When we were in Minnesota, Garrett gave me a skein of his BFL wool (that's BlueFaced Leicester for the non-sheep people). On his website he writes:
Our flock average for:
AFD (average fiber micron) is 25.26
SD (side density) is 4.42
CV (coefficient of variation) is 17.57
CF (comfort factor) is 86.54%
I can testify that the comfort factor should be very high; this is some of the softest wool I have worked with.
Spun for him at a mill in the Perham area, this skein is like uneven handspun.
Knitting is a good pastime while RV-ing. Tom does the majority of the driving - though I can handle the rig quite well, if I do say so. But driving cuts into the knitting time, and the photo-journalling time, so I'm content to let him drive.
On the other hand, it was difficult to keep up with the reading schedule. I'm not exactly meeting the one-book-per-week goal for the year.
While on vacation, I finished:
#19 Jane Goodall's Through A Window which was a Kindle Daily Deal. Of course I have seen Jane on programs and read some of her articles, but I had never read this book. While true and still scientific, it reads as a narrative of the lives of the chimpanzee tribe. In particular it is the story of mothers and daughters. Read it if you haven't.
#20 Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen. The movie is good. The book is better. It made me cry. And I was able to borrow it for free as an Amazon Prime member.
After coming home I read (#21) John Irving's latest: In One Person. He is always a favorite of mine, and almost could make you like wrestling. It's a very worthwhile read.
And now I'm finally working my way through (#22) Stieg Larsson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Once again, I saw the movie first but in this case I think it helped. Of course the ending won't be a surprise this time.
So with 20 weeks left to go in 2012, I should at least be able to reach 40 total. I admit that I've also started several books that I have put down after a chapter or so. Life is too short for spectacularly bad writing. Tom also has many books in the political vein which sound interesting when he tells me about them, but I use reading as an escape, as a way to live other lives.
#19 Jane Goodall's Through A Window which was a Kindle Daily Deal. Of course I have seen Jane on programs and read some of her articles, but I had never read this book. While true and still scientific, it reads as a narrative of the lives of the chimpanzee tribe. In particular it is the story of mothers and daughters. Read it if you haven't.
#20 Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen. The movie is good. The book is better. It made me cry. And I was able to borrow it for free as an Amazon Prime member.
After coming home I read (#21) John Irving's latest: In One Person. He is always a favorite of mine, and almost could make you like wrestling. It's a very worthwhile read.
And now I'm finally working my way through (#22) Stieg Larsson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Once again, I saw the movie first but in this case I think it helped. Of course the ending won't be a surprise this time.
So with 20 weeks left to go in 2012, I should at least be able to reach 40 total. I admit that I've also started several books that I have put down after a chapter or so. Life is too short for spectacularly bad writing. Tom also has many books in the political vein which sound interesting when he tells me about them, but I use reading as an escape, as a way to live other lives.
