Right... just off the spinning wheel and I managed to finish some lovely Karaoke fibre. I bought some of this two years ago in Olds and thought it was lovely. When I had finished spinning it I started knitting a project that I knew I did not have enough fibre for. The idea was to just use what I had and buy more as I needed. I wanted to keep it going. So this year when I went to Olds I discovered that it wasn't going to be so easy since I couldn't find a single person selling the blasted stuff. In came my good friend who is a dealer for Louet. (I really want to name her and give her a little boost to her business but I never name names on my blog....) She had just brought in this new great product and was I interested.... well considering that the new product was Karaoke I was all for it.... For the last few months this fibre has sat in my studio on top of my storage units taunting me and making me really want o spin it.... But I have had other things that I had to do or needed to do.... yesterday I needed a fun spinning day.... so out came my Karaoke. I just finished it and I love the stuff. It has this beautiful creamy colour and spins like silk.... such a divine sheen when it is finished. I spun it in my usual easy Baby Weight (a little lighter than sport weight) 2 ply yarn at about 14 wpi (wraps per inch) and an even 4 tpi (twists per inch). It is very nice even if I do say so myself. I can't wait to knit some more on my project.... I just have to find it first!!! I think it is buried under stuff in the shed.... scary!
I just also finished watching "Band Of Brothers" all I can say is WOW! Pretty awesome and moving TV. I watched with Remembrance Day in my mind.... how could anyone watch this program and not be moved. We had a friend lends us the DVD series and I just couldn't help being totally enthralled. We got rid of TV years ago and only watch now what we want to watch...in the form of movies and DVDs that are TV shows. It has made for a much better life style for us and we feel very strongly on that. Our children are not exposed to adds constantly and so they are less inclined to jump on every band wagon for new and improved products. Christmas is not nearly as commercial and we just find that loosing TV has enriched our relationships as well. We get enough advertising through the computer media. I get more done too. Last year we spent several days in a hotel in Edmonton and spent the four days there remembering how horrible it is to sit in front of the TV with a remote control clicking through channel after channel in the search for something that would be of interest and nothing was good. We ended up watching news and reruns! Well at least while we were in the hotel room... which wasn't too often. But it reinforced our decision to not have TV in our house. Anyway I digress.... I told you this was about a whole bunch of stuff.... If you get the chance to watch this great program I definitely recommend it..... it is not for the faint of heart though as there are some very gruesome depictions of battle situations... including body parts and lots of blood.
I am attempting to sit today to do a little spinning for the level 3 again. I am still working on a better sample for the support spindle. Third try lucky. We'll see.
I have one last item that has been on my mind of late..... for all you bloggers that I follow.... keep blogging.... I miss it when you guys don't write. It is such a disappointment to open your pages and there's nothing new.... (pout!)
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