Friday, 2 January 2009

Loony Dook!

Hope everyone had a great New Year. I stayed sober 'cos I had plans to take part in the Loony Dook on the 1st - a bunch of us jumped into the freezing cold River Forth to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Mum did it last year & was the first to sign up to do it again so I did it in her memory - it's amazing what seems a good idea when you've had a drink!

This is my Auntie Holda (mum's sister) holding me in the water!

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I even lost a shoe! My feet were totally numb & I didn't even feel it come off. I certainly wasn't going back in to look for it :0D

On a crafting front, I've been having fun with my spinning wheel & have spun up some Falkland roving into this -

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which is in the process of being crocheted into a headband - pics to follow soon.

S x

1 comment:

~ ~ Ahrisha ~ ~ said...

Wow, you really spun this? It's beautiful. I have been spinning for some time and mine is not as fine as yours. How did you ply it?
The colors are amazing. Did you dye it yourself too?
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