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Ups and downs

Published on March 7, 2008

Another trip to the eye surgeon today.  This time, thanks to the surgery 2 weeks ago that punched a hole in the capsule that holds the lens in place, he could see in.  And he was pleased that, after almost a year of vision that degraded to legal blindness in the one eye, I can […]


I did it, and it works!

Published on March 5, 2008

There was an article in a recent Spin-Off magazine giving information on scotch tension: how it works, when it’s used, why and how to adjust it. And it showed another way of setting tension on a wheel. I have an Ashford Traditional, and although she’s a “classic” model, she’s still got the original set-up for […]


A Perfect Day. Yes, it surely was.

Published on March 4, 2008

And that’s a plug.  A very obvious one.  Intentional, to be sure. Perfect Day Yarns, that is. I swore that I wouldn’t buy more sock yarn, but Daughter knows Sarah, and I often read Sarah’s blog, and slip over to her Perfect Day site when yarn is posted. The other day, I fell.  Completely.  And they’re […]