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I am a Sock Machine

Well, I finally finished the purple Waving Lace Socks, like four months late.

Waving Lace Socks, Complete!

They turned out really nice. There is only one major mistake in them, that nobody but me will ever notice (and you can’t even really see in the picture), but I will tell you anyway: On the first sock for some reason on the heel I knit through the back of the loop when making the flap. It twisted the stitches and BUGS ME A LOT but is not actually all that noticeable.

Specs:
Pattern: Waving Lace Socks from Favorite Socks
Yarn: Knitpicks Essential in African Violet
Mods: I think they are half-a-repeat short in the leg and foot, if I recall correctly from LAST OCTOBER.

Anyway, I like them.

Waving Lace Socks, modeled.

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BEADY

Today I had to go to Brentwood so since I had to waste gas ($3.81/gal at the “cheap” Chevron station! WTF?) to drive twenty miles to get there, I stopped at the Michael’s in Antioch (at the Bypass and Lone Tree) and hit the motherlode. They’re having a pretty big sale – most things are 2/$5 or 2/$3, and the strand beads are 25% off.

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I don’t think the local Michael’s has the new stuff (the PH Michael’s is slow on the uptake and always has been; their buyer must not be on the ball – but the Antioch one is pretty good), so if you happen to be in Antioch, check it out. They had a ton of new Blue Moon charms and stuff, and new beads from the same brand that does their strand beads.

OH AND THAT REMINDS ME: At JoAnn’s in Park ‘N Shop, check out their strand beads – a lot of them are on clearance, including ALL of the resin. So pop over there and snag some beads, most strands are $1.97. (But some are not, so be careful what you grab.)

Um, now that I’ve promoted capitalism and blatant consumerism I’m done for the day.

(Oh and did you hear Magknits shut down? Sounds like a kerfuffle to me… Good thing I printed off the sock patterns I wanted from them.)

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PR on Lifetime?

Tim Gunn Doesn’t Know What Is Going On

Have you heard? Project Runway is moving to Lifetime.

I feel like I am being punk’d, except that April Fools was last week.

It seems a weird move, from Bravo to Lifetime (especially given Bravo’s gay-friendly network, not that Lifetime is unfriendly) but then you have to realize that PR is produced by the Weinstein Company, and let’s face it, the Weinsteins are a couple of asshats.

Crazy.

On the other hand, maybe three seasons of PR this year! I wouldn’t object to that, no way.