Yarnivorous

G'day all On Friday I finally finished Icarus! I started waaay back in umm 2006 in about September or so. It was lovely but I hadn't quite grokked charts and some weird counting problem had me put it down. Then the Christmas rush hit and we moved and yadda yadda yadda. Yesterday I blocked my little Icarus (3 fewer repeats of the ladder pattern cos I was worried about having enough yarn - HA! I used a little over 50% of the yarns I had!) I chose a road less travelled and used two colours. I didn't have enough of any one colour to complete it so I did the lacy part in plain blue. (not quite colour accurate - the blue is a cornflower blue) (the obligatory draped on the broccoli pic, again not accurate colour - too intense) I chose to bead every second point with these weird rectangular things - the other points just got some little seed beads. I am very pleased with it - it was my first real lace project. It has taken long enough to complete! The yarn is from Marta's...

G'day all! In fifteen minutes last night, disaster struck not just once but twice: a) the filling that has been giving me problems fell off! b) I stabbed myself in the rib joints with both the underwires in my bra. TMI? So now I have a whopping big hole on the side of a tooth and can't eat easily (not that I could before the filling fell off), and I have intercostal muscle spasms (the intercostals are the muscles between your ribs) so I keep thinking I'm having a heart attack (silly goose - if I press in certain spots, it releases the muscle for a while). But will that ruin my weekend? NO! I am going for a drive today with DH. We will go check out Natural Bridges and find the Monarch butterflies we've been told are overwintering there. Plus I shall visit a yarn shop (= happy me) that apparently has a good bakery next to it (= happy DH). Well that is the plan anyway. Why am I not seeing a dentist asap? Cos I can't find one that is open on Saturdays! Heck I coul...