Yarnivorous

G'day all! Today could've been a very bad day. Last week, I started spinning again - haven't felt the urge to spin for about six weeks so I didn't! But I am supposedly participating in the Tour de Fleece and that means spinning. So I decided to spin up some of my Ixchelbunny fluff - I have a fair bit of her stuff, trying to support a local businessperson and all. Plus she's been doing it tough after having to have a hysterectomy last year when the docs found cancer. Here's me, perfectly fertile until recently but not wanting kids, and Charly wants them but can't. (There's my little plug ;-) I already had done half a hank of top and as is my wont, went over the top in spinning for about four hours on that first day. Then I backed up for some more spinning the next day, and suddenly I had a really sore shoulder, particularly the area under the shoulder blade and across the armpit into the ribs. On my right side. In rubbing the sore bits, I found a ...

G'day all! I've been pretty quiet recently. I've been busy. It is hard work recycling yarn, dyeing yarn, spinning yarn and trying to set up an internet site. Especially in the current climate of economic meltdown. (The good side? Every USD1000 I send home now gets us about AUD1300 - verra nice!) We had been hoping to do a trip home but now? We think we will hunker down a bit and work on our finances (even if that does include a trip to Rhinebeck for me, a trip to Portland for Nathan and a trip for both of us for a nathan conference in Las Vegas in December). I am going to sell off some of my stash. I have a fair bit of half-processed fleece, lots from home. I don't need it all and will likely get more US stash at Rhinebeck. I'll be listing it on my webpage once I get organised and photographed well. Organised is hard! Good photos of stuff that is dark or light and fluffy is harder! Here's a recent finished effort for you. I call them the Fruit Tingle...