I’m waiting for my camera to charge up, and will upload photos of my most recent projects soon.
Meanwhile, this is what I’ve been up to:
After years (and years and years) of wanting to learn to spin my own yarn, I’ve been able to rent a wheel and learn a bit about this wonderful fiber craft. Words are not sufficient to illustrate my obsession with spinning. It takes all of my self-control (and I’m weak!!!) not to drop everything I’m doing and sit at my wheel spinning. The irony is not lost on me that centuries ago this was work - hard work - with the meager proceeds on which people struggled to survive. Now it’s a leisure activity and a distraction from the work that provides me with my meager proceeds.
I’ve joined a local spinning group, which meets every other week. Knowing that I’ll get an afternoon of spinning guaranteed twice a month helps me get my obligatory tasks done. As it is, I’ve given myself the hours between the after-dinner washing up and bedtime to devote to my spinning projects. I go into my office, put a book on cd in the computer, and spin, spin, spin.
I realize that keeping my wheel in my office is needless temptation during the day, but I’m an adult (sometimes). I can control myself! (…most of the time)