Month October 2014

Spinning Bobbins

I was doing some spinning on my spinning wheel with two treddles, but I was just using my right foot to give my ankle some exercise. I was aware that it was becoming heavier and I looked down and Bobbins…

Silent Night

Well, no one could be more surprised than me to find that Ian has written all of the last month’s blog posts. Time to pull my finger out again… I noticed the other night that we now have silent nights…

Goodbye Petal

Unfortunately Petal’s condition deteriorated over the last few days after she stopped eating on Sunday. She saw the vets on Tuesday when she was looking quite weak, but Joanna was still positive that she could bounce back. Her diet became…

Harvey

For some reason today I found myself thinking about the James Stewart film Harvey. No idea why.

Petalmobile Mk2

Following closely on the heels of the Petalmobile Mk1.1, the short lived variation we created yesterday with a revised harness, we now present the Petalmobile Mk2. I had suspected the rear frame should be more upright to reduce the weight…

The Petalmobile Goes To The Vet

Poor Petal has been dealt a cruel blow. Having improved so much that she was pretty much her normal self, as Ian wrote in his blog post, she is now paralyzed at the back legs, because she had a swelling…