I haven't had much time for blogging, nor have I had much time for working on projects, but I have completed a few things. First, there is the all important fourth scoop of Gelato. A painful finish, but a finish nonetheless. I have purchased some lovely bojangles for the clasps but the glue (which shall remain brandnameless) that I bought did not properly adhere the pinback to the jewel so it could not be pinned to the little purse. I will continue to work on that, but in the meantime, I am pleased with the colors of the purses and how they look. And my girls like them, so that is a bonus.

                                                                              (Princess Princess >>>>>>)
     

I have also, finally, crocheted and felted my first (dyed) daisy motif for the possible daisy rug for my craft room. It crocheted up easily once I made the time to do it and I was pleased with how the felting came out. The motif, after felting, was a substantial 17 inches across, so a few stitched together will make a decent sized rug. I am a little concerned that the dye will leach onto my wall to wall carpet and I am a little concerned at the hairiness of the lopi and whether that is suitable for a rug, but these issues seem resolvable so I press on.

I think, though, that I will not continue to dye with Kool-Aid, but rather I will buy some nice Jacquard dyes from KnitPicks. The Kool Aid colors that I wanted to use are pretty hard to find whereas KnitPicks makes everything very easy. 

I would have placed my order with KnitPicks yesterday but I needed to add some yarn to bring my package up to the free shipping standard. And the (princess) yarn I wanted (chocolate Decadence to make the Einstein coat) would have cost me over $80 and with the additional cost of the dye, my package suddenly became the value of free shipping times three and that seemed extravagant. Even for me.

Of course, extravagance only slows a (princess) girl down so far. : ) What decidedly did, however, put my KnitPicking brakes on was the arrival of the Rochester Knitting Guild newsletter, complete with registration forms for the upcoming classes with Sally Melville.

Oh yeah, baby. I am going to meet Sally Melville  in person and take three of her classes! My first knitting classes ever! Woo hoo! Hopefully, I will not sob too fretfully on meeting her, one of my knitting heroes. I can knit Einstein anytime, but how often does a girl get to meet Sally in person and learn directly under her tutelage? The dye for the daisy rug, and the daisy rug itself, can wait a little while longer.

I would have been happy with just two classes and if "Good Grafting" had been on the same day as "Basic Maneuvers," I would have simply stopped there (who is a princess?). But, intarsia (despite the typo) was just sitting there, flirting with me, right after lunch on the same day as Good Grafting. It will be a challenge for me but as I filled the form, I just couldn't help but putting a little check in that little box as well. Oh, happy day.