Please do not bother writing to me if you are set to NOT RECEIVE messages.

I think it is rather rude.

My first order for notions is coming in. And yes, it includes yarn. I had to cut my order in 1/2 due to monetary concerns at home, but I hope to complete the rest of my order within a month.



Woo Hooo, it is looking good so far. What you see in the picture is my wool. Brown Sheep Wool to be exact. The order coming in is a mix of circular needles, a few straight needles, double pointed needles in 6" and 4" (for the sock knitters), tatting shuttles, tatting needles, and cro-tatting hooks. Can't find a retail outlet for japanese tatting hooks as yet - I would LOVE to try to learn that.

The yarn I have ordered is a little sock yarn, and mill-end yarns. Due to money issues, I left off the majority of my yarn in favor of needles and mill--end bags. These are 1 LB bags of mixed yarns. They will either be all cotton bags or all acrylic or acrylic/wool blends. I will post pictures when they come in - hopefully next week.

I am so busy. and SOOO tired.

Death by car wreck - yea that me. I drive almost the same amount of time I sleep per day. Isn't that fun.

But the store has survived another month. I should be getting the rest of my yarn in soon.

No, I just dont have a picture of the new hat as yet. Awful right. Wait till you see it.
We have nicknamed it "the helmet".

It is thick and huge.

I had some knit picks 100% wool in storage. 2 balls of green bulky. Great yarn. And a mouse got into it. I put it into 2 balls and one ball was in pieces.

BUT, it was 100 % wool. What could I do with the stuff.

So I thought of something quick. So I made a hat with 4 (yes 4) strands of yarn together. On the break in the broken ball, I made felted joins where needed.

It was knitted top down. circular. It has short rows at the back of the neck to extend it down into the back of a coat. I barely had enough yarn left over to make ties.

It is the warmest hat I have ever seen. If it is a little strange looking - so be it!

Yes, I will get a picture of it up soon.