bondage? chainmail?

Isn't it interesting/exciting to consider new projects?

Crafty little bitch that I am! (snort) Consider dear reader, that my current SCA projects include dressing Isabel (AGAIN! she keeps growing) and feeding the Northshield Army a Roman Beef Feast during war week; I am looking forward to Fina and I are baking bread at Gimli (in a real oven from wild yeast!). I would like to finish the couched beadwork heraldic device I started two years ago but that just is so sloooow. My current mundane projects include writing the Wedding chapter of daBook and never finishing the crochet (baby Alpaca yarn... oooo) Ravenclaw scarf FOR ME! Does the garden count as a project?--enh not so much. In my mind--Projects need to be crafty, I don't know I guess gardening is a project. It is just that when I think new project I want to buy yarn. It is easy to want to buy yarn when I get email news letters from kick ass stores like Threadbear in Lansing.

"Habu Textiles – one of our first visits was a private appointment (prior to the opening of the sales floor) with the most gracious Takako Ueki, the US representative for this Japanese fiber vendor. Their yarns are most unusual (silks, stainless steel, mohairs, chenille made of cork, cottons, a paper yarn made of viscose, and more), their design sense is flawless, and (big surprise to Rob) the cost to make a garment is MOST affordable (most things are under $100, with only a few over that, like a stunning jacket for just over $150). We ordered kits, open stock yarns, patterns, and more, and best of all—WE SCHEDULED A TRUNK SHOW AND IN-STORE EVENT! Saturday and Sunday, September 22 and 23, Takako will be here in Lansing to host the trunk show (between 50 and 80 garments will be in the shop) and conduct one-hour workshops on how to use their yarns, how to read Japanese patterns, and how to achieve the best fit for you using their patterns and yarns. SIGN UP NOW SO YOU DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS SPECIAL EVENT... Workshops will be on Saturday (1pm, 3pm, and 5pm) and Sunday (11am, 1pm, and 3pm) and will last one hour each and cost just $10, but only ten participants will be in each session (e.g. they'll fill FAST—hurry up and sign up NOW)"


Japanese stainless steel yarn----oooooh I gotta git some of that!