Friday, July 4, 2014
What does this look like? It's supposed to be the top of a cupcake with sprinkles. This was one of the things I worked on yesterday. I did some on my sock and after I bought replacement needles I worked on the Trillian. Tomorrow starts Tour de Fleece. I'm not sure I explained that before. Wile the Tour de France runs we spin. It's a spin along, they spin we spin. I don't think I can spin every day because that will hurt my arm but I really want to get a bunch of spinning done. The red shawl is blocking right now. I'm a little sad that I left it in the water to long and the red bled into the white but it will be o.k.
I want to say a tiny bit about the needles. Not this year but the year before I got a set of Knitter's Pride Dreamz for a Valentine's Day present (I got them off a destash so they were a little cheaper). Not long after I bought them I accidentally broke one of the size 4 needles. I complained about it on one of my groups (just a "oh darn look what I did") and Knitter's Pride contacted me to replace the needle. I told them that it was my fault and not their responsibility and they said they would still send them. I was surprised and that made me a customer for life. I really like the needles and the color coding is fun (my son said he would learn to knit so he could have them when I died). I have also tried their Nova (fixed circular size 1) and Carbons (size 3 tips) and have liked those as well. I broke a size 4 again (I leaned on it on accident) so I went to my local yarn store to get more. They were more expensive than if I had order them on line but I wanted them right away. I was not upset but surprised that the old needle was darker and glossier than the new one. I think it's from using them and the oils from my hand getting rubbed into the wood. I just thought that was interesting. I also accidentally sat on my size 1 and it hurt, I don't recommend it.
Today in the U.S. is Independence Day where we celebrate getting rid of British rule. I'm sorry I don't have a patriotic picture to show you. Many of the fireworks displays were canceled because of flooding so I won't have any cool picture of that to show you. I don't think I have anything else to say except I caught up on podcasts yesterday. See you later.
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