![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Another busy weekend. Saturday, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ellen_fremedon and I met up with mrshamill and her family to see Othello downtown at the Shakespeare Theater. Avery Brooks was playing lead, and as good as he was, the actor playing Iago -- Patrick Page -- was amazing. He played Iago as a man who used sex as a weapon, and only a weapon. He rejected his wife Emilia in disgust when she made advances to him, but touched both Roderigo and Claudio in intimidating and sexually suggestive ways. It was quite a mesmering performance.
Sunday, I went down to the Mall to demonstrate spinning on handspindles at the Knit-Out with other members of my guild. They brought their spinning wheels, I brought many handspindles and loose wool so that people could try their hands at spinning. It was quite fun, though I never did get a chance to sit down.
One woman brought her mother forward -- an older immigrant woman from someplace in the Middle East by her dress -- who had spun from childhood. She took one of my top-whorls and was spinning fine in seconds. I think she was amused by the lime green wool I handed her; I have a bunch of Perendale wool I dyed with Kool-Aid and Easter Egg dyes that I bring along because the colors attract kids.
I also had at least *three* troops of Girl Scouts come up and ask for demonstrations. That was fun, and hopefully the guild's education/outreach program can hook up with the troops later and help out with their craft badges. I also got several kids and moms spinning, and gave away all of my brochures and flyers about how to make spindles at home. I even got a man spinning -- usually men wind up making spindles or spinning wheels if their wives have gotten into spinning (so many retired engineers get a second career as wheelwrights this way) -- admittedly it was because his girlfriend pushed him into it, but he made a respectable length of pretty even yarn.
tricksterquinn and our friend A came by about midway through the afternoon. I was surprised to see A, as I hadn't told him about the Knit-Out, there being no fly-fishing to interest him, but tricksterquinn apparently had. They gave me the carrots out of their lunches, and Quinn let me eat half her sandwich; evidently I looked starved. Which was sad, because I had gotten down there a half hour early and had breakfast at Teaism.
Anyway, it was a fun, busy weekend, and I'm probably going to sleep for the rest of the day.
ellen_fremedon and I met up with mrshamill and her family to see Othello downtown at the Shakespeare Theater. Avery Brooks was playing lead, and as good as he was, the actor playing Iago -- Patrick Page -- was amazing. He played Iago as a man who used sex as a weapon, and only a weapon. He rejected his wife Emilia in disgust when she made advances to him, but touched both Roderigo and Claudio in intimidating and sexually suggestive ways. It was quite a mesmering performance.Sunday, I went down to the Mall to demonstrate spinning on handspindles at the Knit-Out with other members of my guild. They brought their spinning wheels, I brought many handspindles and loose wool so that people could try their hands at spinning. It was quite fun, though I never did get a chance to sit down.
One woman brought her mother forward -- an older immigrant woman from someplace in the Middle East by her dress -- who had spun from childhood. She took one of my top-whorls and was spinning fine in seconds. I think she was amused by the lime green wool I handed her; I have a bunch of Perendale wool I dyed with Kool-Aid and Easter Egg dyes that I bring along because the colors attract kids.
I also had at least *three* troops of Girl Scouts come up and ask for demonstrations. That was fun, and hopefully the guild's education/outreach program can hook up with the troops later and help out with their craft badges. I also got several kids and moms spinning, and gave away all of my brochures and flyers about how to make spindles at home. I even got a man spinning -- usually men wind up making spindles or spinning wheels if their wives have gotten into spinning (so many retired engineers get a second career as wheelwrights this way) -- admittedly it was because his girlfriend pushed him into it, but he made a respectable length of pretty even yarn.
tricksterquinn and our friend A came by about midway through the afternoon. I was surprised to see A, as I hadn't told him about the Knit-Out, there being no fly-fishing to interest him, but tricksterquinn apparently had. They gave me the carrots out of their lunches, and Quinn let me eat half her sandwich; evidently I looked starved. Which was sad, because I had gotten down there a half hour early and had breakfast at Teaism.Anyway, it was a fun, busy weekend, and I'm probably going to sleep for the rest of the day.
Tags:
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
From:
no subject
From:
no subject
From:
no subject
I shall send you a virtual hot compress!
From:
no subject
Now I'm going to go and try not to think about what that voice would sound like in that role and console myself with the fact that I saw James Earl Jones play it. ;D
From:
no subject
But damn, I would love to see James Earl Jones on stage in just about ANY Shakespeare, even Titus Andronicus.
From:
no subject
From:
no subject
That sounds like an awesome weekend! :)
From:
no subject
From:
no subject
We need to teach you to spin, though. Then I can get you a fancy spindle for Yule or something -- maybe with quivut to spin.
From:
no subject
But yes. I want to learn to knit well enough to make those scarves, and I want to learn to spin, and weave.
Interesting thing -- carding wool wasn't a problrm, as long as I'm sure not to hold it too tightly.
My body is so weird.
In other news, did you know A likes the Spice Girls? He squeed.
From:
no subject
The Quidditch scarves are EASY. No purling, and only color changes instead of colorwork.
Spinning -- well, we'll see. Weaving, I can set up cardweaving so easily...
In other news, did you know A likes the Spice Girls? He squeed.
Must tease! Must tease!
You know, if he keeps hanging out with us, he's going to wind up writing femmeslash...
From:
no subject
*grins* Whee! Craftiness! (...like I haven't got any already. *shifty eyes*)
Teasing = good.
Femmeslash? Definitely. Which would be highly entertaining!!
From:
no subject
I met a local spinner at Hancock's in Kennewick and she says right now the only place where she can find complete spinning wheels is the former Eastern Europe states. She rescued a bunch of antique working wheels from the fire. She gives spinning demos in both the local schools and at Pioneer fairs.
Posted another story chapter last night. I *think* the hard part is now done. Or almost done.
From:
no subject
You need to go to a local sheep and wool festival, or find a local cottage spinner. I've bought yarn from several people who raise their own sheep and have it mill-spun at one of the mini-mills. It's just a matter of finding the locals who do it as a cottage industry. I could direct you to locals in MY area, but finding ones in yours what you really want, so you can pet the yarn first.
she says right now the only place where she can find complete spinning wheels is the former Eastern Europe states.
She's full of horse-crap, doesn't have a clue where to look, or is too cheap to buy new wheels.
At the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival this year, I saw Timbertops Wheels from England, Wyatt Wheels (http://www.wyattwheels.com/) from Texas, Golding Ring wheels (http://www.dropspindle.info/index.html) (Gorgeous! Want! Soooo expensive!), many Majacraft wheels (http://www.majacraft.co.nz/) and the new Hitchhiker (http://www.themerlintree.com/oops011.htm) (fits into the passenger footwell of a car!)
Posted another story chapter last night. I *think* the hard part is now done. Or almost done.
well, you have to get back to Kir and Mirith soon, then. I expect learning about human reproductive biology is going to make Kir turn green -- it will be a new experience for him!
From:
no subject
I'm not sure if I've ever seen a listing for a wool Festival out here, maybe up in Seattle.
I'll return to the story about here in Mirith probably in another chapter or so of the current story, which is rather sliding down off into slash, hopefully not so far that I need to give it an NC-17.
From:
no subject
From:
no subject
The spinning sounded like great fun, and youre right: bright colors attract the kids!
From:
no subject