Of fiber and other things

Fiber! It's been a while since I spun. Leila sent me a couple of ounces of Copper Moose Rainforest colonial roving after I pestered her about adding ribbing to her cable sweater. :-) Thanks, Leila! Multi-colored roving: perfect for practicing spinning from the fold. I've been able to spin roving at a consistent thickness; now it's a matter of spinning distinct lengths of color and not ending up with a muddy mess. Miss OCD yours truly is now inspired.

I still have the olive green Corriedale in my work in progress sidebar. That's because I bought an embarassing amount to spin with the goal of knitting a top with it eventually. Spinners out there will know how much I have to spin. And with a drop spindle, no less. The Lendrum is still on my list, just pushed back to a later purchase date due to some impulse buying that must be curtailed for the time being...

An update on the making of The Chronicles of Narnia that I blogged about a while ago: here's the trailer (you'll need bandwidth for this) for the first installment, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I see Tilda Swinton in the credits; I suspect she'll make an excellent White Witch!

There's a trial involving Apple Computer and a trio of blogging sites whose outcome could potentially restrict bloggers' rights to provide information. Is blogging another form of journalism? Certainly another medium, but Apple is making the claim that bloggers have no constitutional rights. The sites revealed information about new products before the official launch. Controlled hype or insider information? Who knows? It may not affect the knitbloggers as immediately or directly as others (such as kottke.org and the Ken Jennings episode), but all the same it's something to pay attention to.

Reading: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susannah Clarke. I re-read Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, which was just as intriguing as the first time around (I think he really lucked out on this as his other books aren't very good). I finished Meg Rosoff’s How I Live Now in a couple of days. It was all right; teen lit is just not my thing. If not for freelance I'd be roaming the library now, as Lolly, Mia and Elizabeth have given me excellent book choices. Thanks, ladies!