Saturday, February 29, 2020

Down Time

 This was the fourth do nothing day in a row. First it was rain and then it was more rain and then it was wind and yesterday it was The Mister's elbow. All that wood splitting and hauling took a toll on his arm so he's down with an ouchie. I spent the day spinning.


 All my spinning stuff is piled up in a crowded corner of the sewing room but I managed to dig out the California Red and this cotton.



 I listened to some true crime podcasts while I spun. Anything to take my mind off what was happening to that little retirement nest egg I have invested. It's been ugly. I've had to stop looking.



 I've got only this much more of this Merino/Silk to go. I really feel bad when I am not knitting with any handspun since I have so much in the stash. I guess I better go pattern hunting for something to do with it since that will determine how I ply it.


7 comments:

  1. Oh yes, Dennis has been having conniptions. I hope the free-fall stops soon. Thank goodness for fiber and yarn to distract us, right? I hope The Mister's ouchie is better soon.
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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  2. The color on that merino silk is simply gorgeous.

    Hope the Mister is feeling better soon.

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  3. So pretty! As for retirement, keep your eyes closed. It will bounce back eventually. The market crashed the morning I received my inheritance from my mom. I lost almost 50% of it before I even knew it had finally gone into my name. The good thing was that within a few years it was back to where it had been And, I got to take a write-off on my taxes for 8 years.

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  4. The colours in that merino silk are so pretty!

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  5. Great spinning. I don't think anyone was not hit but the market selloff this week. You are not alone!

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  6. Oh, spinning is so relaxing! Good choice to keep you busy in the down time from being a logger! lol

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