My comics source is holding out on me!!! So back to spinning on the bus. I pulled out some merino/silk I had blended in a color blending workshop. As usual -it's not enough to do anything with. (Why is everything I do an exercise in futility?) I do like the colorway I created - not sure how muddy it will be when plied. I'm calling it "tavaszi" (vernal, in Hungarian ... "Spring-y" for those of you thinking WTF is "vernal") It sort of reminds me of blossoming cherry trees; it's got soft pink, light green, brown, and white in it. I'm doing that fine spinning again - like the alpaca from last month. I still haven't blocked that scarf, so I s'pose I could frog it and add the merino/silk in some sort of artful design...

Well, I've got my exchange skeins sent out (Monday) and I'm back in my slump. No spinning for me, my commutes are occupied with the 6 boxes of Marvel & DC comics from the basement of my job. Cool beans! Definitely better than the stuff I've been getting from the library.

Feet burns are blistering. Guess having them shoved into hot sneakers for 2 hours while playing volleyball wasn't the best idea. Finger burn doing okay. I'm so tired and it's so hot.

I was really depressed yesterday. Really. After burning my hand on a 400 degree oven rack I drove out to the park and cried for about an hour. I've not been sleeping (new powerchains) that could be part of the problem. But I went out and bought soy sauce today and the world is brighter. (Only because I've been watching the Kikkoman thing over and over. I actually started singing it in the store while I was deciding what to buy because the liter bottles are all in Japanese, which I don't read. Hey - there was a product there, by Kikkoman, that was translated as shoyu - all the others were translated as soy sauce - and had alcohol listed as an ingredient. Does anyone know what that's for?) Speaking of burns, I spilled a pan of olive oil and brown butter on my stocking feet on Friday. The burns look lovely with sandals.





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I am too too nervous today. And there's no reason to be nervous until tomorrow. (Well, not even then.)

This weekend I knit up some alpaca I spun last week. It was only an ounce and I got a small lace scarf out of it. Just a little something to wrap around your neck.




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The spinning drought continues:
Last Tuesday I played competition volleyball - 6 man, indoor volleyball - for the first time in 10 years. This was the last time I spun (I think). By Wednesday I was wondering when exactly did I lose my ankle bones? My ankles didn't always look like tree trunks, did they? And veins, I used to have veins in my feet, I'm sure of it. Now I remember why I used to always have hi-top volleyball sneakers. That little bit of extra support works wonders. I don't spin well with my feet elevated, so it went by the wayside. Actually, if I recall, I did spin a skein last week. While waiting for the brewery event to start, I spun some white Corrie. It's a horrible skein though - for obvious reasons. (Consumption of 4 - 6 beers has a negative effect on my consistency.)

And this weekend was spent gardening and/or at the beach for a Fathers' Day Brunch. I really must plow through some of this fiber though. I have two more league vb games to go - hopefully I won't react as badly. (ace bandages to the ready - an ounce of prevention...)