Over the past couple of years I’ve been growing orchids again. Anyone who has engaged in the cultivation of these wee beasties knows that the conditions required for growth can be almost as assorted as the plants themselves. Growing (or rather, keeping them alive and in leaf) them is actually fairly easy. Getting them to…
Category: hobby
Spinning out of control
I think I might be losing my mind. I’m certainly losing time, only an hour of which I can blame on Dubyah. Yesterday I turned the blue and pink of this: Into this: It’s a single-ply, rather lightweight wool. I made it from the stuff I bought for needle felting. I discovered this winter that…
Woolly weekend, part 3 (warm and spinning)
Sunday was simply gorgeous. It was a balmy five degrees Celsius and things melted in a big way. I’d say, judging by the trunks of the trees on the front lawn, that we lost a foot of snow. It was fabulous. We did a bunch of household things (emptying compost, hacking snow in the driveway,…
Separation anxiety
I’ve been dithering lately on whether my wool and sock posts should be in my other blog, which is primarily dedicated to fibre arts. I’ve decided (after an incredible amount of waffling) that I’ll leave them here, unless they in some way become a part of my work. This decision is a double-edged relief, in…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 