Hi-Ho, Ericka the Girl here, reporting live to you from North Carolina. It's 50 degrees and balmy, and I've been coatless. Locals think I'm nuts and housekeeping keeps closing the window in my hotel room. Last week I was tromping through snow banks, so it all makes perfect sense to me.
Today is Wednesday, and last time I was down here Wednesday was the day I started getting cranky. I attribute that to missing my knitting group, so to stop that this week I'll be hunting for the LYS here. One of them.
I actually have not knit yet this week. I've been asked not to knit in class, as a lot of execs walk in and out of class, and we don't want them to get the wrong impression. I can live with that. When I'm in my hotel room I'm spindling. I'm working on getting a speedy and steady draft, and I'm doing pretty good with it. When I finally get home to my wheel I'll be ready to go. Chris suggested that the wheel not be used until the living room is clean. We clean the room, but it declines. This sounds like a really good self-policing technique, so I agreed. Then it occured to me that he probably wouldn't be a that stricken if I couldn't spin, so I suggested no wheel, no Wii. He hasn't responded to that one yet, but I bet you the living room still looks about the same right now ;)
So, anyway, getting good on the draft. Seasoned spinners like to console new spinners by telling them that a lot of experienced spinners can't go back to the thick-thin that newbies produce. It is most sought after, and we can do it without trying. Well, we're trying, but we're trying to do something else. Thanks, Seasoned Spinners, but I'm not feeling it. I want a steady yarn that I can ply and use. I am determined. *sigh* I miss my wheel. I miss people who get excited when I talk about my wheel.
Well, I've got more to write, but my time is short. So expect lots of little posts in the next few days. Later!
Hey, Heather kept telling me that same story about the thick and thin stuff... uh-huh, sure! And I know the NC locals "look" with that no jacket on a 50 degree day thing too... don't you love making them think your nutty? Let me know what LYS you find down there, are you in Charlotte? I hear there's a couple there but was told they were very EXPENSIVE...
Posted by: Nichole | February 21, 2007 at 04:28 PM
Hi Ericka!
Great soap! Heather just came by the shop (Yarn and Fiber Co.) with a box of it... it stayed here! Now the shop smells great and soon all of our customers will too!
Thanks again and talk with you soon!
Cyndi
Posted by: Cyndi | February 22, 2007 at 05:26 PM
50 degrees? That would be a heat wave! Lucky you!
Posted by: Arleta | February 23, 2007 at 08:48 AM
hehehe -- I love the wii solution (sorry Chris! lol)
Can you believe it about the soap! We pimpin' baby!
And seriously, it is so hard to go back to that kind of spinning -- I'm trying right now and can hardly do more than a sport weight. But I know what you mean, it can be frustrating when you are trying to acheive a result and it just won't cooperate. Seriously -- pre-draft before you ever hit the wheel or spindle. It REALLY helps. You were missed on Wed.!
Posted by: Heather | February 23, 2007 at 11:38 AM