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December 01, 2006
Knitting merrily along...
I'm late updating because I've spent the morning straightening my hair...I have a love/hate relationship with my hair..its been curly all my life and I've hated the curls...I know, most folks think I'm insane, but I don't have those gorgeous Deborah Messing red curls flying around (mostly cause I don't have a stylist following me around 24 hours a day)...its hot and humid most of the year here, so when I'm in the yard working, long curly hair is hot, sweaty and messy...I constantly cut dreadlocks from where they form next to my neck (I shoulda gone the Carol Cypher route and just 'felted' my hair like she has - she has beads in hers and its very groovy)...but I prefer straight hair, and I've been straightening it on and off since I was 18, and here we are again...
I've heard of a process at my haircutter's place that takes 8 hours and costs $800 to straighten hair, but there is just no way I'd pay that much...First off, my hair grows fast, so I'd have to have touchups frequently...Second, that's a TON of money to spend on hair, unless they give 24KT gold hightlights...and I don't have 8 hours to sit around for my hair to get straight...a $6.00 box from the grocery works fine for me...Once in college I straightened my hair and I had frosted it before hand and part of my hair turned out like Ramen noodles...awesome...not this time, tho..
Anyway, I've finished my wrist warmers...Made the pattern myself - couldn't BE any simpler - using Debbie Bliss Cashmerino (1 ball per wrist, but you have a lot left over), CO 45...K3, P3 until you get the length you want...CO and leave a tail for seaming...Seam up from wrist to bottom of thumb, and again from top down to the thumb...I want to embellish these, but my attempts so far haven't been great...
I wanted to show the cat toys I've been making..I posted the directions the other day w/ no pics...
And lastly, check out my kitchen..The cats are loving the plants and paper, they zoom around and chase each other...I'm surprised no one has eaten anything yet...Its getting warmer and we'll prob move these out tonight or tomorrow...the chrysalis is in the bathroom staying warm and humid...I can see orange now, so its still alive and changing...It might just hatch this weekend..I hope I can get pics!
Posted by Donner at December 1, 2006 01:22 PM
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Donna, I too have thick, obnoxious, curly hair. The first couple of inches from my scalp are not real curly but it's thick and creates the poof effect, then the curls grow beyond that...yikes! BUT I have a solution for you!!! I've been using the hair straightening tool called the Maxiglide (my sister says it sounds like a sex toy!). At first, there was no way I was going to spend time styling my hair but I'm so glad I do. It's awesome. I have beautiful smooth hair now and can even cut it for the straight hair style that I always dreamed of. I just found this darned thing and I'm 50! I let my hair dry naturally and wear it for maybe a day to get that poof factor going. Then the next day I straighten it and just touch it up on days after that. It's changed my life and the 10 minutes of time on that first day is worth it to NOT hate my hair anymore. When I wear it curly now, I say "I used to wear my hair like THAT?????" It ain't cheap but it's worth every penny and doesn't damage hair even though it uses heat.
Posted by: Julie Vallejo at December 1, 2006 07:36 PM
Donna ... I love the wrist warmers .. is that the pattern from One Skein?? Were they a quick knit?
Sandy
PS .. love your web site!
Posted by: Sandra Lake at December 2, 2006 09:04 AM