3.
I bought a spinning wheel in August and ah I just love string!! Got through the mystery protein fibres (brown and black) I picked up back in the spring, and the Shropshire roving (white) I got at the fibre convention in the summer. The skein I made plying the two is janky af and I love it. Pics later. Next step is cleaning and combing out the dog fur I collected over the summer. Going to try blending some of it with milkweed silk if I can collect enough pods this weekend.
I am also learning how to knit, just for fun, and I’ll say it again - I love string!!
2.
Still thinking about, fawning over, drawing, playing with, walking with, reading about, petting, brushing, looking at —dogs.
This morning I spun the rest of the roving I’d carded out of George’s fur several months ago. I got so absorbed in the task I burnt the chickpeas boiling on the stove. In the afternoon, I made a pencil crayon drawing of a young cockapoo I’d met in Bowness-on-Solway, at the start of Hadrian’s Wall.
I don’t have much to say today - I’m easing back into life after ~8 months of working 50-60 hours a week, and my brain feels goopy. I’m doing a residency in a couple of weeks and intend to translate feelings into thoughts into words then.
