Day 18 – Halloween in July

What is in the air this week?  My eyes bugging the crap out of me – red and itchy and URGH! all day, in spite of drops and allergy pills and such.  I look like shit.  Like I’ve been smoking CRACK!

Note: I’ve never actually met anyone who’s smoked crack, so this observation is [...]

Day 17

I skeined up the BFL I finished yesterday.

306ish yards of a respectable sport-like weight

It’s beautiful and I love it.  I want to wrap it around my head and call it smooshy.

Still gun-shy from the wheel-scorching silk, I reached into my bag and [...]

Day 16 – in the sunshine

My goal of not having to put on a bra and leave the house today was a total SUCCESS!  I sent Kevin out to get food for lunch and all it cost me was a few bucks.  MONEY WELL SPENT, I tell you.  Today was so nice I’m tempted to call in sick tomorrow.

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Day…what day is it? 15? Geez…

Today was too nice a day to be stuck inside spinning.  It’s a rare day in Atlanta when a July day is NOT a sweltering 90+ degrees.  Today it was only in the upper 80s, and we enjoyed the day by having a nice lunch on the patio of one our regular places, and [...]

Day 12 – I don’t know my own strength

I skeined up the plied yarn from yesterday and got this:

480 yards of brown wool silk awesomeness

I could not be happier with how this turned out.  It is a gorgeous tweedy and soft yarn, I’m guessing worsted weight.  I am going to have to pick [...]

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