More Jewels Darlings :-)

They are so much fun, rather addictive and not really what I need to be working on. But what's new? I've also been dyeing up some merino.

And spinning some more:

Its cold cold cold here. Winter came early and looks set to stay. Riscy is headed to Tasmania tommorow for his mum's birthday. I'm sort of bummed that I'm not going too, but it's too close to our trip to Fiji (notice that I mention this in nearly every blog lately? LOL) and I don't want to be away from work for too long. Ahhhm, I don't know where this work ethic came from. Very worrying.

I've been knitting and spinning all weekend. The merino and silk has taken me weeks due to it being a very very thin yarn. I haven't worked out the length yet, but I think it has to be over 700m. I'm thinking about knitting it into the Long Way's Scarf from Heartstrings FiberArts. I'd put a link here but I can't seem to get to the site this evening. But I'm gonna do a bit more searching before I committ :-) I finished my first lace item this afternoon. It is long enough to go around my neck, so I put a series of eyelet buttonholes in one end so I can button it up and and wear it as a neck warmer. I'm blowing off some cobwebs tonight by spinning up some thick yarn. Its so much fun.

I sat in a meeting today, a meeting I participated in quite a bit, but I also went prepared with some paper scraps and a purple and green pens. I was multitasking. Doing art while doing meetings :-)

I was doodling around with textures and colour mainly. Being prepared with the blank scraps meant that instead of wasting my time scribbling on agenda or report pages, I could just take the little bits of paper home and stick them in my journal. I gave blood this afternoon, now I'm feeling a little woozy. I don't know if it would be related to the fact that I registered a low blood pressure. It's the first time I've ever had a low BP, I don't know what caused it but it didn't seem to worry the nurses. Talking of the nurses, I think I offended the one looking after me. She stated with total confidence that Schapelle Corby was innocent, and I responded by saying that I couldn't tell since I don't know all the evidence, she was a bit dismissive of me after that ;-) One thing I do know though is that I'll be doing something to secure my baggage on my way to Fiji in a few weeks.