Reviews of Middlesex, A Memory of Running, The Secret Life of Bees, and Holes.
Review: A Game of Thrones, Catch the Lightning (SPOILER), and His Majesty’s Dragon
3 reviews: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. Catch the Lightning by Catherine Asaro. BIG SPOILER WARNING!: between 4m37s and 6m52s there is a spoiler for Catch the Lighning. His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik.
It’s out! It’s out!
Videoblogging for Dummies is OUT OUT OUT!!! Amazon.com says it can ship within 24 hours!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Day Four
Day four continued as expected. No real change in spinning style yet. I did, however, read today (Day 5) about spinning coils, where you spin your single around a thread of some kind, in high-twist-per-inch coils. It was in the current issue of knitty.com, which has hit my blog reading list pretty significantly this week. […]
Day 3: dyed silk
So, yesterday my eBay-won natural dyed silk arrived. It’s 3 ounces of natural dyed and undyed Tussah silk. One ounce of undyed Tussah, one ounce of cochineal dyed, and one ounce of madder dyed. It’s really gorgeous, especially when spun. The undyed is softer and more slippery than the dyed stuff. The dyed stuff practically […]