I can not believe

That in my entire stash of floss, fiber and such, I have no black
metallic - be it floss, fine braid or blending filament. I do have some RG
ribbon, but that's too wide for what I want to do.

Just thought I'd give you all a laugh - hundreds of skeins of stuff, an no
black or grays in a metallic look. And the rayon didn't quite cut it..


Hopefully, today or tomorrow I'll have a chance to hit a big box store* and
hopefully find something!!


Cheryl



*yes, I'd rather go to my not-so-LNS, but I'm out straight until school
starts and K leaves for college and I'm almost there creating something that
looks like granite that I don't want to wait two + weeks

On Aug 17, 5:30*am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
* * That in my entire stash of floss, fiber and such, I have no black
metallic - be it floss, fine braid or blending filament. I do have some RG
ribbon, but that's too wide for what I want to do.

Just thought I'd give you all a laugh - hundreds of skeins of stuff, an no
black or grays in a metallic look. And the rayon didn't quite cut it..

Hopefully, today or tomorrow I'll have a chance to hit a big box store* and
hopefully find something!!

Cheryl

**yes, I'd rather go to my not-so-LNS, but I'm out straight until school
starts and K leaves for college and I'm almost there creating something that
looks like granite that I don't want to wait two + weeks

LOL I know what you mean - no matter how much you have, there's always
SOMETHING you still need. Poor John is still new to all this, and
when I was setting up the Celestial Dragon I mentioned that I had to
go to the store. He gave my mountain of "spares" a baffled look and
asked "don't you have enough?!"

God I love that man.....

A

On 8/17/10 11:05 AM, in article
, "Lynoth"
wrote:

On Aug 17, 5:30*am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
* * That in my entire stash of floss, fiber and such, I have no black
metallic - be it floss, fine braid or blending filament. I do have some RG
ribbon, but that's too wide for what I want to do.

Just thought I'd give you all a laugh - hundreds of skeins of stuff, an no
black or grays in a metallic look. And the rayon didn't quite cut it..

Hopefully, today or tomorrow I'll have a chance to hit a big box store* and
hopefully find something!!

Cheryl

**yes, I'd rather go to my not-so-LNS, but I'm out straight until school
starts and K leaves for college and I'm almost there creating something that
looks like granite that I don't want to wait two + weeks

LOL I know what you mean - no matter how much you have, there's always
SOMETHING you still need. Poor John is still new to all this, and
when I was setting up the Celestial Dragon I mentioned that I had to
go to the store. He gave my mountain of "spares" a baffled look and
asked "don't you have enough?!"

God I love that man.....

A

Sounds like my husband

On 8/20/10 7:03 PM, in article , "Ellice
K." wrote:

On 8/20/10 4:31 PM, in article ,
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote:

Worst, even with my "best intentions" I haven't had time to go to anywhere
to find the "right thing". I tried again with the black ribbon, but it's
still needs something...maybe I'll try the white metallic with it... LOL

C

I have a fair smattering of different blacks - want me to send you
something?

Sure go for it!
I'll commisserate - I needed more size 20 needles. I cannot
find the little zip case that has my huge back-up stash of needles, waxers,
counting pins, etc. So, on Sunday as we went to the Farmer's Mkt, I
mentioned this to DH. And moaned about going to AC Moore (~ 5-6 mi from
house) to get needles which would be DMC needles that I don't really like.
And as we looked at the VA Wineries guide, I happened to mention there being
a shop in Haymarket ...so he said, what the heck - let's go. I said, I
cannot justify a 20 mile 1-way drive for a package of needles - but he
insisted ...so off we went. OTOH, the shop is lovely, lots of great
knitting stuff I resisted, I got some needles (even if they aren't petites),
and we found "Pickle Bob's Soft-Serve Ice Cream" - definitely not on the
Weight Watcher's plan (as in skipped dinner after). Sorry - sometimes these
things just happen.

For the curious:
http://www.picklebobs.com/

And it's only about 2 blocks from Needles in the Haymarket. It was amazing
watching DH try to eat a large, butterscotch dipped cone. Quite a feat.

That would have been amusing.

Poor DD, while she has the palate expander and braces, she's not allowed
anything sticky.
But, her squirrel impression is very true to nature!

C

On 8/22/10 8:11 AM, in article ,
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote:

On 8/20/10 7:03 PM, in article , "Ellice
K." wrote:

On 8/20/10 4:31 PM, in article ,
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote:

Worst, even with my "best intentions" I haven't had time to go to anywhere
to find the "right thing". I tried again with the black ribbon, but it's
still needs something...maybe I'll try the white metallic with it... LOL

C

I have a fair smattering of different blacks - want me to send you
something?

Sure go for it!

How much do you need - as in just a couple of yards, or a whole spool/card?

I'll commisserate - I needed more size 20 needles. I cannot
find the little zip case that has my huge back-up stash of needles, waxers,
counting pins, etc. So, on Sunday as we went to the Farmer's Mkt, I
mentioned this to DH. And moaned about going to AC Moore (~ 5-6 mi from
house) to get needles which would be DMC needles that I don't really like.
And as we looked at the VA Wineries guide, I happened to mention there being
a shop in Haymarket ...so he said, what the heck - let's go. I said, I
cannot justify a 20 mile 1-way drive for a package of needles - but he
insisted ...so off we went. OTOH, the shop is lovely, lots of great
knitting stuff I resisted, I got some needles (even if they aren't petites),
and we found "Pickle Bob's Soft-Serve Ice Cream" - definitely not on the
Weight Watcher's plan (as in skipped dinner after). Sorry - sometimes these
things just happen.

For the curious:
http://www.picklebobs.com/

And it's only about 2 blocks from Needles in the Haymarket. It was amazing
watching DH try to eat a large, butterscotch dipped cone. Quite a feat.

That would have been amusing.

That it was. Especially when after trying to use their hose out-back -
which would have shot him to the next county - he had to go over to the
Sheetz (gas station) across the lot and get washed up in their restroom. It
was a child-like sticky mess!

Poor DD, while she has the palate expander and braces, she's not allowed
anything sticky.
But, her squirrel impression is very true to nature!

C

LOL - I bet. But, it'll be worth it.

Ellice

On 8/22/10 9:39 AM, in article , "Ellice
K." wrote:

On 8/22/10 8:11 AM, in article ,
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote:

On 8/20/10 7:03 PM, in article , "Ellice
K." wrote:

On 8/20/10 4:31 PM, in article ,
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote:

Worst, even with my "best intentions" I haven't had time to go to anywhere
to find the "right thing". I tried again with the black ribbon, but it's
still needs something...maybe I'll try the white metallic with it... LOL

C

I have a fair smattering of different blacks - want me to send you
something?

Sure go for it!

How much do you need - as in just a couple of yards, or a whole spool/card?
A couple of yards would just about do it!

I'll commisserate - I needed more size 20 needles. I cannot
find the little zip case that has my huge back-up stash of needles, waxers,
counting pins, etc. So, on Sunday as we went to the Farmer's Mkt, I
mentioned this to DH. And moaned about going to AC Moore (~ 5-6 mi from
house) to get needles which would be DMC needles that I don't really like.
And as we looked at the VA Wineries guide, I happened to mention there being
a shop in Haymarket ...so he said, what the heck - let's go. I said, I
cannot justify a 20 mile 1-way drive for a package of needles - but he
insisted ...so off we went. OTOH, the shop is lovely, lots of great
knitting stuff I resisted, I got some needles (even if they aren't petites),
and we found "Pickle Bob's Soft-Serve Ice Cream" - definitely not on the
Weight Watcher's plan (as in skipped dinner after). Sorry - sometimes these
things just happen.

For the curious:
http://www.picklebobs.com/

And it's only about 2 blocks from Needles in the Haymarket. It was amazing
watching DH try to eat a large, butterscotch dipped cone. Quite a feat.

That would have been amusing.

That it was. Especially when after trying to use their hose out-back -
which would have shot him to the next county - he had to go over to the
Sheetz (gas station) across the lot and get washed up in their restroom. It
was a child-like sticky mess!
Snort!

Poor DD, while she has the palate expander and braces, she's not allowed
anything sticky.
But, her squirrel impression is very true to nature!

C

LOL - I bet. But, it'll be worth it.

I sure hope so, finding soft food for her is getting tough and she's
waterpiking after she eats anything!

C