Weee, this is my reward for paying off my debts :D A Schacht Ladybug wheel (flyer and bobbin not shown, I took this pic mostly to show off the little ladybug that's stuck on a unique place on each wheel) I ordered it on the 26th, and it showed up yesterday!


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Just got home from Fabricville... I bought 12(!) meters of a black 4-season wool, which is pretty lightweight... and 6 meters of charcoal wool suiting, what I would call medium weight ( Read more... )

I'm looking at knitting a hooded pullover in the next while (open to interpretation) and can't quite decide which color of yarn to go with ( Read more... )

Wee, just a brief note, cause I had to tell someone, not that I expect any of yas to understand ;) I got to see Shorty on the bus again this morning :D He's this military guy, and he's got a very strong chisled face, and he's only about as tall as I am, maybe a couple of inches taller, which makes him somehow quite attractive to me ;) He hasn't ( Read more... )

Holy budget, batman!

He was running a half hour late, and for 10 minutes in the chair, him shoving a temporary filling in there, scraping it into a rough tooth shape, and putting UV light on it, cost me $175!!!  Now I know why I go to Dal Dental... all the fancy digital stuff was impressive, and the staff/dentist were really nice, and I got a bottle ( Read more... )

Yay!! I think I just managed to score 4 skeins of yarn that's being discontinued ( Read more... )

Well, I'm home again.

Well, Jon got home from work Wednesday and dropped me off at the train station to get the commuter rail into the city. I was a bit nervous, but it worked out. I walked across the Longfellow bridge to get to MIT campus, on the other side from where I was Monday night. I made a minor wrong turn near the end, turned left one ( Read more... )

Hey all... been a while since I posted, either been too busy or just not in the mood the last few weeks ( Read more... )

Well! Here's a lesson in what NOT to do.

I decided, after reading a brilliant post in Eunny's knitting blog on making your own self-striping yarn, I got a *flash* of inspiration.

I'd also seen the Jaywalker socks, and how great they looked in stripes.

I decided to get some yarn, and dye it 2 shades of blue and black, with white, in a striped ( Read more... )