"Air" in my life

So, I realized that I haven't really been doing a good job participating in Project Spectrum lately. Right now, we are supposed to be photographing things that invoke "Air" and the colors yellow, grey, and white. So, today, I made a conscious effort to find the Air in my life. There was more there than I had expected. :)

Books:




Daily activities:



Art (I painted this in high school and it now hangs on my wall):


So, that's my post for today. Tomorrow, I hope to have much to show you!

Ciao!

Kromski MInstrel

I humbly introduce:


Isn't he dashing? I'm quite smitten with him, anyway. This is a Kromski Minstrel in the walnut finish!

Let me start off by saying that I was a little bit worried about learning to spin on a wheel after having used spindles for so long. Now, I see how silly I was. Immediately, I was spinning yarn just as thin and even as I had on a spindle...and perhaps even more so. My spinning productivity has increased dramatically.



I love the sound of the wheel as it turns, the leather bearings, the finely turned wood. I love everything about it, but perhaps what thrills me most of all is the relief on my shoulders compared to spindling. Because with spindle spinning I find myself spending prolonged periods of time with one arm high in the air, I tend to develop a great amount of tension in my neck and shoulders. Pair that with a general disregard for proper posture (I'm working on it, though) and you are setting yourself up for pain and headaches. With the wheel, on the other hand, both of my arms sit casually in front of me and much of the pressure is relieved. Needless to say, I am quite the happy camper.


So, at this point and time I am going to say that I love my Kromski Minstrel and I have no complaints at this time. I've only been spinning on it for a few days and I can't help having one of those so-far-so-good kind of feelings.

I think it needs a name. I'm considering Rasputin. :)

Until Then

I'm supposed to get my new spinning wheel in the mail tomorrow sometime. I can't wait! It's going to be lovely. When it does arrive, I'll be sure to post some good pictures and info. :) Until then, just enjoy one of my current favorite songs:

THE SKY IS OVER

I couldn't get it to blog through youtube. So, the linkie-poo will have to suffice.

Not much of one.

Well, I haven't done a knitting related blog in a while. So, I figured today was the day, not that I've been knitting or anything. I mean...I've been THINKING about it more and more over the past week or so, but I haven't picked up the needles.

I hope that changes soon.

I've been thinking a great deal about cosplay and I really want to get started sewing up another costume really, REALLY soon. This weekend, I will be making a duct tape dress form (I have all the supplies, lol) so that I can avoid the kind of sizing heartache that I had with my last sewing attempt. Ick...let's never speak of that again.

But yeah, Cosplay is fun to think about.

Oh, the real reason I'm updating is to inform all that I will be leaving shortly to attend the Midwest Fiber and Folk Art Fair up in Crystal Lake. While there, I will be BUYING A SPINNING WHEEL!!!! My husband loves me. Ehem. Anyway. If I can't find the one I want there, I will just order it online and wait for it to come to me...but I really really hope they have it at the fair! I also plan to buy lots of fiber is various shades of pink to spin up on my new wheel (bulkily) and I will use it to start a scarf for a cosplay:
It's Miwako Sakurada from ParaKiss! Eeep! She's so adorable! I hope I can learn to spin on a wheel quickly so that I can churn out nice even bulky yarn for that awesome scarf! I shouldn't have too many problems though, because I already have the basics of drafting and such down from spinning on a spindle all this time.

Oh, I'll also be knitting the sweater AND the socks as pictured. I probably won't use handspun for it though. Unless, I end up REALLY loving my spinning wheel! Still, I'd have to justify using handspun on an oversized sweater like that. I'd never wear it except as this costume...but maybe I'm wrong about that. Maybe I'm wrong.

Ok, well, anyway. I will likely post again this weekend with sexy pictures of my new wheel, assuming I get one.

Fashionistas Unite

Does anyone else have a secret desire to be featured on The Sartorialist? Neither do I...ehem...I was just asking. ::puts on that "I'm so cool and apathetic that it makes me even more cool and apathetic" demeanor::

No really, all jokes aside...that would be awesome. REALLY awesome.

Just another day...

...full of puppies,



fiber arts,


and books.


Happiness happens in a moment. :)