YARN ALONG and READING

all that fiber i bought at the Wool Festival in Estes Park, well i started cleaning it today.

my instructions from the owner of " betty " was to fill a cooler with hot water and put half the fleece in the cooler, close the lid and let soak for an hour or two.

then empty water, refill with hot water and a little dawn soap-

let soak an hour or two.

empty water again

only to refill with hot water for the rinse. let soak an hour or two.

let the cooler drain 

then pick up the wool and let dry on a " sunny back porch ".

will let you know how it all turns out later.....

here is the cake i spun up using a merino and silk blend, [ also from the Wool Festival ],

it came to 90 grams.

i really need to get a yardage counter and soon.

i will turn this beauty into a dew drop cowl.
a free pattern i found on ravelry.

hopefully casting on later today.

my sister MM highly recommended farmacology to me , and thus far i am really enjoying it. i think it should be a course in medical school.

medicine seems to treat only symptoms these days and not the whole person. oh i do not put all the blame on medicine,  after all it is what we have asked our physicians to do.

if you doubt this fact just look at how " family medicine" is becoming a thing of the past. yes along with the days that doc's made home visits...[ i know i have just aged myself but if you do not believe that at one time it was the norm for the doctor to visit a sick family member in the home....get a history book. it's true! the thought being why would anyone bring a contagious person out into a public waiting room.]

any way it is a good read- well worth your time!

linking with ginny at yarn along