Last Saturday my parents came over to celebrate my and my father’s birthday together. We had a really good time! We went to Ikea to get a new lamp for our living room, and we went out for dinner in a cozy little restaurant close to where we live. But most importantly, we enjoyed each other’s company.
I had ordered some flower bulbs for my father, but unfortunately they did not arrive in time (they still haven’t arrived, stupid mail carrier!). So I made him a placeholder present: an origami octahedron. It is made out of 12 separate sonobes (each made out of a square sheet of paper). I used a paperclip to attach a silk cord to it, so they can hang it somewhere.
![Octahedron](http://www.meilindis.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151130081426-600x800.jpg)
My parents brought me a present too: a blending board from Golden Fleece Carders! It’s the fine variant: 108 TPI, and I’ve been playing with it yesterday. It’s fun and not that hard, although it is hard work to draft the rolag through the fine raster.
![Playing with the blending board](http://www.meilindis.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151130081430-450x800.jpg)
It went quite fast, and before I knew it, I had blended 50 grams of merino with 50 grams of silk, resulting in a little suitcase full of rolags!
![](http://images4-d.ravelrycache.com/uploads/Meilindis/339907081/DSCF7857_medium2.jpg)
I’ve started spinning them last night, and it feels quite nice to spin from a rolag. It is easier to keep the singles even this way. And I love the colours!
what a lovely visit you all had 🙂