I posted yesterday about "Duck For President". My on-line friend Dusk Peterson found this lovely link to the animated reading of this wonderful book, and it's a great way to spend a few minutes. It can't be any more ridiculous than our current election - vote counting and recounting, and the realization that the better position is always over the rainbow or across the next county line. Here's a link for the YouTube video animation of "Duck for President". Watch it and enjoy and thanks to Dusk for the followup - you rock!
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Go and watch the YouTube reading of this lovely book. It's delightful. Here's a link - https://youtu.be/rOREr8Dcsq0 |
Yesterday was my "day off" and it was a beautiful, warm day. Did I have any time to get out into it? That would be a "No". Except to walk out late in the afternoon to collect the mail, and my early morning weekly grocery shopping run, I was indoors all day. But I had a wonderful day even though I was within the walls of my home.
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I used my Drummi for the first time yesterday, washing some bras and gloves. It was a small learning curve, but was pretty darned easy and it did a great job of getting things clean and rinsed well. I'll have to work a bit harder on the final spin cycle, I'd like things just a bit drier when I remove them, but I was quite happy. |
I used my "Spaceship Washer" for the first time yesterday. It fits beautifully underneath my laundry tub, so a place to keep it isn't a problem. I decided to use it inside the shower, so drainage also isn't an issue. I used my phone's stopwatch function to keep track of the time and make sure I wasn't pumping the pedal too quickly. It turns out that 12-20 pumps per minute is pretty slow. The final spin cycle to extract the water is more intensive, but even that was no problem. After I was finished I let it dry out on the bathmat, towel-dried the interior workings, and it was back under the laundry tub within a couple of hours. I like it. I'll try washing some fleece next week and see how it does with that.
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Fleece from the sheep is usually pretty scuzzy. It needs to be thoroughly washed before being spun into yarn and then used in knitwear or weaving. I bought my Drummi specifically to wash fleece so that I wouldn't break or damage my expensive good washer. I think it's going to be a wise investment. |
I spent several hours with my knitting machine. I cleared out the area in front of Sewing Cabinet #3, pulling out the side leaf of the table we have there, and attached the machine to it. It worked out beautifully. It was a good height, I was comfortable, and I actually managed to get the back side of the infant sweater completed within three hours, despite a few amateur mishaps and one stabbed finger. That's more than 100 rows (15 rows of ribbing and 88 rows of stockinette) in three hours of work. I can easily see that I'll be able to do a lot in a reasonable amount of time, so I'm quite happy. I'll tackle the front of the sweater next week. It's a first project, and I'm not expecting perfection, but I'm pretty darned happy right now and my small errors are quite minimal.
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My knitting machine is an LK150 by Silver Reed. It's a "hobby" machine, lighter weight and only 150 needles wide, but I can do lots with it. Of course it would be nice to have one of the bigger, better, metal bed ones, but my machine was under $500, those other machines are well over $1000 or more. No - for something that's basically a toy for me, I wasn't willing to go all out. |
Unless something earthshaking happens, I'll probably finish up the "Me" meme tomorrow. I thought about doing it today, but I don't like making my blog too ridiculously long, and it gives me something to talk about tomorrow. Goals - good to set, better to achieve - LOL. So, have a fabulous and fantastic day, keep your head above water and your thoughts out of the gutter, and as usual - be kind, stay safe, and please wear your mask. I'll be back tomorrow.
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