Tag: roller derby

• Spinzilla 2017 (with a roller derby ending & complete with footnotes)

  Spinzilla was ages ago, or so it seems now, especially since a good chunk of the people in my yarn and fiber network went to Rhinebeck1 this past weekend, and like Spinzilla, I hope to one day experience Rhinebeck. Since this was my first Spinzilla, I set really attainable goals for myself: I just wanted…

  madgeface

  October 23, 2017

  spinning

  roller derby, spinning fiber, spinning wheel, spinning yarn, spinzilla

• NaPoWriMo 8: Roller Derby, Jamming

  It is like driving a car or riding a bike or running I only hear my breath, feel my legs – almost like someone else’s legs – beneath me With one more push or one wily move I’m past everyone else There is only this: everything else fades away This concentration of effort and will…

  madgeface

  April 10, 2017

  poetry

  napowrimo, roller derby

• Birthday

  Today’s my birthday – yay! I get to eat as much cake as I can! And also reflect on what’s happened in a year … I’m in such a different place  mentally; last year I was still recovering from something that happened in January and still struggling with drinking. I took my last drink in…

  madgeface

  May 3, 2016

  craft, memoir

  birthday, knit design, knitting, natural dye, public journal, roller derby, the yarn office, wool, year in review

• It’s all about the visuals …

  First, an update on the avocado dye experiment: Day 5 after adding water this morning to bring the water level back up over the materials. Mr. Q. called the one on the left a peach color and I reluctantly concede that he’s right. While it’s only day 5 of what I envisioned being a long…

  madgeface

  July 29, 2011

  craft, inspiration, natural dye

  avocado dye, how to, roller derby, tumblr