After spending the weekend at home because my heart problems came back I decided to not stay in contact with Sheilas ward ( Read more... )

Pride for finishing the first sock which is for me and just for me! The pattern is called "Hermione's Everyday Socks" and the yarn is Kos from Woll Butt (60% virgin wool, 25% bamboo and 15% polyamide), knitted with 2,5mm dpns.
When I finished the sock I made the mistake to show it to mom. She exclaimed over it and admired it, but she also asked ( Read more... )

I joined the Random Thought group today, seems like a good group to unload all the random thoughts one encounters every day ( Read more... )

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The days start grey, with light rain or drizzle and cool temperatures, and around noon suddenly the sun comes out and it gets oppressivly hot and close ( Read more... )

The good news first.

Spinning my yarn more loosely means it isn't overspun, it's usable for knitting.

The bad news now.

My spindle drops a lot more, the thread is sloppy and too soft. So I need find a happy medium between overspun and loosely spun.

Adelgunde is coming in color now. Adelgunde, a shrewd spinster in my novel, is becoming alive. She ( Read more... )

And who knows, maybe I'm just having a depressive phase ( Read more... )

Why are certain people so tactless and suck all the joy from ones day?

Once upon a time I made a mistake. Once up a time. And mom still manages to bring it up. And if I refuse to get involved and answer that question because it's tactless and I really want to forget about it, then she gets bitchy with me.


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The good news first.

Friday I ordered a drop-spindle and wool - I want to learn how to spin.

The parcel with the scarfs has been found. A mailman tried to deliver the parcel, met no one at home, took the parcel back to the post office and left no notice of it in the mailbox. Luckily the organizers called at the postoffice.

Monday the parcel would have ( Read more... )