Yay! Today i recieved the 4 skeins of recycled sari silk yarn i ordered off of e-bay, as well as my new boye electric yarn ball winder! I'm so absolutely excited! as soon as i got it off my porch i plugged that bad boy in and spun my sari silk yarn into 2 tidy balls.
My review of the Boye electric yarn ball winder? i like it. BUT...
it's good if you wind your skeins into balls,however don't expect to roll big balls on it, i was gonna go crazy and wind all of my caron one pounders into tidy center pull balls so i could fit them in drawers easier, but after a little while the winder started to freak out and the ball fell off the winder. So i recommend that if you are going to wind like a lb or more to get one of the hand powered ones, they come in different sizes and are Waaaay cheaper.
The good side. it DOES an absolutely awesome job at making center pull yarn balls without making them so tight that it stretches the yarn, why don't you want your yarn to stretch? because if you work on a project with the yarn that has been stretched, your project will come out one size and once the yarn goes back to its original state the project will be a different size and that my dear friends, is incredibly annoying. This little gadget is a plus for me.
So i started on some new projects today, because since it's Yule season and i am absolutely broke, people are getting stuff that i actually have supplies to make, and i have TONS of yarn. I am absolute yarn-a-holic, and recently i've been on E-bay going absolutely nuts purchasing huge lots of yarn. in almost every color. So for my Aunt-in-law, and my wonderful mother-in-law i'm making crocheted bingo bags, i found an awesome pattern through Crochet pattern central, I'm really excited about this project because it's something very useful. I will definitely post pictures when i am done, one of them is going to be "Pittsburgh Penguins" themed (for my aunt-in-law), they are her favorite hockey team. I still don't know what color to make my Mother-in-law's bag but i am sure i will figure it out at some point.
A couple of days ago i purchased these wonderful patterns from one of my favorite etsy shops and I think this is going to be one of the best things i will make this Yule season. The Yo Gabba Gabba crew, sans DJ Lance though. I had already crocheted a Muno for my son a couple of weeks ago but i messed that up royally, what with the color option and i just couldn't get the eye right for some reason, so today i started making Muno for a second time, when i'm done with him i will start with Brobee. I'm so excited about this project because my son absolutely loves YGG, and i know he will go crazy once he has the whole set. i PROMISE to post pictures once i finish them.
Alright that's it for now, See you guys again soon!
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