Plucking

6:30 am

                Supposed to get hot hot today so I may end up in the basement as I ended up yesterday. It wasn’t so hot, but I still went down towards the end of the day and started another rug. I really like it; it is wool from a couple of old blankets that I must have cut ages ago. They are slightly different, one browner, one creamier, and I am inserting small lengths cut from the old beaver coat lining. I have enough of those wool strips for at least 2 more rugs, so maybe I’ll make another. I also plucked 2 rabbits yesterday – finished Bathsheba and did Cassandra. I don’t love Cassandra’s coat. She has really coarse guard hair which is plenty long, then a very soft coat beneath which is kind of short. I do love the color since it is black with silver highlights. It will be interesting to see how the coat on her black baby that I am keeping turns out – Ebony. I really ought to take photos of the latest babies since they are at the adorable stage right now. C is coming over for lunch, so maybe she could help me.

                 I also “should” mow the lawn, though I hate to do it early in the day. I can do that when it is hot and just get all sweaty, then go take a shower. I may also start spinning the angora I measured out. It was spinning at Webs last night and I brought the Lendrum, so I also brought a big bag of dark fawn – from Amber and Dinah and others. I weighed it out there and spun up 2 half ounce bits. I think I will spin one more half ounce on that bobbin, then the 1 ½ ounces on another and then ply them on the other wheel as those bobbins will hold the full 3 ounces. Maybe I will work on that. I brought a big box of books and old Spin-Off magazines to the meeting and gave them all away – YAY! I still need to list a bunch of stuff on Freecycle, like the old boat seat from the camper bus. I could take photos of those today. Oh, one more thing I did yesterday was to dehydrate more veggies – zucchini and green pepper and I just started some carrots – for L. I think I will text G to ask her to bring home anything she can that I can keep drying.

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