The sun is shining, the artists are assembled in downtown Lafayette and all is right with my tiny little corner of the world. We had peanut butter and blueberry jam on our toast for breakfast and I had forgotten that The Husband had refridgerated and saved the LAST peanut butter jar. Now that we were on the last legs of peanut butter jar number two, out came jar number one and there could be an event, a moment for two, one that was invented by The Husband and Sasha, lo so many years ago...Jar Day. Ok, you have to understand that Sasha has raised a brat...a barking brat...a whiner...gimme what you have baby boy. Yeah, the Tankmeister. I don't care if he is carrying around a set of you-know-what's, he is a big baby...bark bark bark. The husband figured that the way around the Jar Day barking was to save it for a day with the typical Libra gusto...FAIR. So, we have discovered that now that Trader Joe's has changed the peanut butter jars from glass to plastic, this is a doubly joyful day...Jar Day with toys. Yup, the empty peanut odor jar makes a great hockey puck and chew toy and all around good puppy thing.
I highly recommend this toy...Hey Tank! Where's the toy? Duh, wiggle wiggle wiggle. Lab.
Now, on to a finished object photo. Remember the picture of the angora on the Spin-tech? This is it in the finished skeins.
It is just delicious and I am finding that everything that I throw the way of this spinner is coming out just beautiful and soft. Right now, I have a cashmere project in the works, something that I just dyed and set aside during a really busy time...some natural brown that I overdyed for my Petroglyph colorway.
It is turning into yarn, quite nicely.
All is right with my portion of the world and Sasha is telling me (leaning against me with her bulk) that the postman has just come.
Cashmere....mmm...that sounds yummy. And it looks sooo soooft!*GRIN*
I can see you in front of me....with peanut butter all around your mouth....saying mmm..mmm..MMM!*GRIN*
Posted by: Helle From Denmark | September 17, 2005 at 02:53 PM
It IS soft and I am MUCH too dainty for a peanut butter face... :o)
Posted by: Lisa S | September 17, 2005 at 03:03 PM
Hehe...too dainty....sure!*GRIN* But i do believe that the cashmere is SOFT!*LOL*
Posted by: Helle From Denmark | September 17, 2005 at 03:36 PM
What a cool idea with the peanut butter jar. I will have to give that a try here...LOL!
Tell me, do you think that the spin tech helps you crank things out a bit faster?
Posted by: Kim | September 17, 2005 at 04:01 PM
Yeah, we used to give Sasha the glass jar and hear her clinking her teeth on the thing. Then, we had to get it away from her as soon as she decided to come back into the kitchen. Now, with the baby and the big dog each having an unbreakable peanut butter jar, they are in hog heaven and the fun goes on and on. :o)
The Spin-tech has helped me roar through things, to be sure. The fact that the bobbins hold at least 8 ounces each is a serious plus, as well. I was eyeing the newest generation of electric spinner in this latest issue of Spin-off...the Marj. I would love to see one in action, to see how all of that crazy set-up works. Continuous wind on is nice but will it slow things down, she asks? She who found the Wolly Winder to be too slow. The $1500 price tag makes one's eyes water...hey, I can only spin on one thing at a time, anyway. :o)
Posted by: Lisa S | September 17, 2005 at 04:25 PM
does tank have one of those black kong toys? madaket picks hers up, flicks it to me (repeatedly) until i get off the couch and put peanut butter in it for her. yeah, she has me trained right ;-)
Posted by: vanessa | September 18, 2005 at 06:05 AM
I'm surprised that the dog who eats walls hasn't chewed that jar into a thousand fragments!
This is a red letter day, I can see ALL your pictures in this entry! No *#&*$(*^%(*&&(*$ when I click!
Posted by: CarolineF | September 19, 2005 at 05:17 AM