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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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Butterball me at six months of age
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- I am a fiber artist, tarotist, and astrologer living in southern California. Please visit my online shop here.
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After-Dinner Mints Handspun, Handpainted Wool Yarn
one of my favorite skeins of handspun
My Great-Grandparents Mayer and their 13 children circa 1910
Great-Grandmother Christina Boyer Mayer, seated left, Great-Grandfather John P. Mayer on the right, with his youngest daughter Leona to his immediate right. My paternal Grandmother Mollie (Mary Susannah) is the second daughter behind Leona in the back row. I love the bows in the girls' hair, and I especially love the dress and strong attitude of Aunt Belle (standing far left).
As part of my participation in the 2010 Tour de Fleece (contemporaneous with the Tour de France), I have been spinning every day, and most days in public at one of my local cafes. On Monday I visited a local Starbucks and took my kick spindle with me. On the spindle: hand-dyed merino wool singles....