Pat your head while rubbing your tummy!

I finally got out my Lendrum spinning wheel that I bought nearly a year ago. I decided it is definitely time to learn how to spin. This is something that I've wanted to do for a long time but always come up with an excuse to put it off. It's so much easier to pick up the knitting needles that feel so comfortable in your hands than to learn a new craft. I got out some roving that I purchased awhile back and decided to give it a go. I've learned that spinning isn't as easy as it appears. I've learned that I may not be as coordinated as I thought I was. I've learned that this may be something that I have to go to someone experienced to show me the light. I've learned that spinning is like patting your head while rubbing your tummy. I still won't give up until I conquer the wheel. This may take quite a while. It was actually a pretty funny experience. I figure that if thousands, maybe even millions, of people have been spinning for hundreds of years, I'll figure it out... Probably with the help of Sharon.

We went on vacation to Cape Henlopen, Delaware last week. Cape Henlopen is a lovely state park on the Atlantic Ocean. We had a good time despite the record high temperatures. It got to 102 degrees F with about 95% humidity (I think the heat index was 114 degrees F.) which makes camping a bit uncomfortable. My daughter, son-in-law and granddaughters met us at the campground and we had some lovely "bathing beauties" on the beach










The little ones dealt pretty well with the hot sticky weather. We went to Lazy Susan's Seafood Deli for blue crabs which were absolutely delicious. DH and I took the wee ones into Lewes, Delaware to visit the toy store and for some ice cream while the others went into Rehoboth for some night life.


My daughter, son, the girls, and I made a trip to a yarn shop in Rehoboth, Knitty Gritty, and weren't overly impressed so we continued on to Bethany to check out Sea Needles. I scored some Clown sock yarn by Marks and Kattens. It should make some great socks for some cute little feet.