So, Deirdre just gave me a giagantically huge chef's jacket that's too big for her. And it's more than big enough and long enough that I can easily trim it down, nip it in at the waist and make an adorable A-line dress out of it. So I'm going to ( Read more... )

This is even cuter than the iPod. And it has a radio tuner thingie! Not that I really listen to the radio, but, you know, it's there!! Obviously, I want it in pink ( Read more... )

Until today, I have never lost an E-Bay auction. Ever. Of course, I've only ever bid in, like, three, and I always wait until the very last minute to bid and then immediately put in my highest bid to avoid bidding wars, so it's not *too* surprising, but today I've lost three auctions in a row for the sari silk that I've become convinced will be ( Read more... )

So, a girl posted to one of my knitting communities asking about making a hand-knit belly-dancing scarf. And despite our pleas to go visit crochet, where you can make things more easily from cotton, which doesn't stretch nearly as badly as wool, she insisted that it had to be a knitted hipscarf thingie. Which means that there is now only one thing I can ( Read more... )