Monthly Archives: February 2005

I’ve been watching the preparations for Charles and Camilla’s wedding with a certain degree of bemusement…okay, I’ve actually bookmarked the news site. Not because I have any deep interest in the couple, but because the whole thing is so utterly compelling….it’s like watching a train wreck unfold. I had never realized just how much pageantry, [...]

By the way, it’s getting to be orchid season. How do I know? Well, I boarded out my orchid collection when I left, with a nursery that keeps your orchids in their greenhouse, and sends them to you when they’re blooming. November, December, January–nothing. Now it’s February, and they’re making deliveries twice a month. They [...]

I wound up at Carolina Homespun yesterday, in search of a lighter spindle. I’ve been spinning for my latest shawl, but it’s coming out heavier than I’d like–about 5300 yards per pound vs. 9000 ypp for my last shawl. I haven’t been able to get it any thinner because my spindles are relatively heavy–which wasn’t [...]

In my eternal quest for fast, small spindles, I’ve been playing around with the idea of stone spindle whorls. I’ve tried the ones from the stone donuts and have been moderately impressed, but they mostly weigh more than I like. So I bought some stone cabochons at a gem shop’s sale, and thought I’d try [...]

…thanks to an, umm, interesting situation at work, my time’s pretty much been booked since the start of the year. (Not that you would have noticed, or anything.) Fortunately, it looks like it’ll resolve itself soon. Quote of the Day: “I found a Bonanza [small airplane] shell on eBay, without an engine! I figure with [...]