We had one more Simply Certificate to use before the end of June so Jim and I went out to dinner at the Beale Street Grill. We had a good meal. I think I like going out to dinner during the week as opposed to the weekend, because we never have to wait for a table on a Thursday night.
After dinner, we continued heading east to East Rochester where we made a quick trip to the Village Yarn and Fiber Shop. I wanted to buy some hand carders so I could get my fleece into a form that I could spin. Last night I separated out a small amount of the fleece and washed and rinsed it twice. The washing, or scouring part of preparing of a fleece is pretty time consuming. You need to use very hot water and dish soap (like Dawn) to clean the lanolin out of the fibers. The water was pretty clean after 2 washes, but I'm not sure I got all the soap out during the rinses. I can do that again. Here is a photo of my fleece drying on my sweater dryer.
On Monday, I am doing a spinning demo for one of my kindergarten classes and I wanted to show the process of going from fleece to yarn to a knit object. The students visited a farm today to see some sheep, so they have a good introduction for Monday. Even though I am new to spinning, I figure that I know enough to talk about and demo spinning to a group of kindergartners. Here's big news: Gas prices actually went down 2 cents a gallon at our favorite BJ's! I didn't think gas was going to do that! What are you paying? We can get it for $3.99/gal.
It has started to heat up. Today it was in the low 80's and the kids were whining when we were outside for 15 minutes. Just wait until tomorrow is in the 90's!
Hope all is well.
2 comments:
$3.73 is the cheapest here in East Tennessee.
If I buy gas in Utah (which I try not to do) it is anywhere from $4.03-$4.19! But in Cortez, I can usually get it for $3.80ish.
Post a Comment