Legwarmers finished, 1st Secret Pal package received!

I just came back from the post office to pick up my secret pal package!

These are the goods...3 balls of Southwest Trading Company Bamboo (!) in parrot, a Learn to Crochet book, a bamboo crochet hook, a jasmine scented candle, and lastly, 24 cocktail parosols! I already have 2 balls of the bamboo in parrot (an ebay auction from the late spring), so I'm thinking I can make something really big and fancy with all of this parrot yarn. What??? How much would I need to make a sweater? And what sweater would that be? Or maybe these 3 balls will be the clapotis yarn (and not the 3 balls of azure I have?) And I've been telling myself I'm going to sit myself down and teach myself to crochet, and now I've got a book so I have no more excuses! And tomorrow, if we end up meeting at Nohemi's for cocktails (instead of at a bar), I'm totally bringing these parasols! And and this is all so exciting -- Thanks sp!



Today was even more chilly than yesterday, at least in the morning, so I rushed to finish the legwarmers so I could wear them to school. They were soft and lovely to wear, and they kept me really warm. I didn't sew them in because 1) I can't find the tapestry needles that I just bought, nor can I find the chibi with my original needles 2) I wouldn't have had time to finish and sew in time for school anyway. So there.

Oh, and check out my nifty sidebar WIPs. This is thanks to Anna who not only gave me the program, she then put it in my template, and filled in my works in progress for me (without me telling her what they are). What an attentive blog reader -- ha! Thanks, Anna.

p.s. Fellow vegans (and anyone who likes a good pair of comfortable shoes), I direct your attention to the shoes in the above picture. They are earth breeze 2 (the 2 is for the vegan version) and they are spectacular. I'm really into how they have that great big seam in the middle (it actually reminds me a ton of Dede's Dolman sweater! Speaking of Dede, I missed her yesterday cause I went to my first sewing class. About sewing ... I'm making a wrap skirt out of limey green corduroy that I bought at P & S Fabrics in Chinatown, and so far the class is fun (especially when we were done cutting our fabric and got to practice on the sewing machine!), though it's cutting into my hanging out and knitting and listenting to music time. There was this funny moment where I thought that I was sewing along the tailor's chalk squiggles that Cal, the teacher, drew for me to follow, but then when I picked the fabric up off of the machine, there were no stitches there! The needle had come unthreaded, that's why. This is quite a p.s. -- I think I'll stop now.