My mother came to visit, and, among other things, I asked her to remember as much family history as she could. My second cousin has already done one branch of the family tree, unearthing a few skeletons, which became the subject of a television programme. I was curious about the other branches, and joined Ancestry (they have a free trial period). So, for the last couple of evenings, when I should have been spinning for the Knitting Olympics (ooops), I have been building up the tree. So far I have found: one potential skeleton (solved that one!), two important cotton brokers in Liverpool (one originally from Charleston in South Carolina, U.S.A), a ship owner, a police superintendent, and quite a few travelling labourers. The Other Knitter in the House has found, among quite a few straw hat makers, a nineteenth century cabinet maker called Ebenezer. Now, that is a good name for a cabinet maker.
Thanks for all the comments on my socks! I am afraid that I have caught another sock virus, because when I read Lolly's recent post on Brooklyn Handspun sock yarn, I followed her example. Look at this pretty skein:
It is called 'adventurous' and will knit up in stripes. Now, I must leave my dead relatives in peace and get back to my spinning. I am most definitely not an olympian - I get distracted too easily - but I will re-apply myself to the task this week-end and just see how far I get.
That virus is really contagious - while reading this, I just had to go over to Brooklyn Handspun and inquire about some yarn...
Posted by: Chris | February 24, 2006 at 02:39 PM
Beautiful flowers! Beautiful photo.
Posted by: Gina | February 24, 2006 at 05:30 PM
Oh no! The sock virus is communicable! Even across the ocean ;) Brooklyn Handspun is so great - and Marie does beautiful work. Those colors you got are super!
That geneaology research you have been doing is fascinating! How fun to dig into your history like that!
Posted by: Lolly | February 25, 2006 at 06:36 PM