Jello Jigglers. I can’t get enough of ’em. Jello and ham. Yum. Tell your friends.
Still feeling a little better, but really tired. I was in bed most of yesterday simply because being out of bed was too tiring. It feels so pathetic. This morning, after taking the girls to school, I’m going to dash to Costco to get some basic food and supplies before the fatigue hits in ernest.
Then maybe I’ll pick through the rest of my dyed silk so I can get these purple batts finished. I think everyone is tired of the wool and drum carder taking up the breakfast bar and one of the islands. It’s really in the way.
I started spinning the silk,
then cut into the tip of my drafting thumb while making dinner two nights ago, so that’s on pause for a bit. I think it’s going to be really pretty. There’s variation in the color that I wasn’t expecting. I didn’t feel like switching over to the accelerated head, because it involves a wrench, so I’m struggling to get enough twist into the single on the fastest whorl and am kind of kicking myself.
Oh, and Jean, the cookies were great with tea, thanks! I had them with some unsweetened Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime that night. Hit the spot.
April 30th, 2009 at 10:19 am
I totally hear ya on the jigglers. I made some for my daughter and have been really enjoying them myself.
April 30th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I am glad the tea and cookies helped you. I sure enjoy reading your posts. By the way I came so close to getting a spinning wheel.
Not sure if it was homemade or not I didn’t see a brand. It was at a garage sale but the lady wanted 350.00 for it and would only come down to 325.00. So I couldn’t get it. Mayby some day I will get one. They sure do seem like fun!!! Jean
April 30th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
$350 sounds expensive, particularly if she didn’t even tell you what it was. I paid $75 for my Ashford Traditional on Craigslist with accessories, and since they still make that wheel, if there were any problems with it, I could easily get parts. However it was perfect. Now, that’s a screamin’ deal, but I think you ought to be able to find one right around $200 if you keep your eye out. My Clemes was $200 with tons of accessories. My second Clemes was $50, but needed work and had no bobbins. Since I had 7 from my other Clemes, that wasn’t a problem for me.
It would be easy to find a wheel in the $350 range, so at that price you should be choosy and get a wheel you know you want.
I went with a friend to see a gorgeous antique wheel for $200 she found on Craigslist. She didn’t know anything about wheels, so I went along to make sure it worked well. It was solid oak, extremely beautiful, looked like it was in impeccable condition, and was completely useless. We spend an hour or so trying to figure out if we could make it work, and there was no way.