an update

I started spinning this silk in June 2022

finished – 260 grams of 2 ply – singles on the little Turkish spindle and then plied on the wheel

  final (hopefully!) shopping on Thursday – it was insane (after I found a parking place)

my last stop was my favorite fibre store, to get something to spin while I sit by the fire in the evenings

I was tired and couldn’t find the fibre I wanted so just took a 250 gram bag of Cotswold wool

I should have looked at it more carefully – it is very greasy, matted and really full of straw and “stuff”

the worst spinning fibre I have worked with in years and it wasn’t cheap

the saying is ” don’t shop for food when you are hungry”  – so, don’t shop for fibre when you are tired

 now after picking through and teasing open the locks  – then repeatedly hand carding small batches

one small skein is plied and washed – it will keep me busy (not always happily) for quite some time

the little pot is an ikibana flower cup (my favorite colour) from local Rainforest Pottery in Parksville – day 7 of the advent parcels

day 3 is the graphic novel Shadow Life by Japanese Canadian Hiromi Goto with the drawings by Ann Xu

it is “a look at aging and all the joys and disappointments of a life fully lived”

daughter-in-law was very brave giving her aging mother-in law a book on aging – but – it was on my reading list

and I hadn’t been able to find it in town so was delighted

although it can be sad and disturbing it is also very funny in places and I haven’t laughed so hard in weeks

I think it depends on how an individual is approaching aging

day 4 is chocolate covered popcorn and day 5 a large bottle of Mexican natural vanilla (excellent)

and now I’m off to card some dirty wool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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