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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