My Forays into Fiber and other Geeky Things

I am debating upgrading dopey again I am currently running Intrepid (8.10) I don't particularly like the way Ibis handles the R30 track-pad There are great instructions here... from Ubuntu Geek. I will think about it a little further. Let's take a closer look of the fiber that I am spinning this month. I will have lots of Corrie to knit this summer. BTW, Phaedre is going to the wheel hospital via Dave's at Clermont and get her back at Cummington or I can drive from here to there in 4 hours 20 minutes one way, or I can wait a month or he can ship. Watch out, there's this "New Street" that could be confused with "Old Street" it's around the post office..... Cya next week.....

I was given a late birthday gift over the weekend by a non-knitter, my friend Flame . Just what I want to do, knit in the dark. NOT Okay, good idea, but obviously she is overconfident in my knitting ability. I don't think I can knit in the dark... not yet. Speaking of which, I am still trying to come up with a pattern for that damned bulky STICKY hand spun that I mentioned here . I cast on 80 stitches on 10.5 circs in hopes of a hat. NO, bad gauge, bad gauge. Looked like a hat for an ogre, Remind me again why I knit? Out it came, all of it frogged back to much amusement of the cat. I started this blog in hopes of getting input into my creative process and maybe create a small circle of friends. Meanwhile on the tech horizon, I am reminded of what I get to deal with most days when I walk into work. It's broken, they want it fixed now. Today it's email being down. Also a pc that needed to be "rolled back" so it could boot. Ah, this is why I knit. To work with my he...

Now what to do with it? I have a few ideas but nothing that screams at me YOU MUST. Let's backtrack a little, I was gifted this roving during the summer. I have the darkish red cousin to it still in the bag. It spun up slubby when I plied it. So it's really not uniform I want to do something for me that is not going to look like ass. Example ; Yes I said it; Heresy you say... The Jayne hat will look like ASS on me. Here is what I have to work with 250 +/- yards bulky. I want a hat that's going to be for me and fit my head and style. Suggestions?

It's spinning on an Ashford Traditional circa mid 1970's with the 3 ratio flyer mod along with a "springy" drive band mod.  Example of genre to my left. It's far from rocket science as one could get. I mean it's wood and leather and metal. I am trying to spin fiber for socks that I will be knitting. Example of fiber; So add that to my skill set besides fixing bloody windows boxes. I like this yarn and hope it does work out for soxes.. Stay tuned for 250 +/- yards of Blue Super Bulky tomorrow