Queen of Procrastinating
January 10, 2008 
So tonight I’m supposed to be working on testing Krista’s diaper pattern. Well, Abby wanted to come in with me, and wanted to ‘help’. So I set her up with the crafts scissors my mom got her for Christmas, and a marker. Then it escalated to me getting my star & moon punches. Well then, she tells me ‘Zoe’s gonna like this!’ Zoe’s birthday was a couple of days ago, and her party is this Saturday. So it then turned into a birthday card. I got her the birthday stickers, and the candle stamp (6), and then had her pick out a scrap of fabric to embroider Zoe’s name onto. I’m really proud of the effort she put into it, but I’m not much further on Krista’s pattern. Whoops.
My new binder for my overflow of PDF knitting patterns:
Options
January 9, 2008 
One of my Christmas presents was the Knit Picks Options set (nikel-plated). While I love the set, I’ve had several problems with it.
The tips are wonderfully smooth and pointy, the cables are nice and flexible and have a very smooth join. BUT. There’s always a but. First, I was knitting with one of my 24″ cables. I was doing a gauge swatch, and when I pulled it off of my needles (I normally don’t bind off my swatches so that I can re-use the yarn on my project) the metal pieces on the ends of the cables (that you screw into the tips) had come off. I thought I could just push them back in, but no such luck. Then, I tried to use my size 4 tip. I tried to screw them in, but one of the tips wouldn’t go on. I looked and there was something stuck in there. When I finally got it out, I tried to screw it back onto the cable. I couldn’t. And the final problem, my other 24″ cable had the same problem the first one did.
Now, with all of these problems I’m pretty pissed. So of course I called customer service about it, and I’ve got to say it’s excellent. I told them the problems, they apologized and sent replacements immediatly. I haven’t recieved them yet. Hopefully the replacements will be ok and I won’t have anymore problems.
Even with all the problems, I would still reccomend the set. It’s a really great interchangeable set, and their customer service is stellar. I’m very frustrated at this point, but I still am happy that I have it.
A few new things
January 5, 2008 
Some goodies I have recently acquired:
3 new patterns & a new pincushion. I had the girls dress already but sold it, then regretted that soon after. I want to knit up a jacket for myself one of these days, and the fish pillows — well I couldn’t resist! The dress and jacket are both Knitting Pure & Simple, and the pillow pattern is Blue Sky Alpaca. Not pictured is a tub of fabrics my mom doesn’t want anymore .. she had tons but I didn’t take it all. She had new cabinets done in her sewing room so was kind of forced to go through everything.
The bottom of the pincushion. It’s felted wool. My mom was selling 3 of these in her shop, and I’ve been lusting after them forever. Finally I had her add it to my tab 
And a side view of the pincushion
