Well, I finished spinning up the 4.3 ounces of Falkland top I had. It was a fun spin. Now I have two skeins, roughly 2 ounces each (the second is just a bit more than the first because I didn't want a third, teeny skein). Still not sure what to do with it now that I've finished it. That makes for four skeins of yarn finished since Christmas. I must ( Read more... )

1)  "sewing kit*" from Reconstructing History - plus getting to meet both Kass and Bob! *fangirl squee ( Read more... )

Well, it looks like I'm actually teaching my "Historic Skills - Spinning" class at Hocking College this quarter. Or, so I found out last night. Thing is, classes started this past Monday and I apparently have at least one student who is *really* wanting to take this class. To the point where I was contacted by one of the upper ups in the department ( Read more... )

I've been in "collecting mode" for just over a year now on my original research concept (7th century Pictish textile production). I feel that I need to start the "collating mode" now so that I can get the paper(s) written. I have at least identified three main areas of my research ( Read more... )

Well, this past weekend was a bit of a blur - at least on Saturday ( Read more... )

So this weekend (25th & 26th Oct) marked the closing of Robbins Crossing for the season. It's been a long year, but it's nice to have friends. Meta (not sure of the spelling) has graciously loaned me the use of her Indigo Hound 2-pitch combs for the winter. This means that I can get the alpaca fleece finished and play with them on some of the other ( Read more... )

Let's see, this past weekend was interesting. It was our Kingdom Crown Tourney (Middle Kingdom) and I participated in the Craftspersons' Faire (coordinated by my protegee Sister, Fiadnata). I think it was a success. I'm not sure because I ended up getting a bit, um, I guess "overwrought" at one point. I was feeling a bit stressed out when I was ( Read more... )

Well, I had an interesting weekend ( Read more... )

Well, I've been trying to keep myself sane by keeping myself busy between applying for unemployment and new jobs.
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