So, anyway.
I finished (finally!) plying the merino-tencel.
Spinning was on hiatus for the Christmas season. Part of it was running low on time, the other part was my (hopeless) attempt to toddler-proof my house for the visiting grandchildren. (I wasn't home when my daughter arrived with spouse and children in tow. She might have screamed "Oh my God! This place is a toddler death-trap!!" but, since I wasn't there, I can pretend it didn't happen. After a certain point, I had given up. I ran out of high places to put breakables, and since everything else I own could potentially maim a busy grandson, I finally decided we could just keep an eye on him. Four adults, one toddler. Seemed like about even odds...)After the spinning, I got to play with my new toy!
My much-beloved mother-in-law gave me this for Christmas. With our steady flow of eggs, a pasta machine seemed like a good idea. (Pasta is a very practical way to store excess eggs. Pasta's shelf-life is much longer than an egg's!)My first efforts were a little funky -
but I got a little better as I went along.
Madman, meanwhile, was out ice-fishing. Look at these beauties:
Northern Pike. Tasty...
8 comments:
Gayle, it's gorgeous!
4:1
That doesn't seem like very good odds if he really is a busy toddler. ;^)
Yum!
Gorgeous yarn, as usual. Pike always look like snakes with fins to me.
Mmm, northern. I ate that at least once a week all through high school. Dad was a fisherman and we lived on a lake. Free food! Besides pan fried and oven fried, we also had it smoked and pickled. The latter was my favorite.
That yarn is beautiful!
I'm excited for your pasta machine! I tried making pasta once, but it went... poorly.
As much pasta as I eat, and as much as I bake and have chickens, I feel like I OUGHT to be making my own pasta. Maybe a pasta machine would get me over the hump of apathy?
And a good time was had by all. I think the toddler's attention is more focused than four adults combined. You didn't stand much of a chance.
And yes, the merino/tencel is beautiful. Shawl?
Your spinning is gorgeous! Yarn that beautiful is quite an accomplishment.
Beautiful yarn! How much did you end up with....it looks like a beautiful ocean of yarn.
Pasta and pike!! YUMMY. I didn't link pasta as a way to store eggs before. Thanks.
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