will the lisbon vote change anything?

by fuzzyball
if Lisbon isn't ratified what will the E.U bureaucracy do to implement the changes they seem to require? Who will control that process?
Administration will continue to do as they please without any chance for anyone to vote about it, irrespective, agendas have been drawn up and agreed on for a long time and Ireland's vote will have little effect on that either way.
Enough of politics.

Over in fuzzyball world there are new hats and a prototype scarf type, building on the loopy theme I am so fond of.
I'm thinking about other artists far more well known than me who have exploited the loop as an edge enhancement and reinforcement to the line that describes the form.
Besides, loops are fun to make.
at least these scarves can go in the washer to felt, so a progression of sorts.

accreditation

by fuzzyball
Interesting thread over on the rav U.K spinners group, concerning the suitability of courses or accreditation schemes for spinners. City and Guilds are well known and it is worrying that the guild no longer has their support. We need to have a properly run and trustworthy scheme that spinners (and those who ask them for tuition) can rely on. The American guild do this very well, it is time the guild in the U.K asked for advice and help from all necessary to remedy the situation as soon as possible.
Aquiring competency skills and having them ratified would give us all greater confidence and improve our professional status.

world spin in public day in Kilkenny

Lone spinner prowls the byways of Kilkenny City in shock promo attempt to raise the public profile of handspinning.
Actually using a spindle to spin while wandering around town wasn't as difficult as I thought it might be, luckily no rain or wind to give me problems, so was able to puzzle the tourists at the Castle, and make window shopping a more productive activity than it usually is.
I didn't get thrown out of shops or galleries, or the shopping centres so, next time YOU are out in town for a pleasant afternoon, take some fibre and a spindle and bemuse the general public too.