Buttons & Cheese!
If you take a look over at the left side you’l see I’ve finally added my Sophie Bag and my Scrappy Squatty Sidekick to the picture roll over there. That is because they both have their proper closures in place now :-)
I love Sophie, but I didn’t like how it splayed open when I wore it over my shoulder with my things in it. Not that Ft. Collins has a huge problem with pick pockets, but I wasn’t comfortable with it wide open to anyone passing by. So, while on the hunt for the perfect closure fot he Not-so-Squatty Sister Sidekick I wound two gemstone donuts that looked super nice with Sophie so I picked them up. I took some of the remaining yarn and did a 9-strand flat braid and used that to attach the donuts to one side of the purse. The weight of the gemstone donuts is just enough to keep the bag nicely closed so the purse retains the majority of it’s ease to put things in and take things out of it, but it also hangs nicely closed. The photo looks like the bag is a bit lopsided, though it isn’t - it’s just that my “things” are lopsided which are in it. I stitched the braid with the same yarn and then took out some frustrations with a felting needle for a nice seamless look.
I also found a good button for my larger, Scrappy Squatty after spinning class on Thursday at Shuttles, Spindles, and Skeins in Boulder. It’s a hammered bronze button and it brings out the metallic novelty that I carried along for much of the purse. I think it finishes off the purse quite nicely.
I’m still working on the attachment for the Sister Squatty and the embellishment design for Lucy, but they are both coming along. I got felting needles and some roving for Lucy on Thursday as well.
I tried to go get the two Fibertrend shawl patterns I was interested in on Friday, but Lambspun had almost nothing when it came to shawl patterns. Their lace stuff was mostly scarves. I guess it makes sense since they sell basically no lace weight except mohair. They do carry Fibertrends patterns. Then, Woolen Treasures is closed today so I *still* can’t satisfy my *need* for a lace shawl project. I’ll probably go down tomorrow and have lunch with DH. Though I’m tiring of the dining choices there. . .
Tonight is SnB! Though I know two people who definitely will not be making it tonight :-( One of whom I haven’t seen since BEFORE my trip to MN! I’ve gone through withdrawl. I have *no* idea what I’m going to work on. I suppose I’ll dust off the second Flatiron sock so I can get that added to the sidebar soon too. Or maybe I’ll cast on for the sport weight Lucy that I’m thinking of also giving my sister so that there is some surprise element to her birthday gift…
I mentioned cheese in my title because this weekend DH cut into his first wheel of homemade cheese. See, each Monday we get 2 gallons of milk delivered from a local dairy and he makes cheese while I’m at SnB. We cut into one wheel of his first batch of Gouda. It was quite nice. Speaking of cheese making, I suppose I should get on the task of sweeping up as much stray dog hair as I can so that I can perhaps be a little rested before SnB this time…
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