Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Gorgeous Girl, Gorgeous Man, handspun yarn, Knitting, spinning, spinning wheel on October 30, 2009 | 16 Comments »
Gorgeous Man is back in the country. He arrived very late Monday night. This week has been about getting life back in order and playing with my new spinning wheel.
It came in a big box, that was opened for inspection at the airport by SARS.
That would be the South African Revenue Service. There was an [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Daily life in South Africa on October 24, 2009 | 6 Comments »
So, Gorgeous Man is currently in Portland, Maine. He left on Monday and will be back late Monday night. I’ve been telling Gorgeous Girl that Daddy will be home Tuesday since she will be asleep when he gets home. Thankfully a friend is picking him up from the airport so I don’t need to get [...]
Posted in Finished objects, Knitting, tagged Finished objects, handspun yarn, Knitting, knitting with handspun, spinning on October 14, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Life has been hectic, and a certain little miss seems to need more and more entertaining lately. Still I’ve managed to get a bit finished here and there.
First up, some spinning. This is my attempt at sock yarn. It is 3.35 ounces and 341 yards (95 grams and 312 metres) and is n-plied.
I need to [...]
Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Knitting, child, tagged Finished objects, Gorgeous Girl, Knitting on October 5, 2009 | 16 Comments »
But I did make a cake for Gorgeous Girl’s second birthday yesterday.
I think she liked it.
OK time to be truthful. It tasted really good, and even better today, but Gorgeous Girl isn’t much of a cake eater and was happy to just have the Smarties off the top (she doesn’t get lollies very often).
She was [...]
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