Kiss My Knits!

Science on the march! What happens when you make a cake substituting Cadbury creme eggs for actual eggs?

Let’s find out!

SQUEE!

The girl making the matching needle case for my octo-purse wrote back with pics. TOO CUTE!

Girlontherocks made this for me! Look at my octo-case! And she used the remnants of the stripey fabric to make a matching pouch, which she offered to me for a very reasonable price. Sold!

I can’t wait to get my grubby little mitts on this. Yay!

I’ve heard LJ folks and budget-conscious types sing the praises of Tuesday Morning stores for a while. After hearing that they might have inexpensive interlocking foam blocks which could be used as a blocking board for knitting, I decided to check them out.

They didn’t have the foam squares, but they still managed to pull me in. I could NOT leave without these two sets of figurines, on sale for about $5 each.

I couldn’t just get one, I had to get both. Otherwise you’ve only got the Mahna Mahna guy and not the Doo do doo doot! gals. Tragedy! And yes, I do know that the Doo do doo doot! gals are called “Snowths.” Now I just need to clear a space off on my desk for it. Currently, my computer workspace is the horizontal equivalent of Fibber McGee’s closet.

Also picked up some new sheets, since I could no longer re-stitch the seams on the poor-quality ones that we had slept on the previous night. 350 thread-count cotton sateen sheets for about $50. Extravagant, sure, but a good bargain for the quality. The down side? Even after washing them twice before putting them on the bed, they’re LOUD. One of us will go to roll over, and it sounds like someone’s got their lavalier mike attached poorly to their shirt.

For the non-AV geeks, it’s like we’re sleeping in a bowl of Rice Krispies. Oh well. Maybe they’ll quiet down with time, because there’s no returning them now!

On the needles: Devon UK. Next up: Hull UK, then Massachusetts.