Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent.
Wednesday * February 22nd 2012
Feb13
The Elkus Ranch spinning group met at, well, Elkus Ranch yesterday. No, it’s not obvious because we don’t always meet there. It takes an hour or more for everyone to get out there, especially on a sunny weekend, on twisty windy mountain road, before you hit beach traffic. Lots of eating, talking, and even a [...]
Feb08
It was a very full day. I took my dad out for a dim sum brunch for Lunar New Year. Then a quick stop at West Marine to pick up a part to fix the marine toilet on my boat. I decided, what the heck. I have 2 hours before the kick off. So I [...]
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Feb01
Can you tell what the difference is between the 2 pairs of socks above? Hint. It’s not the fact that one pair is handspun and the other is commercial sock yarn. The difference is 4 YEARS vs. 4 DAYS. Yes. The pair on the right took me over 4 years to finish. The one of [...]