so, new yarns going up on the www.luxe.etsy.com site here, plus more. i used my ott-lite for these photos because it looks like twilight all the time here, and they are a bit washed out. the colors are a bit nicer in person. ah well. i also have the xmas yarns to list and some new knitted gear. i need to get my act together. get on it, girl!
jakie is in california for business so i am on my own here, eating really poorly, at random times…woooot! somehow that is my favorite part. otherwise, i miss him. oh wait, i also enjoy doing knitting on the bed with a whole bunch of bags and stuff all over the bed. i have gotten a decent amount of work done, though, although i can’t get myself to go to the drugstore because it is cold and snowy out. dunno about that.
i ordered a faux snow leopard coat and just got it today, it is surprisingly nice quality, but being a short person (5’2ish), i am not sure if it is too much. if i do keep it, i will get the sleeves shortened. they are that kind that you are supposed to roll over, which i don’t like too much. i will probably post a photo of it on and see what the public opinion is. it would be warm, for sure. i reckon that fur coats, or their faux cousins are not really meant to be slimming.
i also got some gorgeous loose fiber that i ordered from frenecreek. i have ordered loose fiber from some of her competition and it was disgusting. literally, i gave it away. it smelled, it had straw and burrs and crap (literally) in it. it was cheap, but clearly, cheap for a reason. i am going to try stuff from them again (i am sure i will regret it), but again, i got this other stuff today from frenecreek and i squealed. and i am a total fiber snob. what did i get? a bunch of kid locks that i hope to dye up to-morrow, some fuschia targhee pencil roving that has peacock fronds processed right in…so nice. targhee is similar to merino, it is really soft and spongy and yummy. one of my absolute faves. i also got some natural cream polypay roving that is niiiiice and a batt from her gigantor pat green carder that is like 4 or more of my batts. it is merino and silk and some firestar. oooooh. so nice. by the time i checked the mail, i had already done several hours of spinning and skeining and taking photos and my back hurt. gah!
and lastly, i had ordered some things from sproutjewelry.net, an etsy shop (not to be confused with sproutstudio, which is equally lovely…and i was just blown away by all of it. i got one for myself that is even cooler in person than online…thissee and then i got this for a sister in law, although i am not so sure she will like it so it might be for peeps. okay, for me. we will see. i will order another, if she does like it. and then this for my brother jon’s wife. she is really petite and delicate and i can totally see this on her.
i need to do some knitting for some more gifts, i also need to either buy or make some opera length gloves to go with the 3/4 length sleeve coat jake got me a little while ago. i haven’t worn it yet for that reason. tj maxx and marshall’s both usually have really nice gloves for not so much. so.
i am blown away by the horrible flooding in the northwest. i hate saying this, but i imagine that fima will get on that much faster than they did in the south. the middle class and higher can’t be ignored. i hope i don’t get slammed for saying that, but still. it really seems like whoever is in charge of all this flooding is trying to tell us something. scary.
georgie bush is on the news and i can’t believe he is the president. i can’t believe he is in charge of anything. nothing has changed he says. he says he warned us that iran is dangerous. sigh. that is all he can say? gah. i think he has been saying the same thing for years and years, regardless of if anything changes or not. so odd.
i best go to the drugstore because it is supposed to really snow to-morrow and i need the migraine meds. but i don’t wannnnnaaaa! i don’t wannnaa! for those of you living in the warm places…i shake my fist at you!
smooochies,
n.
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That coat sounds fabulous!
And I’m sure your predictions will be right about the government’s response to this flooding.
N-
Newport-news.com has soft soft suede like opera length black gloves for $19.99 + shipping. I have a 3/4 sleeve coat and bought 3 pairs..they are so soft!
Ang
christina, i will post pics, for sure.
yeah, if you are poor, the government just wants you to disappear into the mire.
ang, i will check that out! that would be perfect!
The yarn is so lovely. I always like all the special bits you put in the yarn.
I understand what you’re saying about the likelihood of how the government deals with things like the flooding and they have a lot to learn/fix. But, the hardest hit area (in Oregon, I don’t know about WA) is actually not upper class and I think it would be a bit of a stretch to even call it middle class. It’s a small, poor logging community.