{"id":173,"date":"2013-03-22T18:05:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T18:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aliceinknittingland.wordpress.com\/?p=173"},"modified":"2013-03-22T18:05:02","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T18:05:02","slug":"old-films-and-new-spinning-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.co.uk\/?p=173","title":{"rendered":"Old films and new spinning wheels…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a lovely afternoon yesterday. My man and my youngest babe are both poorly, so we all snuggled up on the sofa – well, the littl’un snuggled into his daddy and went to sleep – and I spent a very happy couple of hours crocheting and watching the English Patient. The top of my granny square waistcoat is now in one piece, though I have discovered I need four more squares to make it meet at the front. In other words, I went from making it for a giant to making it for a supermodel. I’m neither. Oops. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

One of the upshots of watching the English Patient was observing Ralph Fiennes’ character – Count Almasy – and his notebook\/journal. What we realised is that it was a copy of Herodotus into which he had stuck his memories, sketches, observations… What a fabulous idea! I have ordered an old, hardback copy of Alice in Wonderland and am going to do the self-same thing.<\/p>\n

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Count Almasy’s Journal
The English Patient<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But then<\/em>, cruising Tumblr this morning, I came across this rather synchronous and totally beautiful thing:<\/p>\n

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Crochet Sampler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Isn’t it dreamy? So I’ve decided to make one of those rough, thick-papered notebooks\u00a0 and am determined to master the rather more intricate of lace patterns, .which I have so far avoided as too difficult and fiddly. \ud83d\ude42 At some point…<\/p>\n

And today I drove to a gorgeous farmhouse the other side of Durham and picked up my spinning wheel!! Here is a not-very-good picture of it:<\/p>\n

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I have no idea if or how it works, but plan to do some research this weekend and see if I can make head or tail of it. I haven’t the first clue about spinning, other than to be careful not to prick my finger in case I need a big kiss from a handsome prince in a century’s time… (Though, frankly, I could do with the sleep)… It came with these two carders and these books, but is missing its manual, which the lady selling it to me has promised to post on, should it resurface:<\/p>\n

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So, I have a voyage of discovery to embark upon this weekend.<\/p>\n

And a letter home saying my 6-year old needs to bring a decorated egg into school by Monday. So he and I will be busy, too.<\/p>\n

Happy weekend, all! x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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