As part of my continuing education program, I took a spinning course this Saturday. I have no interest in actually spinning out any significant or useful quantity of wool, but I have wanted to understand the process for quite some time.
A fresh rowing is on the left, my first, rather indifferent, attempt is in the middle and a little bit more tolerable sample from this morning is on the right. I have since misplaced the spindle (well, I put it somewhere the boys can’t get at it but I can’t remember where).
The class was interesting. Did you know that the Sleeping Beauty is actually a story about tetanus? I wonder what all the other Grimm fairytales are about. I wonder is there exists one of those lecture series on CD about that.
Anyhow, due to general business a few months ago, I was late with my Canada Reads 2011. To my advantage, I have read one of the contenders, Unless, a few years back, so I was technically ahead. I started reading The Best Laid plans a week before and only got half way through the book by the time the contest was held. I am glad this book won, it is hilarious! I have since also read Essex County and I have enjoyed it. I felt that it was treated unfairly in the contest, being voted off first because it is a comic book. It has a teenagey sadness element to it which would stop me from recommending it to just anyone, but it is definitely a worth while read.
Moja nona je prela vunu. Kad smo bili u Dabru od ovaca koje je netko drugi osisao, ali je ona to runo oprala, vunu ocesljala (na one velike cesljeve kao 2 daske za meso s cavlima koji vire van i medju koje se stavi vuna) i prela. Klupko te vune koja izgleda kao gruba vata zaveze se za preslicu i prstima jedne ruke izvlaci nit (predja) dok se prstima druge ruke vrti vreteno. Tako se metear po metar predje namota na vreteno. Onda se predja s 2 vretena namota na klupko; niti se savijaju jedna oko druge da se dobije jaca predja. Vuna se bojala u strenama tako da se kuhala sa zelenim ljuskama od oraha ali se ne sjecam je li to bila zelena ili smedja boja, vjerojatno smedja. Ja mislim da sam ti poslala scaniranu moju prvu fotografiju, nona kako prede u svojoj sobi u Rijeci. Ja jos imam neke carape koje je ona isplela od vune koju je sama prela.
I think it’s funny that I told Paul about the Sleeping Beauty bit too : ) I had heard that before, but I was complaining that she told us that — I much prefer to remember it as a nice fairy story instead of a way for people to explain away tetanus before they had a medical explanation!