I have this memory of a knitted collar my grandmother made, it was for a sweater she never finished, if they told me correctly. It was made from a super fuzzy, very very soft white yarn. I remember rubbing it against my cheek, so so soft (I was about 8 years old). I wonder what it was made of, mohair?

So, I am curious: What is the softest, fuzziest yarn you’ve ever found?

yay! Impress Rubber Stamps offers a party cracker kit (scroll half way down page) (looks like just the snaps and instructions). If you’re going for a larger amount, Olde English Crackers offers snaps in quantities of 100, they are located in the US. Impress Rubber Stamps also has Poly Shrink in clear, white and translucent (scroll more, after the snaps).

Sorry Shannon, I still don’t think they can ship to Canada!

I can’t keep up with all the great new knitting links, so go visit the latest from dangerous chunky, and check it out – she was linked to from a story in Bella Online about celebrity knitting, yay!

I’m enjoying reading about the transformation of the home office over at Digs Magazine, so far parts one and two are up (wherein they rip out the carpet and tile the floor with mexican tiles!).

Darn, I never got a chance to order from them. Impromptu Gourmet is shutting down. There is a similar company called Five Leaf which is still around though! via Girl Hacker

I’m back but I’m not all here yet. But look what happened while I was away, Safeway will now deliver to me, yay! Over the next few weeks I’ll be doing my taxes, arranging for apartment repairs, moving to a new apartment in a new town not too far away and therefore going through all the stuff I have managed to shove into little corners.

I would like to talk about the proliferation of jelly bean stuff popping up for Easter: those famous jell-o jelly bean molds, Jelly Belly has upped the official number of flavors to 50, and I something fun I found at the drugstore, plastic jelly bean shaped containers (like the plastic eggs), I couldn’t find a picture of them though.

Everyone is talking about self employment! Alex’s Another Girl At Play launched a week ago, Get Crafty put up Crafting for Cash by the fabulous Crafty Chica, and the new issue of Knitter’s Review is discussing Going Pro all this month.

When I decided to learn to knit I grabbed a bunch of stuff from my Grandmother’s supplies, among them was a set of #10 circulars in pink plastic:

I know there aren’t any plastic circulars on the market, now I’m wondering what these are made of. The roommate’s cat in college did like to chew on the cord (sorry grandma!) which makes me wonder if they are casein. But they don’t look like the pictures of Swallow Caseins I’ve seen. The cord is the same material as the needles themselves and is not detachable. And they don’t feel like my Pony Pearls. Do any of you wise knitters out there know what these might be made of?

today is International Women’s Day, go forth and read about it.

“It happened almost 140 years ago, on 8 March 1857. In one of the first organized actions by working women anywhere in the world, hundreds of women workers in garment and textile factories in New York City staged a strike against low wages, long working hours and inhumane working conditions. Fifty-three years later, in August 1910, at a meeting in Copenhagen, the Women’s Socialist International decided to commemorate the strike by observing an annual International Women’s Day.”

Everyone is linking to the Martha Stewart make your own marshmallow treats, there is a kit too. Jejune points out out the (rather alarming) crafts section of the Peeps website. Just look at those easter hats. Yikes.

yay! the band whose url I coveted finally put up a website, take a look at not martha the band

lustworthy shopping from indie biz via another girl at play and soapboxgirls

superhero designs jewelry

napcake pajamas

smoking lily clothing and accessories, on hand printed fabrics

beqi clothing and accessories

Hey look, you can know pre order the new edition of Vogue Knitting : The Ultimate Knitting Book.

I love the various colored M&Ms you can get at FAO Schwartz, so I’m delighted to find you can get them online too! They have 21 different colors and this neato color selector thingy [warning: flash]. Think of all the stuff you could use them with! Too bad they don’t have the old light brown so you could fashion your own retro M&Ms mix. Oh, and they are having another new color vote, none of them seem to fit with the current colors, yuck.

Has anyone ever ordered anything from eKnitting.com? I ordered some stuff, and despite their very positive assurances that it was backordered and would be here in 10 days, it’s been two months. Is it just me?