April 07, 2004
I received another parcel today
I received another parcel today - a skein holder that I won off of eBay. I'm something of an eBay addict, although I'm getting better :)
That's it! That's also my Lisa G knitting bag in the background that Em bought me for christmas this year.
I bought a wool winder off eBay a month or so ago, and thought I could manage without a skein holder. The first skein I tried to wind proved how wrong I was. It took me 5 minutes to wind the yarn and an hour to untangle the mess I made.
However now I have discovered that the wool winder I bought is too small. It only winds a ball around 50g in size. As I have skeins of 100g, this is a problem. Easy solution - buy another wool winder!
Done!
I won another off eBay on Saturday :) I hope it'll arrive tomorrow, but I probably won't get it until Tuesday because of the holidays. I don't need it, I'm just impatient.
I'm also waiting on an order from Threadbear I ordered the Plassard books, and some Papyrus to make one of the girl's tanks for Em.
I just like to receive parcels in the mail :)
I've made good progress on the blanket - one strip done and well into the second, and I cast on the front of the cleckheaton sweater, pictures tomorrow when I have better light.
In unrelated news, I got my hair cut and coloured today. I have been seeing my hairdresser for around 8 years. She is a friend who works from home. She does a great job, is really inexpensive, and I love her.
She's retiring. I hate finding a new hairdresser. She very kindly wrote down the details of the colour she uses on my hair for my new hairdresser when I find one, but it just won't be the same :(