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This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit here. Sunday, January 28, 2007 Home again, home again AND The Woolery I obviously don't mind spending long stretches on the road and in hotels, or I wouldn't be doing this kind of work. But I have to admit that it was really nice to wake up this morning in my own bed, in my own house, with my own well-equipped kitchen to cook breakfast in, instead of trying to fix it in an electric frying pan on the end of the bathroom vanity in some hotel far from home.We were out six days this time, one day longer than I intended. But I worked two additional inspections that came in during the week, and spent an enjoyable hour at The Woolery in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, just south of the Virginia state border. The Woolery is not your typical Local Yarn Shop, with walls of knitting yarn and, if you're lucky, a pretty good selection of books and needles and accessories. The first sight that greets you when you walk in the door is the greatest selection of spinning wheels and looms I've ever seen in one place, other than the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival (which I will be attending again this year). I should have asked permission to take a couple of pictures, but I was so bemused by the equipment, the fiber, the books (and yes, quite a lot of yarn), that I wandered around in a daze.In addition to Schacht, Louet and Kromski wheels, they also carry Norwood looms. That is the brand I was planning to buy, so it's a good opportunity for me to have a hands-on inspection. I hadn't expected to be able to do that. The smaller Norwood loom folds down to a size that I just might be able to transport in the car, so it's likely that I'll buy mine from The Woolery later in the year. I wish I had waited and purchased my Kromski wheel from them. I got a good deal on my purchase, but I'm having to put it together myself, whereas I could have bought it assembled from them for only about $40 more.I bought one of Anna Zilboorg's sock books, a Kromski niddy-noddy (what you use to make skeins out of your handspun yarn), a bag of pretty merino purple and teal fiber, and a couple of other small things, and then discovered that their credit card processor wouldn't accept my PayPal Mastercard. They reassured me that the problem was with their system, not with my card, and very graciously allowed me to write a check. Anna Zilboorg lives near me, and I've been trying to get my hands on all the rest of her books that I don't already own, so it was nice to find Socks for Sandals and Clogs.I'm already hoping for another pile of inspections in the Tidewater Virginia area so I'll have an excuse to swing by The Woolery again. And of course, they do sell over the internet. So if you're a knitter, check out their website, and if you have an opportunity, do stop in to see them.Back to my still unfinished Chain Link Socks, which will now not be finished by the deadline, even if I did nothing but knit today. Since one of my long-time computer customers called and asked me to look at her system today, I won't be knitting. Oh well. posted by Liz @ 9:15 AM | The template is set to display 10 posts. To see all the posts for this month, click on the month name in the Archive section RSS Feed PERSONAL Send email toliz at life-as-a-spectator-sport.com Home I'm a mother, grandmother, a computer professional, Democrat, Christian. I welcome politely worded comments and email, my spam filter throws the rest away, so don't bother to flame me WHY 'LIFE AS A SPECTATOR SPORT' "If you're lucky not to live in the gutters of a slum, but still can't afford to take vacations in the Alps, you're part of that enormous middle class who lives life through the medium of the television, further separated from "real" life by air conditioner, by automobile, by dishwasher, microwave and ice-in-the-door refrigerator, by automatic washer and dryer, and all the other appliances and conveniences that make it possible for America to live life at second hand. I'm not sure why Americans decided that televised drama was better than the real thing, that cardboard microwave food containers were an adequate substitute for real dishes, and their contents for real food, or that cooking, dishwashing and face-to-face conversation wasn't worth the effort and time it required. Someone fed this nation a plastic crate of out-of-season tomatoes and told us it was life and we took them at their word, and we're so much the poorer for it that it's hard to know where to start to list the shortcomings." I wrote this a couple of years ago, but I have to admit it's much less amusing than I thought it would be to see the artifical construct falling apart. 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I obviously don't mind spending long stretches on the road and in hotels, or I wouldn't be doing this kind of work. But I have to admit that it was really nice to wake up this morning in my own bed, in my own house, with my own well-equipped kitchen to cook breakfast in, instead of trying to fix it in an electric frying pan on the end of the bathroom vanity in some hotel far from home.We were out six days this time, one day longer than I intended. But I worked two additional inspections that came in during the week, and spent an enjoyable hour at The Woolery in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, just south of the Virginia state border. The Woolery is not your typical Local Yarn Shop, with walls of knitting yarn and, if you're lucky, a pretty good selection of books and needles and accessories. The first sight that greets you when you walk in the door is the greatest selection of spinning wheels and looms I've ever seen in one place, other than the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival (which I will be attending again this year). I should have asked permission to take a couple of pictures, but I was so bemused by the equipment, the fiber, the books (and yes, quite a lot of yarn), that I wandered around in a daze.In addition to Schacht, Louet and Kromski wheels, they also carry Norwood looms. That is the brand I was planning to buy, so it's a good opportunity for me to have a hands-on inspection. I hadn't expected to be able to do that. The smaller Norwood loom folds down to a size that I just might be able to transport in the car, so it's likely that I'll buy mine from The Woolery later in the year. I wish I had waited and purchased my Kromski wheel from them. I got a good deal on my purchase, but I'm having to put it together myself, whereas I could have bought it assembled from them for only about $40 more.I bought one of Anna Zilboorg's sock books, a Kromski niddy-noddy (what you use to make skeins out of your handspun yarn), a bag of pretty merino purple and teal fiber, and a couple of other small things, and then discovered that their credit card processor wouldn't accept my PayPal Mastercard. They reassured me that the problem was with their system, not with my card, and very graciously allowed me to write a check. Anna Zilboorg lives near me, and I've been trying to get my hands on all the rest of her books that I don't already own, so it was nice to find Socks for Sandals and Clogs.I'm already hoping for another pile of inspections in the Tidewater Virginia area so I'll have an excuse to swing by The Woolery again. And of course, they do sell over the internet. So if you're a knitter, check out their website, and if you have an opportunity, do stop in to see them.Back to my still unfinished Chain Link Socks, which will now not be finished by the deadline, even if I did nothing but knit today. Since one of my long-time computer customers called and asked me to look at her system today, I won't be knitting. Oh well.
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WHY 'LIFE AS A SPECTATOR SPORT'
"If you're lucky not to live in the gutters of a slum, but still can't afford to take vacations in the Alps, you're part of that enormous middle class who lives life through the medium of the television, further separated from "real" life by air conditioner, by automobile, by dishwasher, microwave and ice-in-the-door refrigerator, by automatic washer and dryer, and all the other appliances and conveniences that make it possible for America to live life at second hand. I'm not sure why Americans decided that televised drama was better than the real thing, that cardboard microwave food containers were an adequate substitute for real dishes, and their contents for real food, or that cooking, dishwashing and face-to-face conversation wasn't worth the effort and time it required. Someone fed this nation a plastic crate of out-of-season tomatoes and told us it was life and we took them at their word, and we're so much the poorer for it that it's hard to know where to start to list the shortcomings." I wrote this a couple of years ago, but I have to admit it's much less amusing than I thought it would be to see the artifical construct falling apart.
THE NON-ELECTRIC HOME
Cleaning, 1 Cleaning, 2 Cleaning, 3
KNITTING BLOGS
Extravayarnza Knitting Heretic Mind of Winter Pie Knits Persistent Illusion See Eunny Knit The Keyboard Biologist Taleweaver's Ramblings TECHnitting Wendy Knits
FINISHED PROJECTS
SELF-RELIANCE AND THE FUTURE
POLITICAL BLOGS and SITES
BOOKS I'M READING
How to Grow More Vegetables, etc. Small Scale Grain Raising
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February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 August 2008 July 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 July 2002 June 2002 May 2002 April 2002 March 2002 February 2002
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