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February 11, 2007
How delightful...
Working upstairs yesterday was worth every minute...there are only a few boxes left to be unpacked..Brian thinks we emptied 10 or so...of course the stuff is just in 'areas' - all the yarn is in one spot, all my heavy duty tools (grinders, vices, drills) are in another, the sewing machine/serger area is getting setup...there's still a bit of work to do, but its coming along...I looked thru IKEA last night and the only thing that jumped at me was a red/pink sofa that would look groovy up here...so Brian is going to design my storage solution for me...he's better at that than I am anyway...I'd just buy a bunch of bins at Target and be done with it..not very attractive...we'd like the upstairs to look pleasant, not like a garage, so we need pretty shelves and tables...its definitely a work in progress..
Speaking of...the clogs are felted...the first trip thru the machine, they came out great...except they needed more aggitation to really felt the material down..if it was a bag, I'd probably have just left it as is, but seeing as how I'll be stepping on these, I didn't want the soles to wear out quicker than needed...so thru the machine again they went...and this time, they came out much tighter - however, they also came out a tad small...the left clog was actually perfect, but the right clog is probably a size 9..I stretched my foot into it while it was still pliable and I think its back to about a 9.5, which is actually my shoe size (but I rarely find 9.5s so I just buy 10s)...pics prob tomorrow, as we are heading out to run some errands, hit a yarn shop or two and Brian has some work he needs to do across Austin which will take awhile...we were going to work in the yard, but its grey and chilly and might rain...every weekend we want to work, something keeps us from it...we must get these roses in the ground soon...they are all blooming and putting on new growth...I need to haul out my tiller and get to work...its gonna be icky all week, tho...bah...
Posted by Donner at February 11, 2007 10:21 AM
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Yeah, the S'mores kit was a bit of a joke, but I think they really do sell 'em. (I don't get it either.) I can't wait to see your finished clogs. I admit, that and the top down knitting are the classes that I totally want to take that I just haven't been able to yet.
Posted by: Tara at February 11, 2007 03:08 PM