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Friday, August 13, 2010

New Things

I never thought to look in other craft departments at Joannes Fabrics for things that I could use for knitting. But look what I found in the counted cross stitch area of Joannes. A chart keeper! I was using up an awful lot of post it notes. The sticky just doesn't last very long on them!


It says to put masking tape on the edges because they are sharp...and they are. Couldn't find masking tape so I briefly considered duct tape and then settled on electrical tape. What!? I'm a farm girl. We use what we have on hand.
There isn't much for magnets with it though. Just short ones. So I bought a roll of sticky magnetic tape that you can cut to the length you want. I used electrical tape on that too to cover the sticky side.
Now I have enough magnetic strips to hold the chart securely in place and underline the row that I'm on too.
And my most recent discovery at Walmart is a new pair of readers to put a little jazz in my reading time. If I remember correctly I got the book at Walmart too. It's an interesting read.


I had time to kill while I waited for DH so I bought a pair of size 10.5 needles on sale and 4 skeins of Wool-Ease in red and started a Red Scarf. It wasn't on my mind until I read Norma's post about the Project and reminded me to get going! :)



And I have gotten a nice start on my Norwegian Woods Shawl. It's coming along quickly. I have slightly over one repeat left on the 1st chart. I'm using Cascade Heritage Sock yarn. I've never used Cascade of any kind before. It's very soft and the price is right. And I do like the color!




Our weather has been so humid and warm. I am anxiously awaiting the middle of next week when we have highs in the low 70s and I'm really really hoping for lower humidity too.