Happy Birthday, Julie!
This weekend was mostly devoted to Julie and her awesome 27-year-old self. I made sheep cookies
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| All weekend people kept asking "why sheep?!" I thought it would be obvious ("why not?") but instead provided the explanation that I thought the role of the sheep in the Christmas manger scene was always under-valued. This was my tribute to those important creatures that would one day inspire The One to become a shepherd. Quizzical looks...Thanks for the cookie cutter, Johanna! |
put on my pjs
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| From Cupcake Extravaganza 2009 when my mom gave me nothing but cupcake themed gifts for Christmas. Thrilled to find out what the theme is for 2010!!! |
and watched
the worst movie ever with the girls (yea, I said it).
Also did a little spinning on the spindle. I am making really thin singles out of goodness-knows-what kind of wool and will hopefully end up with enough of a two-ply to knit something with. Here is me spinning in photos:
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| Attaching some wool to the hook |
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| Drafting: pulling out little tufts of wool until they are the right thickness. Then I let go with the right hand to allow the twist to come up into the tuft I just created. Repeat. |
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| Letting the wool get too thin so it breaks...I drop the spindle on the floor and have to chase it as it rolls away... |
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| More drafting...keep going... |
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| I keep adding more fiber, and the piece I am spinning gets longer and longer. |
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| When the piece I am working on gets too long, I unhook it from the hook end and wind it around the stick end. |
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| Eventually I end up with a whole bunch of yarn on the bottom side of my spindle. When I have enough I will roll it up, make a second length of yarn, and then ply the two together. I am pretty proud at how thin and even this is... |
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