Has anyone done any printing with a Gocco printer?  I'm considering buying one to do my wedding invitations. 

my dad wants to know what i want for christmas other than money, so i am going to tell him that i want an embroidery start-up kit.

what was the name of that website with the woman whose designs were being stolen?  she has a really cool site and i want my dad to get me her start-up kit, but i can't think of the site for the life of me!

oh man. i really really needed the laugh you just gave me!  i'm very sorry this happened, though. 

i know this isn't craft related, but the science theme of your story just reminded me of an experiment gone bad.  i was about 10 and really into science experiments.  my mom had this old timey glass and mercury thermometer.  i was always fascinated by this and would take my temperature ALL THE TIME.  but i could never get it to go really high.  you know, like on the cartoons.  so i got the blow dryer. 

that thermometer broke so fast.  my mom was outside at the time.  i remember how funny the mercury looked as i vacuumed it up.  i didn't tell her until she was looking for the thermometer a few weeks later.  i still have two little scars from the glass on my wrist and i probably poisoned some drinking water when we through out the vacuum cleaner bag.

i found the bigga yarn online:

http://www.yarn-shop.co.uk/

i think i might buy some today.  it's already 47F in Chicago and I've not done any scarves yet!

Tere, how many skeins of the bigga yarn did you use?



edit: i put the wrong link. it's fixed now.

i LOVE that first bag.  normally i don't respond by just saying i love something, but that bag is great! 

aaahhhh!  this blanket is taking me forever!  it's seriously the most boring and tedious project i've ever worked on!   i joined the knit-a-long, but for some reason, my email isn't working...so i can't respond to the blogspot thingy.  i'm not even half way through this thing and my friends had their baby last week.  so i'm trucking away this weeking when i go to florida!

i'm not sure about frogging it from the collar (i'm a beginner knitter), but do you think you could block it to make it look more like a cowl neck rather than a turtle neck?  you know, kind of make it look like you intended for the collar to be big?

i HAVE to know where you got those shoes!  I LOVE THEM!  i have a few pairs of red shoes...but those are the kind of shoes i've been looking for!  (sorry this isn't craft related!)

i desperatly wanted to make one with wheatgrass in it (a little stone temple or buddha amongst the grass sounded like a nice image) but i can't find wheatgrass anywhere!!!  the herb idea is nice though.  if only i could keep herbs alive  (i tried rosemary, because it's almost impossible to kill where i live in az and yep... i killed it)

aw. don't worry.  actually, rosemary can be pretty tempermental.  if you want to try growing herbs, dill is really easy (although it takes a while for the seeds to germinate) as are oregano and basil.  i've been successful with the latter two every time i've tried.  

my boyfriend and i have at least three hip engaged couples to give gifts to this summer.  this is a great idea.

you could alter this idea slightly and make up little herb gardens (just be sure to plant herbs that work well together. for example, keep fennel and dill away from eachother!)