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Continue reading →: Colonial Sheep
The current issue of Agricultural Research has an article about the preservation of two heirloom sheep breeds, the Hog Island and the Leicester Longwool. I always enjoy having an excuse to read about wool on company time.
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Continue reading →: Poppets see the future
I’ve already introduced you to poppets and their pastimes, and have inspired at least two readers to bring some home. What I didn’t realize was that poppets are talented prognosticators. Through their powers, I’ve learned more about the origins of these mysterious creatures, and am sharing my new insights with…
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Continue reading →: Tablet weaving class
A bit of advertising: There are still a few seats left at the weekend tablet weaving workshop hosted by the Butler County Spinners and Weavers Guild, March 21-22. I’ll be teaching a day of general tablet weaving – equipment, setup, following patterns, drafting simple patterns – with an emphasis on…
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Continue reading →: A distraction
I am buried in a pile of unfinished manuscripts, unsorted photographs, random links to be posted, incomplete blog posts, and skeins of yarn to be wound. To distract you from the chaos lurking behind the WordPress facade: enjoy!
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Continue reading →: Retrogression
A week ago I saw the first tiny snowdrop shoot. Hooray! By Saturday afternoon, it had many companions. The little green shoots continued to emerge, but it was a bit hard to tell in Wednesday’s sleet. And this morning? They’re under there somewhere. I hope.
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Continue reading →: In which I am lazy
I had a three-day weekend, and it contained spinner’s guild AND knit night. The snowdrops came up (shoots, not flowers), I photographed various things, string and not. There was more knitting. But I was at a conference for the past two days, and I’m tired. Too tired and lazy, actually,…
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Continue reading →: Friday the thirteenth
I’m confused. Wednesday: record-breaking 64F temperatures. Thursday: 50 mile an hour winds. Friday: snow. But I saw the first tiny snowdrop shoot this morning, so perhaps it will settle down into spring sooner rather than later. The peanut gallery has been clamoring for a return of Friday photos. A quick…
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Continue reading →: A change in perspective
Sometimes all you need is a change in perspective. I’d offered quite some time ago to spin some yarn for a friend who knits, in exchange for barter to be determined later (always fun, with the right kind of person). At the time, I’d been doing a lot of wheel…
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Continue reading →: Poppets go shopping
Who knew how much poppets like the produce section? They were less sure of the bakery. More
Welcome!
I’ve been doing stuff with string for quite some time, and describing it to others online since 1996 or so at Phiala’s String Page.
I also do some science and write some fiction.
I’m Phiala most places on the internet.
