i'm just learning how to spin my own yarn. a couple of years ago on orkney my friend debbie showed me how to use a drop spindle but, despite buying a book, i never got round to buying the drop spindle.
at the weekend there was a wool fair in a hall near us and i popped in. what glorious things were there! the boys sat with andy watching a woman spin on a wheel - apparently you can no longer take spinning wheels into schools for health and safety reasons! i bought a drop spindle (only £2.70) and some gorgeous merino silk fibre (aka roving i think). i am loving it. Chloe also bought a drop spindle and some fibre and we got together last night to share our learning - there is a lot of inconsistency in the thickness of the yarn being produced and also a lot of breakages!
today we went to the adventure playground and the boys got stuck in - robin with friends and jos on his own. i love watching them go about their business (although i did also enjoy chatting with lots of friends too!). haven't made it to home ed at highfields for so long and it was great to be back. it's one of those places that, without a car, is a logistical challenge!
people are amazing. they really are. and children are amazing too. we really don't take them seriously enough and at the moment i have a bee in my bonnet about the idea that childhood is preparation for life when really childhood IS life and children have so much to teach us.
on the tram on the way home Robin invented (conceptually, as with most of his inventions) a device using rollers which would straighten and flatten his crumpled sticker sheet. i told him he had just invented a mangle! i think he thought i was a little odd at giving his invention a name and he didn't ask what a mangle was so i trust that this is a bit of knowledge he doesn't need yet!
pizza on the way - couldn't face making food. the house is such a tip but the 80:20 superstar (Andy!) will put his skills to work later in a 'crazed hour' of tidying and sorting.
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