Congrats to all the finishers in the Knitting Olympics. You are all medalists in my book. The outside world, although it does show it’s existence on the box that is television, has little effect on the productive climate of Sleeve Island. Sitting in a remote corner of an unknown world in our imaginations, it remains far, far away from outside influence. The knitting continues. I can’t blame my sluggishness on the warm temps, it is freezing out there. It is just the nature of the island. I’ve taken to whipping up strong lattes before sitting down. No use, perhaps some knitting calisthenics?
The temps are keeping Sammy in more than usual. He’s been bringing me his rope to throw. We call it Go Get It, a cat version of fetch. I throw the rope, he races after it, skidding and rumpling up any rugs he can in the process, then he grabs whatever he can of the rope and runs back to me, placing it back at my feet. Occasionally he’ll try to draw C into the game, a rope fetch triangle. His game, we play by his rules. He looks pretty serious about this, doesn’t he? Such a sweetie.
Saturday was the monthly spin-in at RI Handspun. For those of you who have spun with me in the past several months, you’ll recognize this. It’s on the Joy. That means I’ve only spun it when I’ve been out and about. After filling a few bobbins, I decided to spend my time Saturday plying some up. So far, I have about 400 yards of the bubble gum, Barbie pink, sparkly, alpaca, silk, angelina blend. Very yummy, VERY pink, very not me. I know that it has to be the sparkle that has grabbed my inner magpie. What else? After weighing it on the OHaus, I figure I’ll end up with nearly 800 yds, about 100 yds. per ounce. After trying several shots of this, I’ve decided that sparkle is directly related to movement. Focus vs. sparkle. Use your imagination.
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9 responses to “sleeves, Sam & sparkle”
I’m glad I saw it in person because it’s much more beautiful than it looks in the photograph. did you freeze at spinning?
All animals named Sam apparently are very bright and very play-oriented. Oh and cute too. 🙂
Very nice and even spinning. Pink is not one of my favorites either…..but I every now and then a pink will catch my eye.
So flawlessly spun!
MAN, that is gorgeous!
Your plying skills totally impress. 🙂
And, the pink is very me, so maybe I’ll purchase some if it becomes available?
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I also have a black tomcat who plays fetch! Scath goes after paper balls, though. I love how dedicated they become to their chosen occupations, cats.
Your cat fetches? Wow! Ours run after little red dots from the laser pointer only. LOL. YOur spinning is looking great – the pink and the red – interesting how the red just has flecks of the other colours in it.
My orange and white tabby Crue fetched milk jug rings. When he wore out, he would stretch on the granite coffee table and pant. I love fetching cats.
Lovely spinning. I just dyed some wool I hope to get spun this next week. (Really hate to wait!)