• I stayed in my apartment for the entire weekend, not dealing with Snowpocalypse Part I until the streets and sidewalks were relatively clear. It was wonderful. (And the cold is nearly gone. Neither decongestants nor more than four tissues today!)
• I am not looking forward to Snowpocalypse Part II, which should start any minute now. I don’t really care for more than a couple of inches of snow in places where the sidewalks don’t get cleared.
• On the other hand, lots of snow can be awfully pretty or otherwise interesting-looking.
• Part of what I did on Sunday was warp my loom and start weaving a stole for my mom:
(This is a mid-warping picture, when the afternoon sun was filling my living room.)
• Mel was being a pest the other day. (Surprise, surprise, a cat being a pest…) So I moved the bin of fiber that had been on the Lendrum-spinning chair in hopes that he’d at least not knock so much stuff over. This had the lovely side benefit that I actually spun on my Lendrum. I love the wheel, but the chair that fits with the Victoria is also the right height for the table on which I keep my laptop… Anyway, I had started spinning some Coopworth roving from Beth at The Spinning Loft. I’d been spinning it relatively finely, I think so that I could keep it as even as possible, and I wasn’t enjoying it much. When I picked it up again the other day, I went for long draw and had it drafting itself. It’s bumpier, but it’s pretty soft, and I think it’ll make a nice, squishy 2ply. Much better.
(Sorry the picture isn’t better. There isn’t sun in that corner in the morning, and I didn’t want to deal with moving the wheel. It’s a lovely dark brown wool.)
• I’ve also been spinning some Polwarth on the Victoria, Pandora from David’s January club fibre.
• I got an e-mail this morning from my vet’s office, saying that it’s Mel’s birthday. (They’re also the vet for the woman who fostered Mel and his mom, so they have better records of his first few weeks than I do.) He’s now a five-year-old adorable pest. Amazing.
• Mel used to be tiny!
• I think I’ll go sit by him and weave for a bit.
an ent knits 
February 9, 2010 at 21:55
The snow has started down south. It is persistently erasing any evidence of the paths I dug earlier in the week.
Sigh.
It’s coming in like a combo of sleet and snow. But very very pretty
February 9, 2010 at 23:59
Aw. Look at wee Mel! How could he ever be a pest?
*snort*
Yeah. Here’s hoping Snowpocalypse II treats you kindly. At least you’re healthier for it, right?! Maybe you can go out and make a few snow angels.
February 11, 2010 at 19:09
Apparently you got what we didn’t. Glad to hear you are getting better. I’ve had the crud all week, been through most of two boxes of tissues. Despite decongestants. TMI, eh.