Plus, it was all 15% off because I Voted, and had the sticker to prove it.

The Disclaimer:
The overview picture is mine; the rest are linked back to the original site, but no worries, I am *not* taking up space on other peoples' servers. I am a good bunny, and seek only to allow others to see the pretties and find the way to get the pretties for themselves.

The Overview:

The Store:

Fibre Space in Old Town Alexandria
Just a short walk from the King Street Metro Station!
Since Stitch DC closed its Georgetown store, Fibre Space is now the easiest store for me to get to under my own power (this is key), and its hours (the earliest it closes during the week is 7pm) make it super-convenient to drop by after work. Yay, more yarn!!

The Yarn:

Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool (Designer's Choice)
Color 71 (Flourite Blue), Dye lot 347. I got enough for a big-girl sweater, and then some extra (okay, I bought every skein in the store).

The Pattern:
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Alice Starmore's "Elizabeth I", originally from her book, Tudor Roses, and reprinted this year in Issue #10 of The Knitter magazine. (Um, seriously, click on the link for an interactive look at the next issue, which was #11 when this was posted. I wish ALL knitting magazines did this! - Ooooo, issue #11 actually has an interview with Alice Starmore!!!) I've missed issues #1 and #9 of this magazine, which makes me quite sad, since it's lovely and my favorite at this point.

The Extra Toy:

Another GoKnit Pouch, this one small and pink (as opposed to the small and yellow one I've already got.) Turns out I was three dollars short to fill up my Space Cadet card, so I grabbed one of these. My Tiger Eye Shawl is now living in it, and getting carried around, and I actually got two rows knitted on it this morning on the way in to work!

The Bonus Prize:
I filled up my Space Cadet card, and was rewarded with a Fibre Space t-shirt, which I'm wearing today (see top photo, right). I now have my Space Explorer card to fill... woohoo!



* While the original image appears to have come from the Virtual Yarns website, I can't actually find where it appears for regular viewing. Lots of lovely stuff over there, it being Where The Starmores Are. Wheee!

The End of something wonderful.

Teresa Wentzler just announced that her company, TW Designworks, is closing. All her patterns are now Out Of Print. (See the details on her blog, http://twdesignworks.com/blog/.

Wow. This is a sad day for the cross-stitch world, but if it had to be, it had to be.

*Sigh*

Grousing.

Okay, so, it's been relatively quiet at work for months. As in "Ooo, what wonderful thing can I put together for my blog today?" sort of quiet. As in finish all the work for the day, ask everyone if they'd like help, help if asked, and then sit for hours with no actual work.

This is all over now; work is really picking up, and I've barely had time to have a coherent thought, let alone post. This, of course, is happening NOW, rather than months ago, or later in December, because if I had any spare time, I'd be working on my novel for National Novel Writing Month.

Seriously. Why THIS week??

Master's Monday - Week 22

In very exciting (to me) news, I discovered that all my swatch notes (cast on, pattern, source, etc.) were on my netbook. This makes making the tags much, much easier, since I don't have to figure out what the heck cast on I did. (Granted, it's either "long tail" or "cable", and they look pretty different, but still.)

Also got the *original* Vogue Knitting, The Principles of Knitting (again), and Meg Swansen's Knitting, just for fun.



This at least pretends to get me back on track, right?

Another finish - Michael Powell Bookmark #1

Now, more on my latest tiny cross-stitch project. Turns out a lot of people at the Nancy Bush knitting workshop had been cross-stitchers, but stopped when knitting took over their lives. I understand that this can happen. So, everyone else brought socks, shawls, knitted whatever to work on before class and during lunch; I had my little cross-stitch bookmark.


I worked on it at work on Monday at lunch, and on the way home.


I worked on it Tuesday at lunch, and on the way home.




And far too late Tuesday night, I finished it. (And then woke up and took a really blurry photo of it.) Here's what it's supposed to look like - click on the photo to go directly to the Michael Powell site, and see all the lovlies!


Also dug out my almost-finished Teresa Wentzler "Tropical Dreams":


I'm hoping to have this one finished up in October, to bring my monthly average finishes firmly above "3".