I’ve wanted some Moo cards all my very own ever since somebody (Beth, perhaps?) handed me hers at Rhinebeck last year. Little, mini cards, with my own pictures, and my own information on the back–which can be anything. Business cards. Blog cards. Calling cards. Gift tags. Bookmarks. Birth announcements. Promotional pieces. Keyfobs. Magnets. Christmas tree ornaments. Made up with 50 photos, they could even be a set of cards for a Memory Game. Anything you can think of.

I mean, for $20 you get 100, good-quality, little cards, with as many (or as few) photos as you want, so I figured, why not indulge a little? Mine have my name, my blog address, and my blog’s "slogan" printed on them. (You know the one, "Books, Yarn, and a Boykin Spaniel. What more could a girl want?")

Further, thanks to Wendy’s excellent timing, I ordered a Moo Card Case which came on the same day. So I am all set. (And, how nifty, starting next month, you can get Moo stickers, too.)

What else have I done today?

I plied the rest of my Tibetan Dreams singles. The color didn’t photograph as well as I’d like–it’s still as pansy-like as ever–but I’m glad to have that bobbin of yarn done and off my desk, where the bobbins have been sitting for at least two weeks now.

I plied using the method Abby talks about in this post. My word, that really IS easy! The hardest part was getting the tension on the wheel correct, but after that? She really was right . . . there was just nothing for my left hand to do! All I did was treadle for about 45 minutes, and let the wheel do all the work. I actually took a break after about half an hour–all that non-stop treadling, you know, what with the woollee winder and all. And when I came back to the wheel? I held a book in my left hand and read for the rest of the plying.

How can I, of all people, not love a method of plying that leaves me free to READ?

Now, the yarn’s not perfect (when is it ever?) and it’ll take a little practice to get as good as Abby . . . because, well, look at her blog, she IS good . . . but I liked this method so much more than the "counting  treadles per arm length" method that I’ve mostly been using since I learned to spin. Go read that post of hers, huh? And watch the video. It’s revelatory. For that matter, her method of starting yarn on the leader is pretty much "Oh wow, why didn’t I think of that?" too. (Her ebay store is pretty great, too, but don’t say I didn’t warn you! Because, um, my own package is in the mail.)

Otherwise? I finished Harry Potter #3 as part of my weekly-Harry-Potter read, in preparation for Book Seven on July 21st. I cleaned the bathroom. I did some laundry. I baked a cake. Hung out with Chappy. Enjoyed the still-lovely weather. Admired my sweater and played with the idea of putting a beaded zipper pull on it . . .

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