Archive for July, 2008

Things I Learned During the Tour de Fleece

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Remember when I said it wasn’t going to be possible for me to spin all two ounces of that first bit of fibre during the Tour? Well, I didn’t do it, but I almost did, and if I had gotten the hang of spinning just a little bit earlier than I actually did, I definitely […]

Exploring the Varieties of Pain

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

For all intents and purposes, I have finished knitting the Tangled Up in Blue Socks… but I can’t actually wear them until I weave those four ends in. The plan is to do that tomorrow morning, although I shouldn’t have said that, because as I’ve mentioned before, claiming on the Internet that I will do […]

Kitten on a Hot Tin Roof

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

The temperature in Fredericton today was roughly equivalent to the temperature on the surface of the sun. With the humidex, it was 43° Celsius. (Without, it was 32°, but you can’t discount the humidity. It makes you feel like you are in a container of syrup all day.) All winter, when we were surrounded by […]

True Patriot Love and La La La La La

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Tangled Up in Blue Sock the Second was complaining (and understandably so) that its life thus far had been much less interesting that that of Tangled Up in Blue Sock the First. I took TUiBS the First to PEI and to a Bob Dylan concert, and I took it all around Fredericton and Saint John […]