*picks jaw up off of floor*
I was just reading some stuff on Ravelry and I came across this post by sarahk:
'So, I went to the signing out in West Chester, PA yesterday. He talked for about 20 minutes and then answered questions for 40. The second-to-last question was asked by a woman with a spindle (not me, oddly ;) ) who asked why, since they take place on a sheep farm, there were no references to spinning in the Tiffany Aching books. He answered that it was because they were too busy doing other things with the sheep, and sent the wool off to the village to be spun by professional spinners. He carried on (as he typically does) and somehow it came up that not only does he know how to spin, but he owns two spinning wheels. (my boyfriend actually had to physically close my mouth.)
I talked to him about it briefly afterward while he was signing my books. I expressed my delight that he knew how to spin and he looked up and me and said, "Well, it's not hard." Wow, I thought, how lovely to hear that out of someone else's mouth! He said that he once spun and knit a pair of socks that were so durable that he still has them, a couple decades later. (Apparently they can stand up by themselves). He apparently made his own spindle -- a big heavy one -- which is his favorite way to spin, and every year the man who tends the sheep that live on his lands gives him a fleece.'
I didn't know Terry Pratchett knit socks! And spins his own goddamn yarn!!!! *swoons*
Words cannot express how cool this is and how incredibly impressed I am.
Seriously.