Spinning merino, joining Facebook

Spinning wheels have always fascinated me. It seems like magic to be able to take a hunk of fluffy stuff and put it through a spinning wheel and yarn. At first the yarn is ugly and wonky, but soon it actually starts to look like real bought-in-a-store, you-could-actually-knit-with-this-stuff yarn!

The red and green stuff is the first "yarn" from Queen Mab (explanation of name to follow) and the pale lavender is from a couple of days later. Quite a difference! The thing is, spinning is really, really addictive! Now, I have to make myself step away from the wheel and actually knit up some of this magic stuff that comes off the bobbins! A friend on Ravelry (really cool online knitting community) says that she puts her handspun in a basket in the living room to pet and admire! Sounds good to me - I love, love, love these yarns!
Queen Mab: the name comes from the fairy queen of the same name, who can make beautiful magic, but if approached without respect can really snarl up your life...pretty much the definition of a spinning wheel and the fiber you put through it! Oh, and she can take you out of your ordinary life to a world where time passes without you realizing it has passed - again, definition of spinning...now where did that afternoon/evening go??? I just sat down a minute ago to spin a little bit of that yummy merino Diana sent me from fiberfancy!!!

Yesterday was the 35th anniversary of the day Robert asked me to marry him! I would say yes again today!!! He picked the perfect spot - the garden of a deserted villa on a hillside on the outskirts of Rome, with the sounds of the bells from the nearby monastery filling the air. Beautiful... Romantic...He set me up - I couldn't say no! So all these years later, I'm still glad I said yes. It has been a wild, weird, and wonderful ride!