Just when you think you have your course mapped out, up pops a detour. Sunday we picked up our mail from the day before, and there was a little package from Jenkins Woodworking. In it was this, a prize for the 2012 TdF:
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| Oregon oak Aegean with 'Sea Squall' BamHuey (60/40 merino/bamboo) |
Nope, no possible way to avoid that scenic detour! I did wait to try it out until Brian's violin lesson Monday afternoon.
By the end of the day, this was my total progress:
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| A little blue, a little Bubblegum, and a lot of Browning! |
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| Grow, zucchini, grow! |
and the chickens like the soft dirt of their new pen!
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| The new pen is not quite ready for pullets yet. |
14 comments:
Congrats on your prize, nice. Yup, I wish I had a wooly winder. I have 2 bobbins spun full on the Ashford, need to empty off 2 other bobbins that only have a small amount on them otherwise I need more bobbins from somewhere. Got 4 with the wheel think I have bought 6 more, can't keep buying new bobbins everytime I fill one up. LOL. Time to ply some more.
My goodness! Brian is getting tall and better and better on the fiddle. I love those video clips. You sure bit off a lot of spinning there, girl. And how could you NOT wind something on that lovely object?
Yay Brian. That was AWESOME!!!!!!
Um, when the heck did he get those long arms and legs?!?
That fiddle playing was awesome! I mean AWESOME. Wow!
Good luck on the Navaho ply.
I will replay that video in the morning when my guy comes for coffee. I'm way impressed, and he will be even more so! Good job Brian!
That is one sweet little spindle!
But plying means finished yarn, so YAY! Go ply!
Thank-you all for your comments about Brian's playing. He actually played his two current fiddle songs voluntarily for his dad last night, and then admitted that he LIKES to play violin! Victory!
AWESOME!!!! I LOVE the fiddle music! Three of my four children play violin.....our third son is actually in NYC right now studying with the National Youth Orchestra of the USA! Keep up those lessons!!!
Blessings~~Shine
thumbs up!
Well that little spindle was worth waiting for - how adorable. I have no interest in spindle spinning, but they sure are cute and such pretty works of art. Makes you want to collect them just for that. :-) T.
Love that new drop spindle! That is one big bag of gorgeous fleece there my friend! Do you just spin from the locks or do you comb or card it?
Happy July 4th,
Hugs,
Beth P
I read about your son on your blog, Shine; that's so GREAT!
I love being able to spin anywhere with them, Tina, plus all the pretty woods, plus all the pretty cops, plus.... Yeah, I love my Jenkins Turkish spindles. :-)
The bag is full of commercially prepared roving, Beth. With everything else going on in my life it would take me AGES to process a whole fleece! (It might turn out better, though; this roving's prep isn't great.)
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