her machine, even when visiting so called "safe sites". The target audience is (home) Windows users.
Precautions1) Get an anti-virus, use a firewall, and keep them up to date. I don't care if you pay or go the "free to home users" route, don't ( Read more... )

We drove out in the middle of a rain storm with the rain going all but horizontal (lots of horizontal rain) to a concert by Tempest with Full Frontal Folk opening for them, and getting hauled back on stage to help Leif & Co. with a couple of songs. They're always a fun group to watch, even if it seems like the second guitarist is a rotating spot ( ( Read more... )