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Monday, November 16, 2009

skeinks, but no skeinks

my standards must be lowering becos of the economy.  i bought shite acrylic yarn at michael's.

i went to michael's to buy picture frames for the pictures i am giving as gifts for christmas.  since the store was having a sale i wandered around the store.  i got the martha stewart glitter set (see previous post for picture) i wanted - it was on sale too.  i picked up some crafty goodies from the dollar bins for a birthday gift for one of the boy's classmates.  i found some girly patches for the pixie and ribbons on clearance - i have no idear what i'll do with the ribbons, but they were pretty and i can use them to cheer up something.  i visited my favorite part of the store - the yarn and knitting aisles.

i found this cute vanna's choice in mist - denim (for the boy), seaspray (for monkey ears) and purple (for the pixie).  i found this loops and threads impeccable worsted in rouge (a coral-ly red) and navy.  i'm thinking of making a moebius hood with these yarns, i think it would pop against my acid green fleece cape.  i also splurged and got chunky needles and lion brand wool-ease thick and quick in blue for the boy.    he wantes to learn, so i got the materials for him.  i know he should pick the yarn, but i wanted something thick for him to learn on.

i think i've mentioned in previous posts that i always wind my yarn into cakes.  i wound up these yarns into cakes too.  they were horrible to wind.  the inner and outer strands kept tangling and knotting up.  i don't know if it was becos they are acrylic or just the way the skeins were wound.

i invented a new word for skeins of yarn that are bitches to wind - SKEINKS!  a mix between skein and skank, it perfectly describes a skein of yarn that is tangling and knotting up when wound on the ball winder.  i doubt it will catch on like kinnearing but it's a new word for me.

would you believe, i have to go back to michael's to get more picture frames!  i need 2 triple 3X5 frames for the ggms.  and since i have another coupon burning a hole in my pocket, i want to buy martha's nonpareil set as well.

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