Babs learns to spin

Subtitled: Step-parents ROCK.

I had a great weekend. Totally. Hanging out with Mom and friend, eating good food, seeing leaf colors, visiting nice towns and a shaker village, eating more good food, enjoying a warm crackling fire in the evenings, resting, looking at the view, walking along country roads. Ahhh. A desperately needed respite.

Oh, and we made it to WEBS! It was *packed* on a Saturday afternoon. I've never seen it so busy. Good for them. Mom wanted to learn to spin, so I helped her pick out a spindle and that evening we came home and tried it. Here is Mom (Babs) with one of her first lengths of handspun yarn. It went quite well, considering that we have very different learning styles and that sometimes, just *sometimes*, Mom makes up these critically important competitions in which she must do everything better than her daughter Or Else. With the help of humor and detachment, we actually effected a skill transfer, instead of an emotional meltdown. Hooray!

Part of the good luck I am convinced came from my sweater. It is a sweater made by Mom for my birthday, and I love it! I love the color! It fits! I wore it all weekend. As I mentioned before, the nice thing about having a favorite color is that everything coordinates. Even the fiber I'm spinning is quite similar in hue. Fancy that. And no, I don't actually spin with my pinky in the air.

The subtitle refers to the absolutely awesome fact that Mom's friend handled everything-- the driving, the navigating, the restaurant bills, even the fee for my room at the B&B! Can you beat that? He is also entertaining, intelligent, resonable, and fun to be around.

All in all a successful weekend.

Comments

[claudia]

Good. Glad things went well. And, of course, the more spinners in the world, the better off the world.