I hope everyone is having a great Holiday season! I had a good Christmas, going to a friend's house for dinner that afternoon. I spent the morning digging out from the 7 inches of snow we got, then barely made it to dinner on time.
Yesterday I spent 4 hours plowing our forest service road with first the drag plow, then the ATV and plow. I got a bit chilled out there! But, I'm very glad I did it, because it's snowing again today and we have a "winter storm watch" till Monday morning. Glad I got a bale of hay yesterday, too! Now I can stay home for a few days till the weather improves. Next up is another batch of seriously cold temperatures starting tomorrow night and lasting all week it sounds like. Oh joy, back to the solid ice water troughs, etc. At least the sun is supposed to shine some, so I hope I don't have to run the generator.
John's nephew Matt got married today. They should all be at the reception now having a grand time. I made them an afghan, I hope they like it! Maybe some day they will come out here for a visit. I hope so!
It is amazing how fast this year has gone by! As usual, I didn't get half the things done that I was wanting to. But, the most important things got done. Now I can be inside more and doing fun things like spinning up the cashmere that I kept to make yarn with. I sold most of it as cloud to fellow spinners, but I did save some to make into yarn. Now I just have to do it! ☺ I'll have fun dyeing some of that, too. I'm not an expert at it yet, so it's always somewhat of a surprise what color or colors it is when it's all done. So far, (touches wood) it's always turned out good, anyway.
Well, have a great rest of the Holiday! Happy 2015! May everyone see their dreams come true!
This may be the year I try spinning, at least with a drop spindle or supported spindle.
ReplyDeleteSomeday I wish I could visit your place, Annie - I'd love to see cashmere being dehaired and worked by someone who actually raises the goats. I've been stockpiling raw fiber but in 2015 I'll probably have to send it all to a mill...I'm running out of storage space in my tiny house. But I'd really prefer to understand the processing aspects before handing over years of work - and a fat check - and then wait months for a "surprise" product to appear.