Fabric Cutters Should be Timed

Another piece of my duct tape mystery project. It's the bottom of a chair that broke.


Remember those altoid tins I was talking about? I finally got around to making one. I don't really know why I decided to make a chick in a bikini, it just felt right. I went to JoAnns to buy some felt for this project and picked out about 18 bolts of different colors. I brought them up to the counter and got the SLOWWWWEEEESSSSTTTT fabric cutter in North America. She had to have been 80 years old. Of course, I had all 4 children with me. She would picccckkkk up the boooolt, looook at it, layyyyy it ouuuuttt, and cuu, no wait, straighten the fabric, uuuuutttt dooowwnn the liiinne. Piiiiiccckkk up the faaabric, foooollllddd it up, lay it to the side. Fiiiinnnd the scaaannner, scannnn the baarcooode, staaarree at the scanner, and then move to the next piece. I only wanted 1/8 a yard of each color! 45 minutes later (!!!!) she was finally finished. My kids were astonishingly well behaved, I don't know how they were so patient. Heck, I wanted to throw a tantrum from boredom, how they kept calm at their ages, I don't know. Miracles DO still happen!


If you haven't been to Eunny Jang's blog, you are really missing out. The patterns that she puts out are incredible. Here is my first sock that I am working on from her pattern "Chuck's Cable Socks". It is probably the most complex knitting project that I have ever done, but I love them! The multicolored yarn is Lornas Laces and the white is Regia. I am pretty impressed with myself. I'll be even more impressed if I actually make the second one.