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still sniffing. i got spinning done today, in addition to pulling apart silk flowers to spin in, and then stringing them, getting them all hopelessly tangled, tearing them apart, restringing bits of shell and vintage sequins instead, and plying them in. now that way easy! no problem. grrr. i have found that spinning in flowers that are shaped irregularly is a bad idea. across the board. bad. also, i have found that if you are doing something fancy, trilobal polyester sewing thread is amazingly strong and comes in loads of colors. especially if you are a newby having a hard time using thread, this would be a good one to start with. it is really hard to break. how do i know this? i attempted to break it with my hands and hurt myself. granted, i am a wuss, but still. it hurt.

to-morrow…root canal. i am getting a bit anxious about it. so wish me luck, people. i am proud to say that i actually sold some stuff on my etsy update yesterday. i know from all of my fellow sellers as well as the forum on etsy that things are incredibly slow right now, so i am really thankful that i sold some stuff. all of the henny penny batts sold (i think that 4 oz of crazy batty goodness for 21 bucks is good, no?) and i listed a new one just now, and all but one of the fuzzy targhee batts sold, i have a couple more to list, probably to-morrow. they are a pleasure to spin. all of the batts come with additional angelina on the side because i like to spin it over top of the single so it is sooooooper sparkly. too much is never enough. or as new order said, its never enough until your heart stops beating. right? right. i have tons of novelty yarns and threads and pompoms and flowers, so i am thinking about putting a few crazy kits together for those of you that don’t save every piece of crap, lint or anything else that crosses your way. i do keep all of that, including but not limited to: dryer lint, cat hair, fabric scraps, yarn scraps, ribbon scraps, thread scraps, felt scraps (lots of these things are fabulous strung onto thread) and then all of the good stuff from the licker on my drumcarder, i save that for myself. and i have loooooots of it.

i have been drawing and sketching and doing little paintings and collages everyday. they are ugly, but ah well. i want to do some bigger things, but i find that i don’t have the time. i have been so tired lately, i am very aware of the limited amount of energy i have to expend, so when i feel up i try to do as much as i possibly can. today, after i did some work, i got the chills and conked out for an hour or so. i don’t know why it happens. i swear i am a cat.

last night, i was looking at the etsy forums and found this link for sellers that are willing to do trades. how cool is that? they tell you how to sign up if you are interested and then people will contact you if they want something you have. i think it would be a good idea to have a feature on each sellers info page saying that you are open to swaps, if you wanted to so people could see right away. anyway, check it out if you sell there.

flickr is having a massage (why can’t i?) right now, so no photos. sorry. i feel crappy not doing photos. i am super behind on my blogreading to the point that i don’t want to read any at all, so maybe i will spend 30 minutes doing that before i go to draw. maybe that will be more manageable. jason told me before that when he gets behind he just refreshes it so they are all read and starts anew, but most of mine are people i know and like (to some degree-know, not like to some degree, if i think you suck, i don’t read your blog, so there!) so i worry that i will miss some horrible thing in their lives. you know?

okay. gonna do some catching up. wish me luck on the root canal. i am taking knitting, you can be sure. in fact, maybe i should skein some really nice handspun to treat myself. oh wait! i bought some gorgeous kid mohair singles from sheep and wool last year that have just been sitting. while i would not likely wear mohair of any kind, i would knit it and they colors are amazing. hm. armwarmers mayhaps?

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