{"id":1598,"date":"2008-04-27T19:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-27T23:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2008-04-27T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-27T23:56:00","slug":"busy-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1598","title":{"rendered":"Busy weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>A lot went on this weekend. Saturday morning, I hit a few yard sales on my way to the post office. I needed a few supplies for dyeing fiber on Sunday, and yard sales are gold mines for that sort of thing. I found a $1 enamel pot and a $2 extra wide crock pot marked “as-is.” Score! I plugged the crock pot in before I bought it, and it worked just fine. Here it is in action.
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\nThere was one other item I picked up, which I just couldn’t resist. These little ceramic saucers from a house a few blocks away. I probably wouldn’t have bought them if they weren’t marked “Made in Occupied Japan<\/a>.” They were two dollars for the set of three, and one not pictured had a chip. But they are pretty, and they make me think about that time in America’s history. I chatted for a moment with the older couple holding the sale. I said I’d take them, and the wife said, “you’re breaking his heart!” It was a joke, but you could also tell that it really wasn’t. I promised to give them a good home. You just know there’s a story there, but I didn’t think to ask what it was until I was gone.
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\nI spent most of Saturday running around being sure I had things – I’d rather not use our food steamer basket for the acid-dyed yarn, thank you – but that was fine. Since Em and my husband off having a blast at the Storytelling Festival of Carolina<\/a>, I felt free to do whatever the heck I wanted without worrying about them. Sometimes that’s a good thing.<\/p>\n

I did stay up late on Saturday, but still got up on Sunday morning for an abbreviated walk\/run. Not quite up to usual standards – I’d classify this as “white zinfandel.” My knees are getting me some today, but I don’t know if it’s from the running or from standing up all day. We’ll see how they are tomorrow.
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\n<\/a>The hat I’d been working on has been ripped out and reborn as “My So-Called Scarf.”<\/a> It’s a better use of the yarn, but I’m still not entirely sure it’s the best. Still thinking about it.<\/p>\n

I have to wait for my fiber to dry before I can post pics and talk about the dyeing event. I’ll say this, though – it was fun!
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