Dear Blog,

Ahhhh! I missed last week! Where did last week go, anyway? This week is going to be a doozy, Safelite is doing their add campaign so call volume will be way up. I can more or less expect back to back for 5 hours instead of back to back for maybe 2 hours with 1-5 minutes inbetween calls for the other 3. *sigh*

In other news I have tons of knitting to show you! But absolutely no pictures. It's been grey and rainy here. At least it's not snowing!

Last night I had a random etsy splurge on some vintage buttons. After hearing Hello Knitty rave about the vintage buttons at greenrayprod yet again.

(photos from greenraypod)



Fan Dance "Eight metal buttons from the Victorian period, 1870-1890. A large braided metal rim surrounds a dyed red center, over which is placed a large multicolored stamped ornament of a fan." I love them! The red back makes them perfect for the Honeybee Cardigan that I plan on making out of my Malabrigo Sock in "Ravelry Red".


Four mother of peal buttons from 1900-1920. Love love love!

Have a lovely week!

Things

I love Etsy. It is an awesome website and I love finding what I need on it. If I'm going to spend my money on something I would much rather spend a little more on something hand made from a single person than something a little cheaper that comes from a factory. Case and point, the wooden buttons I purchased for my Shalom sweater. They are gorgeous.

Spalted Maple. Hand cut and sanded, finished with tung oil. (Only 2 out of the 7 because the other 5 are on my sweater!)

Spalted wood again, hand cut, sanded and finished with tung oil.

They feel so smooth and lovely and I LOVE how they look like little packages. They are light weight and perfect for knitted items as they won't weigh them down. Not only do I love them, but they came with a lovely personal thank you note from the maker. I bought them from A Remark You Made and I would definitely recommend her shop.

Another Etsy purchase I made was to buy a blue sock yarn for my Aeolian Shawl. I mentioned this earlier as my Knitting Olympic project. It starts tomorrow! I knew I wanted something with a silk content, but I wasn't sure what brand of yarn I wanted. When I read about Squoosh FiberArts over on The Knitty Vritti I decided to check it out and I found a delicious merino silk sock blend in "Depth". In the picture on the shop it looked almost teal, but when it arrived it wasn't teal at all.

However I love this color even more than the color in the photo. I immediately balled it up so it's all ready to cast on tomorrow! It will be a race against the clock to finish the shawl in time. ;-)

My last Etsy treasure is from the Yarn Chef. This actually isn't a purchase, I won it in the raffle at Sticks and Stitches that I went to back in January. I got to choose between some of her yarn and her fiber and I chose this lovely merino/tencel blend in "Mauve Maven".

She's actually a local dyer and works out of Columbus, OH which I love. Just look at the shiny! (Also I just polished up my wheel so it's looking pretty spiffy as well. ;-])


And there's just one last thing I wanted to share...

omgsnow.