I’ve knit a bit more on mitt #1 since I posted. Not much, so no pic. That pic was with 4 rows of ribbing. I’m up to 8 now. Teeny needles+teenier yarn+1X1 ribbing= hours of monotonous, minuscule progress. But in 6 more rows I get to start the colourwork! I’m hoping that will go faster because it is interesting. Still don’t have the right needle though, so it doesn’t matter that I’m going slow.

I can’t remember where I orginially saw this linked, but have you seen CraftMemo? You sign up (free and fast!) and then you can enter all your craft supplies, so you’ve got a nicely sortable list! You can enter projects, and add supplies to them, so you can see what you need, add suppliers so you’ve got all their phone numbers together… It’s just great. I think I may sit down with this for a bit this weekend. It’s almost a good thing I don’t have all my craft supplies here, this way I only have a ‘little bit’ to enter.

Thinking of stuff… I bought craft books. I am weak. But I have two things to say in my defense:
1. I have combinitis, that disease where when you’re buying Christmas presents, you can’t help but add something for you into the basket, because ‘well, I’m buying here anyway. why come back later?’
2. They were 40% off. I think that on its own is pretty good.

We get 30% off stuff normally, but if it is going to be returned to the publisher (which books are if they sit on the shelf too long) we can pick it out of the piles in the back, and get 40% off. When the average discount a bookstore gets from the publisher is 44%-47%, they’re still making a dollar or two, which is better than just getting their money back.
This is why Amazon is driving smaller bookstores out of business. They sell so much, they can afford to make everything 37% off, because it makes up for it in volume. I can’t count the number of people who mention Amazon and then try to beat our prices down. We just can’t compete, don’t people get it? Gigantic warehouse vs. independent business is just no competition. Luckily enough people still like making purchases in an actual store that bookstores can stay in business. It will be a sad sad day when all that is left is Ch*pters and Amazon.

I know I link to Amazon if I do a book review, but it is the best source of information the public can get to. Maybe I’ll start linking to the publisher’s pages instead.

Oh yeah, the books I bought?
One Skein and
Beads Buttons and Bijoux

Both are more inspiration books. You know, the ones you flip through for the pictures, so you can make something ‘inspired by’ rather than following the pattern completely. Although I think I will have to make a cupcake or two from One Skein.
BBB is very much an inspirational book. I think I’ll do a better review over the weekend, with a scan or two. I really like them both.

And yes, I got Christmas books for other people too. The total savings on my bill? $56. <3