Since somewhere around Fall of 2002 I has been harboring some red, green, and white wool and some white soy silk in my spinning supplies. On May 3rd I was invited to a gathering of spinners so I got out my spinning wheel and dusted it off and began spinning. Both fibers have now been turned into yarn and await a new fate. Hopefully I can knit the wool yarn into a small blanket. The soy silk is still waiting for inspiration. -Karen
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
London’s National Portrait Gallery’s temporary exhibition, “Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens” presents an amazing collection of portraits, jewelry, personal effects, books, costumes, and more to illustrate not only the lives of the six women who married the second Tudor king, but the effort across five centuries to keep their memory alive.
On our recent visit to Canton I saw the red, green, and white wool gracing Dave’s living room sofa. I knit it into a small blanket as we were traveling the country in the Fall of 2008. The soy silk is still a ball of white yarn sitting in the second drawer of the chest in my studio….