10 goals for 2010 – June progress update
Half way through the year – so where was I with these things…? 1. To make a meal using only ingredients I’ve grown, raised, caught or killed myself. I’m getting closer with this. Ok, I don’t grow my own wheat but I’ve made slow-rise bread about every other day for the month, and handchurned butter [...]
3BT – new project, on anti-cry patrol, quiet time
1. She started but didn’t finish embroidering the linen table cloth. For 50p, I take on the challenge. 2. After giving Katherine hell for a week, poorly Joe is all smiles as I push him around the supermarket. It’s the exciting boingy hair and buy one get one free offers that get his interest. 3. [...]
3BT – spectrum, mid-afternoon break, menacing
1. The purple dye transforms all the items but each ends up a different colour depending on its fabric composition and soak time. The colours range from dusky pink to mottled heather and glossy aubergine. The wool yarn, the point of the dyeing session, is a muted grape – I like muted colours so it’s [...]
3BT – I’m not the only one, misconception, night bright
1. The bus stops right outside. I ring the buzzer and tell the voice at the other end of the wire that I’m there to stroke yarn. The way she laughs makes it clear she understands. Inside, everywhere I turn, I see potential. 2. I try spinning for the first time: the wool thing, not [...]
3BT – yeasty, worth it, outsized
1. At five days old, the ginger beer plant is satisfactorily gloopy and the sourdough starter smells divine. 2. Even though the general backstage consensus is that Thursday night was better, John is impressed by the show – the music, the costumes and the kids alike. I clap like a proud mum throughout. 3. Sleepy [...]
3BT – reflecting, making waves, unravelry, sway-sway-sway-swirl
1. The new floor reflects the light around the soon-to-be-decorated walls. I imagine how bright it will be when we’re finally finished: I can’t wait to work down there. 2. Her tail hits the water in a rapid beat. 3. The wool is tangled. It’s such fun to undo the knot. 4. Backstage, we mouth [...]