Spinning

We’d planned to do polytunnel stuff this morning but it was way too windy to try and reattach a door so instead we stayed in. Well I did, Ady popped in and out as he does.

I had a go at starting a sock making kit I got from Lidl when we were off and got confused and scared by all the many needles so shoved it in my bag to take down to the village with me later. I finished the Rum newsletter and emailed it to Fliss for printing and replied to some emails.

After lunch Ady and I walked down to the village together – him to clean the hall and campsite toilets which he is doing to cover Vikki while she’s away and me to join Fliss, Debs and Ali for a Crafternoon. Debs is teaching Fliss how to properly use her spinning wheel and me to use one too (Debs has about four spinning wheels but a little portable travelling one which she brought with her). I sort of get it but it seems a bit like a sewing machine to me, I suspect I’d spend as much time fiddling with it and correctly mistakes as I would actually spinning. I think I might prefer drop spindles… On the plus side Deb taught me a really cool way of casting on which is LOADS quicker than the way I’ve been doing it all this time and removed most of the mystery of all the double ended needles to the point that I think I might understand the socks knitting now. I came home and did pretty well but then managed to pull the wrong needle and took all the stitches off it so unravelled it to start again. Will do some more in daylight but can see how that might be a nice thing to do.

I left and walked home in a real snowstorm which was very cool 🙂 The other three were all out on the croft playing it when I came home. It was almost dark so everyone came in for hot chocolate / tea laced with whisky to warm up (that’s hot chocolate for kids and tea laced for adults not either tea or hot choc both laced with whisky…)

I cooked, we watched some Friends and some Will & Grace and that was Tuesday. The kids are excited about Valentines Day and have been making presents for each other, Ady and I. They do not seem to have fully grasped the romantic aspect to it and just view it as a day to celebrating loving people. I am loathe to put them straight really… Davies is making a book for Scarlett and doing loads of writing, drawing and only checking the very odd word here and there. His handwriting and spelling is better than many adults I know so at least I have not failed him there with the slapdash home ed 😉 Scarlett is mostly whittling gifts for everyone.