Knit-Nerd-Rant

So, yesterday after work, I met up with a friend to go to Bits of Thread and boy did we have entirely too much fun!  It's a small sewing studio that does classes and workshops for different levels, and it also has a great stash of reclaimed, vintage, donated, and random fabric. Most of the pieces I found were less than 3 yards, which is perfect for what I need.  There were a few fabrics that came in larger sizes, but not many.  Lots of great scraps, vintage notions, fantastic buttons, it was like going through the attic of the coolest grandma on the planet and finding some of her amazing and soft and hideous old fabrics, pattens, and random bits and things.  It's pretty much available only by appointment, so call ahead to make sure someone will be there.  When we arrived, there was a new instructor leading a class who didn't know how to ring up purchases, so I swung by today after I got out of work early.  Go check it out for yourself if you are in the DC area! My fri

So, with the long weekend stretching out before me still a day away, I'm gathering a list of things that I want to do over the 3 blissful days: Sew 3 new skirts that are office-appropriate Watch my current Netflix (Melancholia) Go hiking! Clean the apartment Do laundry Find the fridge light bulb (Someone accidentally un-plugged the fridge, making me think that the light had burned out, since it was still cool and so I removed the light bulb thinking that I needed to replace it. I put it down somewhere and have completely lost track of it.) Knit (specifically the socks from yesterday's post) Make pancakes with the blackberries that thawed in the night of the wimpy freezer and re-froze into a solid mass of frozen-berry-goodness (see fridge light bulb story above) Limit my poking around online so that I can actually get things done! Find a way to get rid of the collection of old books I need to give away, and find a way to get them to any related location Perhaps some

So, I've been making some socks for my boyfriend, because no one seems to make socks for men with feet longer than an 11.5.  I'm using Purlbee's mens sock pattern that's a pretty simple one, though I'm just doing it in straight navy blue all the way (no contrast color).  Specifically, I'm using Sirdar Snuggly baby bamboo in navy, since someone's always too warm, this feels like it'll be nice and cool.  And quite frankly, it feels so lovely and smooth... ah.... This is the 2nd time around on this one.  I prepared one earlier and it fit him like a Christmas stocking, so frogged the whole thing, and started over again just this past Sunday.  After knitting while gabbing with friends, and some time on the bus, I've gotten back to the point where I get to deal with turning the heel. Pray with me.  Just kidding, given that I've already done it once, I'm a lot less nervous about it.  Still, quite a bit to go. While setting aside the front

So first lesson of Blogger learned - must rotate photos before uploading. Also, scavenging the leftover edible orchids from the leftover fruit plate in the break room can turn your peaches from yummy to yummy and festively depressing.