{"id":1432,"date":"2014-11-01T18:42:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T23:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2014-11-01T18:42:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T23:42:25","slug":"still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=1432","title":{"rendered":"Still alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

If just barely for a bit. But home, recovering, starting to think about fiber arts again. <\/p>\n

Prompted by this, in part, courtesy of a group of fabulous friends.<\/p>\n

\"qiviut\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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What to do with two skeins<\/em> of qiviut? (And science qiviut too, from the Large Animal Research Station!). Something wonderful<\/em>, a lace scarf almost certainly, just as soon as I figure out what. My urge to make something incredibly complicated is at war with my realization that I’m not really up to complicated<\/em> yet. Meanwhile I’ll just pet it. A lot.<\/p>\n

I also have some lovely Habu weaving yarn from another friend, but I’m too lazy to go get it so I can take its picture. (What? You think I was joking about petting the qiviut?) And I need to do a bit of weaving before my FFF class<\/a>… <\/p>\n

But one thing at a time, and right now I’m trying to close some tabs. <\/p>\n

Vikings in Ireland<\/a>, a series of videos produced by the National Museum of Ireland. <\/p>\n

Christina Petty has prepared a thesis on warp-weighted looms for the University of Manchester: “Warp Weighted Looms: Then and Now Anglo-Saxon and Viking Archaeological Evidence and Modern Practitioners<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

“How to Be a Hedgehog<\/a>“, according to manuscripts in the British Library. You MUST watch the video. <\/p>\n

Trygvi is taking his role as Supervisor of Recuperation and Snuggling very seriously.<\/p>\n

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