Monthly Archive for October, 2008

spun-zen

For anyone considering buying a wheel, I highly recommend it.  I know I’ve been using a borrowed wheel for the past *cough* year now, but having a wheel of your own?  Is awesome.

I also highly recommend buying on at a fiber festival.  Because when you buy a wheel at a fiber festival?  People treat you like you just had a BABY. More »

A year’s worth of fiber

OH I am tired.  So tired.  This weekend was so fun and so…um…expensive.  But fun!  And that’s what counts.

I concentrated mainly on fiber for this SAFF.  I only purchase one skein of yarn the entire weekend - woohoo!  Restraint!  But fiber…ohhhh, so much fiber. More »

safftastic!

My condo is clean, my yarn is plied, my knitting bag is packed, there’s a pan of brownies cooling on the counter, and a Birmingham knitter snoring softly on the other side of my couch.  Except for my clothes not being packed yet…I AM READY!

I’m going here.

behold!

Goals:

- buy wheel

- buy fiber

- stop Grace from buying livestock

wish me luck!

procrastination

I should be taking care of this

mess!

but instead?  I’m doing this

spin spin spin spin spin

working my CORE

So aside from horrible, terrible, gut-wrenching church drama, OTHER interesting and and even funny things have been happening to me!

Tuesday I had an appointment with my chiropractor, and he showed me how to do some stretches and excercises that would help strengthen my core muscles.  Every single one?  Overtly sexual - much humping and thrusting movements.  I have NEVER wanted to make a crude joke so much in my LIFE!  Fortunately, a long dormant part of my brain woke up, flaired into life, and said “NONONONONO!  THIS IS A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL WHO MUST PUT HIS HANDS ON YOU IN AWKWARD WAYS TO MAKE YOUR BACK FEEL BETTER!  DO NOT MAKE HIM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH YOU, YOU SICK FUCK!” More »