Content Codger here and now: Jerry
opted for a quiet birthday celebration this year, rising at dawn as
usual, spending the day at home periodically relaxing in his new
rocker, getting served cappuccino with homemade Anzac bisquits,
finalising and sending file to Guy who immediately used his MakerBot to generate the ABS plastic shell for the new and improved LED clock
– AND - ending the day with a glass of Australian wine.
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| Lightshow |
The sun continues to shift southwards.
This week we get to see the total eclipse of the sun, weather
permitting. The sun's current position allows it to illuminate the
Chinese holiday mobile that's been hanging in front of this window of
our home since last Christmas. I love the way coloured light gets
thrown around the room as the gentlest air currents make the mobile
move.
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| Common Green Treefrog |
I trust the common green treefrog knows
something about the weather. We could use some rain. Everything is
very dry. The frog lives in the shower/laundry area, spending the
days hidden in a partially open pipe where the washing machine
drains. Pipes make great amplifiers for frog calls. Lately, we've
been finding him perched on the top rail of the gate that we close
each night in order to keep the neighbour's goats out of the shower
and shed proper. Twice the wandering mama goat and her two kids
appeared and insisted on moving right into the house, but the upset
dog drew the line despite being no match at all for mama goat.
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| 3 ply handspun; 30% baby alpaca, 55% superfine merino, 15% silk blended roving ("Sandstone") from Freelance Fibres |
I wanted a break from spinning white
cotton. Also wanting yarn to knit another pair of fingerless gloves, I dug
through my fibre stash and found the last of a blended roving of
alpaca, superfine merino and silk, surely enough for my plan.
Listening to an audio book, I settled at my Ashford Traditional wheel whenever I had a chance and it didn't seem to take long to spin three singles over the next few days. I placed the
three bobbins on my Lazy Kate and began plying. Soon I had created my
first 3 ply yarn (not counting “Navajo-ply” which creates a 3 ply
out of one single). I like the look and texture of the final yarn.
The alpaca adds warmth, the silk adds shine, the merino I can't
resist... and I had the chance to try something new.
Make that Two Content Codgers.
Post by M in JaM
Photos by J in JaM
1 comment:
We have painted our new walls a shade just to the sunny side of white, with a satin finish. The light bounces all over the room! I am looking forward to how the room looks once Oscar's collection of lava lamps is placed
:-}
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