A while back, I received a mysterious
package from my good friend Katie the Ninja (visit her blog
Okra of Doom for daring adventures of the gardening kind). The phrase, “Hana, you will never guess
what's in this,” adorned the outside.
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| The mysterious package and contents, along with my trusty Navajo spindle. |
She was right! Inside was a letter, a comic, and a
large ball of fluffy softness. It was like the essence of smooth silk
and fluffy kittens. You can almost imagine it purring. Which is why I
was slightly alarmed when I read her letter and discovered that the
fluff had been extricated from a alien seed pod found growing on a
tree in California. The tree has gray bark with green veins and
thick, bendy limbs. Any information on it, oh internet wanderer, would
be appreciated.
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| The discovery of the alien seed pod fluff, by Katie. |
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| The fibers of this fluff are quite short. I don't know if I can spin this.... |
However, despite my reservations (what
if aliens show up demanding their seed pod padding back?) she had
sent it to me to see if the fluff could be spun, and I rose to the
challenge.
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| My trusty spindle ready for action. |
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| Quick hand twisted roving. I may need to borrow the neighbor's wool combs... |
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| It attaches easily to the leader thread, a good sign. |
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| And we have thread! Alien thread... |
And it could! It can be spun!
Happy Birthday, Katie!
