It's before both the Senate Finance and Agricultural Committees. I have one senator on each. US blogistas, please do likewise, even if you have no senator on either committee. Pressure adds up.
The Tuesday knitting group was a real party, with a new member, the return of one who has been MIA, and the usual suspects.
And one member brought in sample cotton bolls she'd grown!
She gave me a couple which I will gin -- remove the seeds buried in the fluff -- save the seeds and try them next year, then card the fluff and use it in papermaking. New adventure.
She also brought in her Ashford Joy traveling spinning wheel and let me try it out. I was pretty clumsy, but the wheel is beautiful.
Meanwhile the toad of Frog and Toad, is finished and waiting for his stripey bathing suit.
And here's a member wearing two of her knits
While busy on a third
And now a third group member is joining in with Driving Miss Boud, each taking a week, it's generous, also hilarious.
Tuesdays are all go, home just in time to make a pot of tea and catch Textiles and Tea with Vicki Assegued, a wildly creative freeform artist in fibers, using a huge range of techniques and materials, including garage sale buys.
she's a generous and great teacher of workshops and exhibits widely. She designs as she goes, and refers to testing each new material as she works as auditioning. Great concept.
Happy day, everyone. Tuesday even had comic relief, from Freecycle, the gift that keeps on giving
To be fair, the entry was about a red punch bowl and glasses, and the green ladle went with it. The caption went astray.
To be fair, the entry was about a red punch bowl and glasses, and the green ladle went with it. The caption went astray.
