We're crafty.

To get the incredibly nerdy news out of the way first - I SAW JOHN BARROWMAN.

YES, THIS WARRANTS ALLCAPS.

Went to a taping of How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? on which the Barrowman is a celebrity judge - we were less than ten feet away. He acknowledged our existence when we waved 'I <3 JOHN' banners. He pointed and grinned and chuckled. We made him laugh.



I'm in heaven.

The Barrowman capped off a weekend of Epic Crafty, as Nik called it. He crashed at my place for the weekend and we got our craft on. He finished his very first project - third project he'd started, first he'd finished. The felted military belt from Knitting With Balls. It turned out pretty good, actually, if a bit too long. We picked up a bunch of craft supplies from WalMart and Michaels, and I taught Nik how to reskein yarn into usuable balls while I did the same to the skein of Red Heart LusterSheen that he bought me - what a pleasant boy, he'll make a good little manwife at some point.







Oh, Red Heart. You behave so very unnaturally. The name 'LusterSheen' just makes me giggle, it sounds like such a newspeak, distopian future kind of word. Superplusgood colourway.

After fun with fibre, it was on to fun with dye. We played around with a couple colours of dye, elastic bands, paint brushes, and bleach, and we came up with these little beauties:



I think they turned out quite well, actually. I might start dyeing yarn, once I get the stash down a bit. I have to go on a yarn diet. It's getting to the point of ridiculous, truly. The only yarn I should buy now is more KnitPicks Wool of the Andes to finish my cardigan, but that's it. Oh yes, there is a yarny portion to this post, I haven't rambled completely off into a corner. I finished off my second pair of Evangelines, and they're so adorable and dykey. I can't get enough of them, and they still make me feel like Wonder Woman:



And that selfish project done, I immediately cast on another one. The Shetland Triangle from Wrap Style, already on to the second pattern repeat.



This is my Zephyr Jaggerspun Wool-Silk Laceweight in the Labrador colourway. I? Am in love. The yarn is a dream, and the pattern is so simple but so beautiful. I want to have Evelyn Clark's babies. I can't wait to show it off at the SnB tonight. I've heard it's a quick knit, and I hope so. Apparently there's only eight pattern repeats, so I'm wondering how big it's going to be. I do have 670yds, so I have enough to add an extra repeat, which I may end up doing. We'll see how she goes.

And right now this one is going to mow the lawn before heading down to Port Credit for the Stitch 'n' Bitch. Gotta scrape up the change to pay for my pizza!

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