Mama’s got a brand new…
Monday, May 29th, 2006<p>…obsession.</p><p>There are many kinds of knitters. Some knit scarves and that’s it. Some break out of the rectangle and start knitting hats, then it’s on to sweaters, socks and mittens. Then there are a few who can’t be happy with just one way to play with fiber. They feel a need to create something from it’s very beginning. They’re mesmerized by the whirl of a spindle, be it a drop or on a wheel.</p><p>I happen to fall into that last group.</p><p><a class="serendipity_image_link" onclick="F1 = window.open(’/uploads/Photos/05-28-06069.jpg’,'Zoom’,'height=1039,width=783,top=-128,left=128,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resize=1,resizable=1,scrollbars=yes’); return false;" href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1427&entry_id=209" title="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-28-06069.jpg" onmouseover="window.status=’http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-28-06069.jpg’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="175" src="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-28-06069.serendipityThumb.jpg" width="131" alt="" /></a>Lord help me, I’ve started spinning. </p><p>I’ve been hanging on the outskirts for a few months now. I can’t remember the first time I mentioned that I might like to give it a shot - although I’m pretty sure I first said it to <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1428&entry_id=209" title="http://caroleknits.knitblog.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://caroleknits.knitblog.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">Carole</a> (as dangerous as that may be - her being all tricksy). I finally caved at Massachusetts Sheep & Wool. </p><p>Get this - I bought <a title="4 oz of Blue Faced Leicester in ‘Summer Berries’" href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1429&entry_id=209" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.foxfirefiber.com/index.html’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">the fiber</a> <i>first</i>. <i>Then</i> I bought the <a title="a featherweight in Cocobolo" href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1430&entry_id=209" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.journeywheel.com/spindles.php’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">Bosworth</a> spindle. Oh and those of you who think you might like to try this? I can’t say enough nice things about <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1431&entry_id=209" title="http://www.journeywheel.com/aboutus.php" onmouseover="window.status=’http://www.journeywheel.com/aboutus.php’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">the Bosworths</a>. Sheila spent 20+ minutes with me in the midst of a busy festival showing me how to spindle. She is kind and patient and best of all - good at showing a newbie how not to f*ck up ;o) She even had the patience to pose for blogger photos! (Thanks again!)<a class="serendipity_image_link" onclick="F1 = window.open(’/uploads/Photos/05-28-06063.jpg’,'Zoom’,'height=783,width=1039,top=0,left=0,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resize=1,resizable=1,scrollbars=yes’); return false;" href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1432&entry_id=209" title="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-28-06063.jpg" onmouseover="window.status=’http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-28-06063.jpg’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FLOAT: right; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="131" src="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-28-06063.serendipityThumb.jpg" width="175" alt="" /></a></p><p>Mass Sheep & Wool was great - not too big, not too small. Just right, as Goldilocks would say ;o) Abi was right, the Cummington fairgrounds are beautiful. I picked up some <a title="Photo of newly acquired sock yarn" href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1433&entry_id=209" onmouseover="window.status=’http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-29-06003.jpg’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">sock yarn</a> along with my <a title="Photo of newly acquired fiber…" href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1434&entry_id=209" onmouseover="window.status=’http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-29-06002.jpg’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">new fiber</a> and Abi got some beautiful superwash (which I’ll leave to her to talk about on <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1435&entry_id=209" title="http://spiderwomanknits.blogspirit.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://spiderwomanknits.blogspirit.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">her blog</a>). </p><p>Then, after the blogger meetup (where you could find <a title="if Sharon had a blog, it’d be linked here…" href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1436&entry_id=209" onmouseover="window.status=’http://noblog/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">some</a> of the <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1428&entry_id=209" title="http://caroleknits.knitblog.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://caroleknits.knitblog.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">usual</a> <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1438&entry_id=209" title="http://etherknitter.typepad.com/etherknitter/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://etherknitter.typepad.com/etherknitter/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">suspects</a> (<a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1439&entry_id=209" title="http://knitigator.typepad.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://knitigator.typepad.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">Kathy</a> and <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1440&entry_id=209" title="http://fieldofheather.blogspot.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://fieldofheather.blogspot.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">Heather</a> - you (and others who couldn’t make it) were missed greatly :o( ) and I’m sorry but I can’t even begin to remember all the new people I met - <a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1441&entry_id=209" title="http://knitterpated.blogspot.com/" onmouseover="window.status=’http://knitterpated.blogspot.com/’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;" target="_blank">Katy</a> has promised a list, I will link to it when she has it up) I brought my new toy to the annual Memorial Day car cruise and proceeded to play with it for three hours straight (and get stared at *alot* in the process. <span title="Roger Rabbit - my SO" class="serendipity_glossaryMarkup">RR</span> runs the music so we’re kind of in the middle of it all and it’s hard to miss someone spinning in the middle of a mini car show). The result? This:</p><p><a class="serendipity_image_link" onclick="F1 = window.open(’/uploads/Photos/05-28-06073.jpg’,'Zoom’,'height=783,width=1039,top=0,left=0,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resize=1,resizable=1,scrollbars=yes’); return false;" href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1442&entry_id=209" title="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-28-06073.jpg" onmouseover="window.status=’http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-28-06073.jpg’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="131" src="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-28-06073.serendipityThumb.jpg" width="175" alt="" /></a></p><p>Which I fully recognize looks like complete and utter ass. But I don’t care. Why? Because it’s mine. I made that. Me. With my two hands and a spindle.</p><p>I’ve also gotten better.</p><p><a class="serendipity_image_link" onclick="F1 = window.open(’/uploads/Photos/05-28-06079.jpg’,'Zoom’,'height=728,width=979,top=27.5,left=30,toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,resize=1,resizable=1,scrollbars=yes’); return false;" href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1443&entry_id=209" title="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-28-06079.jpg" onmouseover="window.status=’http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-28-06079.jpg’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="129" src="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/uploads/Photos/05-28-06079.serendipityThumb.jpg" width="175" alt="" /></a></p><p>Now I gotta get a wheel.</p><p><em><span title="Edited To Add" class="serendipity_glossaryMarkup">ETA</span>: </em><a href="http://jessaluknits.yarncourtesans.com/exit.php?url_id=1444&entry_id=209" title="http://knitterpated.blogspot.com/2006/05/bloggers-and-brownies-and-fiber-oh-my.html" onmouseover="window.status=’http://knitterpated.blogspot.com/2006/05/bloggers-and-brownies-and-fiber-oh-my.html’;return true;" onmouseout="window.status=”;return true;"><em>Katy has posted her list</em></a><em> - and, if I met you this Saturday and I can’t remember your blog please don’t take it personally, I have the absolute worst memory. Of all time. At least I think I do - I can’t remember if I’ve met anyone else who’s worse. ;o) Feel free to shout out in the comments - I’d love to hear from you!</em></p>
