"Friends are relatives that you make for yourself" said the card given to me this evening. The quote (Except he said it in French ) is from Eustace Deschamps (c 1345 - 1406). There's some immortality for you.
The occasion was another spin/knit together. A few new friends (And may I say “Through the Loops” is taking to spinning with magic hands? Well down the road to “Why, goodness. It’s as plain as day. I need a wheel.”), some of long standing.
It was a lovely time. There was cake, there was fiber, there were cupcakes, there was yarn, there was one of the Bug Babies, there was knitting, there was teaching (best trick of the day - cut cupcake in half, use frosting as sandwich filling for 2 halves of cupcake. Thank you TTL DD - oh, thank you), there was spinning, garment analyses, All packed in to 2 brief hours.
I don’t know that immortality appeals to me but this was a very merry unbirthday, with friends.
spinners, knitters, and no-goodnicks
Entertainment Kit; Part the 2nd (knitting 1st)
Mary Beth Temple: The Secret Language of Knitters
Dang funny. dang funny … forces me to buy yarn. Forced I am. (*****)- Ken Cuthbertson: "Nobody said not to go: The life, loves and adventures of Emily Hahn."
This woman was brilliant, brilliantly funny, brilliantly adventuresome. Congo in 1930, Shanghai and Hong Kong from 1935 - 1943. Graduated with a degree in mining engineering in 1926. Went on to write for the New Yorker magazine under Harold Ross's editorship. (*****) Thomas Hoving: Making the Mummies Dance : Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Douglas J. Preston: Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History
Dated, but what could be funnier - 30 ton meteorites on the skids, or fossil shenanigans? (****) - Simon Garfield: Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World
These are the dyes I'm more familiar with. And no, I haven't read "Blue", yet. (*****) Amy Butler Greenfield: A Perfect Red
Color and bugs. What's not to like? (*****)
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Hats
- Never insist on having your own way. Merely have it, and say nothing."
Socks
- I am a sock machine. Not that I churn them out, no, but in the way I wear them, multiple pairs at a time when on location, with toe warmers. Love me some wind chill. Warm ankles go a long way towards happiness.
Bugs
- Sometimes they're drawn or painted. Sometimes they're 3-d and scrunchy. They belong on the ground and are made to play with.
Yes, it was lovely. Someone should do a study on why we spinners and knitters look SO young. On that point, one of these years it might be a good idea to vist the NETA Spa in Maine; pix and links on Woolen Rabbit's website. hb2u, still early.
Posted by: Angie | February 25, 2007 at 12:27 PM
Merry unbirthday! DD is thrilled at your mention of her trick. It's been wonderful meeting and getting to know you and all of the basement spinners/knitters. Learning to spin has been great but the real treat has been the new friends I've made!
Posted by: Kirsten | February 25, 2007 at 11:51 PM