Monday, December 1, 2008

Assorted

Some of you may remember that I don't particularly like heights. I'm ok if I have something sturdy under me, like a mountain. In other words, looking over the edge of a cliff doesn't bug me. A look-out tower does. I get light-headed. Closed steps ok, open steps or ladders, no thank you. Yes, I'm a freak.

When I caught the rooster on Saturday, I failed to mention that he was at the very top of the hay bales in the llama barn. I didn't have a problem getting up there, the bales were sturdy. I caught him, tucked him under my arm, and started back down. I hit a wobbly bale. Oops. It's hard enough to hold onto an unhappy rooster while climbing down bales. Add light-headedness to the mix and you can imagine my predicament. I let him go, and climbed down two levels of bales. He hadn't moved, so I was able to catch him again and get down the rest of the way without incident.

Look, I worked on my sock over the holiday.


Another inch or two and I'll start the toe.

After knitting about 6 inches, I also gave up on knitting a lacy, airy stole. I decided to weave it instead.

This is an 18 inch tri-loom. The weaving is done from the top down, and from the outside to the inside. I'll weave several of these, then stitch them together. I'm still using the alpaca/wool/silk/angora yarn that I had allotted for knitting the stole. It will full some, but because the yarn is fairly fine it should still make for a light open weave.

7 comments:

sophanne said...

I got a little wibbly wobbly reading about balancing on hay bales- yikes.

LostInColor said...

I like climbing up things, and have problems coming down. Especially if I am on wheels... Love the sock! Put the toe on there, and it will fit me perfectly. ;)

Mama Pea said...
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Mama Pea said...

What an interesting looking loom. I'm spinning and weaving-wise ignorant . . . what does the phrase "it will full some . . . " mean?

Cindy said...

The sock is beautiful. I'm fascinated by weaving, but unwilling to start another hobby. The heights thing? My knees start to wobble really really bad;--)

cornbread hell said...

mama pea, let me take that one...

from the rikipedia: "add moisture to wool and it gets *fuller* as in...more full. as in...more conbobulated."

ok, i made that word up, but hpoefully, this article will really confuse you: http://members.peak.org/~spark/felting-fulling.html

Mama Pea said...

Gee, thanks, CBH - That was informative and I may just have learned something! Velly intellesting. (Oops, I suppose that's not pc anymore, huh? Sorry.)