On the knitting front my Ivy continues to grow. I've finished the sleeve and have started the right front. I was so tired last night that I messed up the second row of the pattern so I'll have to tink back..
On the spinning front, I bought a top whorl spindle for £3.35 from Forrest Fibers on E-Bay. Which is rather a good price for a beginner. My spinning is ropey to say the least, but it'll improve I hope!
here is a photo of my badly spun BFL which I think I'll dye and felt for the satisfaction of having done something with my first handspun. here also is some Grey Gottland that I dyed and am trying to spin, but it is very soft like mohair and keeps breaking. I am so impatient. Really I should carry on spinning the undyed BFL until it looks better then move onto dyed rovings.
The Etsy shop is really quiet at the mo so I hope business picks up. Its a bit worrying.
I had a really good afternoon out on Saturday with my pal Woolydoodles. There was a craft exhibition on in Rochdale at the museum and you could try diff stuff. There was dyeing with Debbie from DT crafts. , crochet, spinning and knitting a huge circle with loads of circs ,using elastic and diff materials.
FM
I went to see the consultant at the pain clinic last week and I've now got a date to have my SI joints injected which I am not looking forward to. I have to have it done in theatre with x-rays so they hit the right spot. I s'pose when I jump off the bed they'll know they've hit the right spot!! I beleive I'm sedated for it, but still!! Anyway if it works and I can walk without all my hip muscles going into spasm and my hips neing painful and I can sleep without the pain in my hips waking me up then it'll be worth it
I had a virus lat week and they always affect me badly. I am absolutely exhausted. I feel like a dish cloth .
Anyway Enough Moaning
THE FURTHER ADVENTUES OF JOSHUA MOLE AGED 12 AND 1/2
Its half term for my kids and guess what captain sensible has been up to this time? I found him and his pal in the garage with a box of matches and an aerosol can!!! the silly buggers were trying to light the spray as it came out of the can!! After I'd flipped, sent his pal home and grounded Josh for the week, I calmly explained what might have happened had the can exploded!!and what the exact meaning of 'do not expose to naked flame' means on the can!!! Can he get any sillier? The best of it is Josh cant see why he's grounded if nothing happened. So does he have to wait until I have no roof on my house and he has a face like Freddy Pizza face till he' gets it? no wonder I have grey hairs!!!
2 comments:
I believe doctors talk about the 'ceiling test', which is when you jump off the table and hit the ceiling :) I hope the jabs help and you get some relief. I can't do half the things you do, but I don't have any pain; I'm not sure which of us is better off but I suppose the point is that we don't get to choose. We just have to deal with whatever we're handed out. Anyway, the spinning looks like great fun :)
Beautiful coulours and shine in your grey gottland. I think sometimes you need an injection of colour as therapy, then you can move calmly back to the undyed stuff! Happy spinning!
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