Hooray, hooray! Look what I just got from Melissa Moustacherides!

I don’t know how I could possibly match something this fabulous! I’ve already spun up the batts. I’m going to spin up some Peace Fleece roving–a little too lumpy by itself, but I think it’ll be fabulous plied with this crazy yarn, and that’ll tie all […]

I was all in a huff about getting a 1 rating and a complaint of no delivery for a swap I sent a month ago, and for which delivery confirmation showed December 28 delivery. But I contacted the swapee & apparently she just got confused and gave the no-show rating to the wrong person & […]

I got my coloriffic swap today, and look how freaking cute!

There’s a handmade wristband, which I am wearing even now, an adorable–I don’t know what he is? A fat mushroom? An egg in a beret?–jar with a gasketed lid that will be home to something delicious, three spool of printed ribbon, 2 darling little red […]

Finished the potholders for my potholder & recipe swap! They’re drying on the fabulous new blocking board my mommy gave me for Christmas. The deadline is tomorrow, so I’m just in the nick of time. I still need to photograph the potholders I received, which arrived a week ago.
One has a basketweave pattern and a […]

I started a We Call Them Pirates knitalong, which could easily also be considered a Day of the Dead knitalong (thanks, Suzanne!). I’ve been wanting to make Adrian’s brilliant hat forever, but the stranded colorwork was so daunting. So I thought a knitalong would get me all revved up. Yay!
I’ve been trying to figure out […]

Here’s my swap gift, ready to go (except I added some tea, postcards, a magnet & Pocky). I wanted to send it today, but couldn’t reach Swap-bot to find the address, so I’ll have to bring it with me to Texas.

There’s dyed Rambouillet roving, undyed wool and nylon blend sock yarn roving, a DH mug, […]

My Mug of Yarn swap arrived a few days ago, and I finally got a chance to photograph it!

There’s a “too much coffee” mug, a giant, super light and soft skein of kettle-dyed merino, some girly tissues, and a great vintage knitting book from Australia. My incoming partner was a man, and he was very sweet […]

Let’s hear it for small town living! Our fabulous postmaster Chris tracked down my missing sock for me. Can you believe it? It fell out of the package and got stranded at the sorting center, and they sent it on to me today. Hooray! I’m well pleased it with–the stripes are slightly different, which is […]

My assassin just offered to knit me another sock to replace the errant one! What a pro! She could have left me bleeding in the alley, but she came back and finished the job. Hooray! Thing are looking up…

I was killed this afternoon by a single sock:

It was sent in one of those resealable envelopes and had opened in transit, and arrived alone. In the throes of PMS, I waited for Ron to leave the room and burst into tears & have been crying on and off about it like a fucking baby […]