Crazy Crafty… Again

I’m going all crazy crafty again. I think the light at the end of the degree tunnel is giving me a false sense of freedom.

Mom bought me a new sewing machine when she visited me in November. I’d finally had enough of my old one that I’d purchased while in college. (Moment of silence for the 3000 lb machine that Jen and I dragged home from Rosedale (?). I gave the machine to a deserving home (I think) through FreeCycle Phoenix.

I’m currently about 90% done with J’s afghan. Pics soon, I hope.

I found this crazy yarn at Michael’s, called “Matrix“. When I saw it, I knew I had to have it. When I started working with it, I almost threw it out of the window. It is unlike any yarn I have ever used (though I am really a newbie at crocheting, even though I’ve been doing it for years). It’s a ladder yard, which means that it is like crocheting with two strands of super slippery yarn at once that keeps getting snagged by the needle. Now that I am getting used to it, I kind of like it. I’m using “Browser Blue” for the skinny scarf (the short one, 1 ball), and I am thinking about one of the shawls. So much yarn, so little time.

I’m dreaming of turning the garage into a dyeing studio…