Thursday, November 13, 2008

Why I Need to Learn to Spin

This is why.

Seriously, how cool is that? The only runic inscription of its time, on a spindle--a mark of ownership!

This is what I like about knitting. Even if it is just a hobby to me, once it was very important. I feel linked to others when I am knitting, others going back so far into the distance...to runic inscriptions.

I will spin someday. I will, I will.

(Because I need another hobby. I'm going to be single forever.)

(Oh, and thanks to knittyBlog's "What's What Wednesday" for finding this article...lots of interesting stuff there.)

Shannah

1 comment:

MB said...

How cool!!!!
Elizabeth Goudge says one cannot spin without singing.
It is remarkable to be connected through women's work that far back into antiquity.
MB