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jan 26 06
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our local library is doing a chemo cap knitting thingy, so instead of getting the shitty wanna be lion brand jiffy yarn, except not as soft, i decided to use up some of my stash, including some high end eyelash yarns that i used for the boutique scarves. they like that stuff, you know? anyway, i have knit three so far, in two days, i will post photos, they are super cute. they have a bathing cap look to them, but are surprisingly cute. i just used a semi-standard cap pattern and tweaked it a bit. the patterns that the library provided were plain fold brim men’s hats. if you are going through chemo, feel like shit, probably don’t look your best and your poor head is shedding hair and sore, do you really want to wear a men’s hat out of not that soft cheapo yarn? i don’t really think so. why can’t you have a cute hat, that people would comment on, saying,”your hat is so cute!” you know? anyway, i am going to make as many as i can before the deadline. and then i think i may try to do some for a children’s one. my mom said something about that, and i thought it would be fun because you could make really silly crazy ones and kids would really dig them. not that i really know so much about kids. you know?

in other crafty news, i got the plastic ring pom-pom makers. i know i could make some out of cardboard, but i intend to make a pom-pom wreath for spring. so i got out all of the cheapo yarn and stash stuff that i wasn’t sure what i even had it for, and started making em. it was really fun. i had to tear myself away from it. i am trying to think of other things i can do with pom-poms. it is a really good use for bits of yarns, especially expensive yarns that you want to totally use up. i will put photos up. i swear. anyone have any ideas for pom-pom projects? i think a bookmark with them on each end of i-cord or ribbon would be cool. the wreath, of course. earrings. necklace. bracelet. i am thinking single pom for these. anyway, the plastic do-dad to make them with is 3 bucks for three different sizes. so thought it was a good buy,

i also got one of those plastic mats that you put under an office chair so it can roll to put under my spinning wheel because it wobbles, a lot, when i spin on the carpet in my studio. i tried it out and it seemed a bit better, but i think it is just a bit of a faulty design for the base of it. it is shaped like a T, and i think that if there was something more solid on the back, it would be better. and a non-slip thingy.

oh! i got an email today about a new crafty site that is starting on 2-2 i think…whip up is what it is called and it has amazing people on it…crafty artists…regina being one of them. does she ever stop? nope. nope she doesn’t.

i dyed the fiber for some valentine’s yarns, which i hope to spin to-morrow after the site update, which is loooooooooong overdue. i am a bad bad bad person. in many ways, really. but, the fiber…oooooh la la.

my parents were in town this weekend from iowa, and my dad looked awake and rested for the first time i can remember. they seem to like the small townedness of it out there, and they are near the grandkids, so that is good. i am glad that they are happy there. my dad worked too hard out here and got little in return. when they moved they got rid of lots of stuff that had accumulated and i think that the purge may have made them feel better about everything. it always makes me feel better. although, i still keep stuff. i just try to be a bit more selective than i used to be.

photos and more to-morrow.
smoooooooooooooooooooch.
n.