Wow, just finished an intensive training session through the California Motorcyclist Safety Program (CMSP). I am now a MSF-certified CMSP RiderCoach. I start "coaching" next weekend...
Check out the amazing doll that my workout pals made me for my birthday...http://www.flickr.com/photos/purlgurl
It's supposed to be ME. The balls represent all the things I juggle in my life...motorcycles, gamelan, crafts/knitting, sports (snowboarding, runnning, etc), scuba, my kitties =^..^=
Friday, March 24, 2006
Thursday, January 26, 2006
not so pc yarn...
So, I feel a little uneasy about this one…
My friend L, went on a three week trip to New Zealand. He was nice enough to bring back some very nice skeins of NZ produced yarn which he purchased from a local NZ yarn shop. I was very surprised to feel the yarn was sooooooo soft and looked at the label for it’s content: 30% possum fur. Initially, I thought, wow, this is sooo nice and soft, I’ll have to think of a special project to use it for. Well, upon sharing the new finds with some knitting friends I came to hear that possums are thought of as pests in NZ and are killed and used to produce all sorts of things including this here yarn. Sigh…I’ve been trying to do some online research to find out how the fur is obtained and manufactured, but haven't found much.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=106593&z=195
Of course this leads one to think about yarn production in general and now I’m questioning ALL of my yarn purchases. I’ve got angora, cashmere, even plain ol’ wool has me concerned. What conditions are these animals subjected?
Anyone out there know?
I found it difficult to find stuff online that isn’t from the perspective of the fur industry…like this one…http://www.thread.co.nz/article/466
Guess I need to refine my search criteria.
My friend L, went on a three week trip to New Zealand. He was nice enough to bring back some very nice skeins of NZ produced yarn which he purchased from a local NZ yarn shop. I was very surprised to feel the yarn was sooooooo soft and looked at the label for it’s content: 30% possum fur. Initially, I thought, wow, this is sooo nice and soft, I’ll have to think of a special project to use it for. Well, upon sharing the new finds with some knitting friends I came to hear that possums are thought of as pests in NZ and are killed and used to produce all sorts of things including this here yarn. Sigh…I’ve been trying to do some online research to find out how the fur is obtained and manufactured, but haven't found much.
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=106593&z=195
Of course this leads one to think about yarn production in general and now I’m questioning ALL of my yarn purchases. I’ve got angora, cashmere, even plain ol’ wool has me concerned. What conditions are these animals subjected?
Anyone out there know?
I found it difficult to find stuff online that isn’t from the perspective of the fur industry…like this one…http://www.thread.co.nz/article/466
Guess I need to refine my search criteria.
Friday, January 13, 2006
for your viewing pleasure...LEGO knitting machine
LEGO knitting machine Looks like a four loop icord to moi.
I'll start posting my blog posts here as my site http://www.purlgurl.com is and will be outta service for some time.
I'll start posting my blog posts here as my site http://www.purlgurl.com is and will be outta service for some time.
Sunday, November 28, 2004
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