I don’t know how much you know about how to make yarn, but it typically involves spinning (or twisting) strands of fibre together. As an aside, I’ve always wanted to learn more about spinning, but that’s a project for another day. This week, I was shocked to learn about a new type of yarn that doesn’t involve any spinning. It’s called ‘blown yarn’ and it involves blowing fibre into a narrow mesh tube.
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Summers are for the Great Outdoors, right? I swear I will get back to posting more arts and crafts soon, I’ve just been having too much fun outside to sit and knit. Anyways, this post is a little shoutout to all the family, friends, and counselors who have taken me camping and kept me alive.
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I think it’s a universal urge to look up at the sky and to be astonished at the massive scale of the galaxy. It’s humbling to think of life on that kind of scale, but I think it helps me to better appreciate all of the blessings in my life, and to worry a little less. I was lucky enough this summer to have a few chances to get away from the city and stare at the stars.
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As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I bought a Hudson’s Bay themed blanket and cushion kit, and I’ve slowly been working through it. The blanket worked up like a dream, but I actually had to make the cushion cover twice, mostly because I forgot to check gauge the first time around. Thankfully, I didn’t have to try a third time.
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One of my goals that I wanted to achieve before I turned 30 was a sprint-distance triathlon. I was curious if this was something that I could push my body to do, since I was pretty sure I could do each event individually, but maybe not all together. Thankfully, I have a great group of friends and family who cheered me on throughout training and all the way to the finish line.
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My friends and I recently had the opportunity to do a live in-person escape room, and I thought it was a really unique opportunity! We have all done escape rooms before, but never before with actors involved. It was also set outside, late at night, so there was a perfect atmosphere for spooky problem solving. I would definitely recommend it to puzzle aficionados!
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I finally had some free time on my hands, so I went back and tried to salvage the unfortunate rhino lovey from a few months ago. Since the yarn was white, I figured that a bunny was a safe animal choice with a higher chance of recognition from my friends and family. I just needed some floppy ears and a wiggly pink nose.
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When my best friend and I were growing up, we would write each other letters and hand-deliver them to the mailbox because we were too broke for stamps. I’m not sure exactly what started us off on that path, but I have a ton of fond memories of scribbling these letters and waiting anxiously for the reply. I genuinely think this is what kicked off my love of receiving hand-written mail.
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When I was younger, my family spent a summer going on a bike ride in the River Valley pretty much every day. For whatever reason, we basically stopped going on rides after that summer, and I rarely got back on the bike after that. Two summers ago, I bought a used cruiser bike off Kijiji, and finally remembered how much I used to love biking around!
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A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a kit for a Hudson’s Bay blanket and cushion set, and I’ve finally gotten around to starting it. On days where I’m not really feeling creative, I like kits because everything is already all laid out for me. I don’t have to pick a pattern or dither about yarn selection. I can just sit down and go. It’s very soothing.
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