my best friends
left to right:
Susan, Lynn, Leslie (what the hell is she doing?),
Sam (peeking over the railing), Nicole and Shannon
(hopefully too small to make out details
such as Sam's googly eyes--yes, we really were up 'til 4AM!)...
creamy bamboo
merino/tussah silk
brown cashmere/tussah silk
*drool*
I also picked up 4 oz of baby camel down/tussah silk for Em but I think she took it to school so will have to get a pic later.
I was encouraged to fondle some cloud soft, cinnamon-colored vicuna down (I had to search it out when I got home because I'd never heard of vicuna) in a small zippered bag held out by the shop owner. I wish I'd had my camera with me. I wish Les had snapped a pic of my face when she told me that small bit (1 oz) of fluff sells for THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
I imagined the phone conversation with Peter...
"Honey, I spent three hundred dollars on something in a Ziploc bag"
. . .
*silence*
. . .
*more silence*
. . .
*still more silence*
. . .
"Is this 'something' an illegal substance?"
While I was away, some spindles I ordered from an eBay store arrived. They are all a lot heavier than they were supposed to be. Two smaller ones were just over one ounce, rather than .7 ounce. Two larger ones were nearly 3 ounces each, rather than 1.9 and 2.1 ounces. I was pissed not pleased.
But the design gave me an idea. I went to Michael's and purchased some wooden toy car wheels, a 5/8" dowel and assorted other things. After some work on the wheel with my new multi-tool, a bit of glue, stain and a coat of satin polyurethane, this is what I came up with this morning...
approximately .7 ounce
(I really need a digital scale)
Pretty cool!
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