25: Beauty and the Beast

Published: Oct. 4, 2006, 6:01 p.m.

b'Yeah, But it\'s a Dry Heat, Right? Don\'t try at home--eye-scraping dry eye! EW! This week! Beauty and the Beast. No, not this one Or this one This one! (sort of...) By the woman with the (that would be Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont). And, more on and Kohlberg...and . And, drum roll...the Faroese as it stands now... Soon, there will be an updated pic for that too. Thanks to Tina for reading this week and Joshua Christian who is my hero. The gorgeous Allison spindle from ! And an UPDATE on our ! Take a look at the GORGEOUS yarn Aimee in NJ has spun and dyed. These colors are amazing! And don\'t forget to visit beautiful Bisbeeland, Arizona! And an UPDATED update! (dateline--10/5/06). I finished the shawl. It was nothing but a pile of goo when I was done. Then I washed it and threaded my own do-it-yerself lace wire through it (18 guage picture wire) and WOW IS THAT SUCKER BIG!!! It\'s taking up the entire length of a twin-size bed. I\'d seen other evidence of this on blogs, but to see it live and in person\\u2014it\'s a thing of beauty and a joy forever (or as long as it lasts, I guess...). Now if I can just dye it... If I can get my 6-year-old to hold the camera still enough I\'ll get a pic of it on. And an UPDATED update of my update (dateline 10-9-06): Thank you Heidi! How wonderful to get such an unexpected goodie box! I\'m actually ditching my work today to read Spinning Designer Yarns while listening to "76 Trombones". You have no idea how much I needed that lift today. Thank you! Book talk begins at 15.08. Listen to 25 .'