April fools & Yes, we find ourselves highly amusing (someone has to)

faythe: omg did you read the yarn harlot's post?

rayleen: noi
nio
no
grr

faythe: it's not her post so much, it's the link about yarn made from special duck feathers

rayleen: really!

faythe: $193 for 25 yeards
yards

rayleen: !!!

faythe: in laceweight
the feathers are smaller than cashmere and super soft

rayleen: that's more expensive than quivit
or however you spell it

faythe: OMG
It takes a skilled fiber-plucker between six and seven hours to remove all the fibers from one feather;
and
and it takes approximately 212 feathers (or 1,484 hours) to obtain enough fibers to create one skein of Quackmere Classic.

rayleen: damn.
that's pretty amazing
i'd like to feel it

faythe: yeah me too

rayleen: what could you make with 25 yards??
i guess, maybe a trim?

faythe: yeah, I guess. oh, maybe some baby socks?
but why waste that on a baby??
they plan to make blends

rayleen: i don't know

faythe: OMG you can get a free sample
clicking
AH CRAP{
I HATE APRIL FOOL'S DAY
IT'S ALL A JOKE
GAAAAAAAAAAAHHH
FUCKING APRIL FOOL'S DAY
DAMN IT

rayleen: AAAA HAHAH AHAHAHAHAHH!!!!!

faythe: .

rayleen: that's hilarious!!!!!

faythe: IT IS NOT FUNNY

rayleen: AAA AHAHAAAAAAAAA

faythe: * SULKS *

rayleen: snickering
a lot
hehehe
wait till i tell aimee

faythe: GAAAAAAAH

rayleen: hehehehe
hehe

faythe: .

rayleen: are you going to leave a comment?

faythe: no.
I am going to try and pretend that it never happened

rayleen: when did she write it?
i don't see it on her blog.

faythe: yo uhave to click on the link
she didn't write it her friend did

rayleen: oh, Clara?
ok.
hehe
oh, check my facebook update when you have a chance.

faythe: the swimming?

rayleen: i updated it.



faythe: checking
GAAAAAAAAAAAHHH
.
* MAJOR STINKEYE *

rayleen: HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

faythe: I commented
I just hope ryan doesn't see that because I'll never hear the end of it.

Faythe's here!

Today I picked Faythe up from the airport an hour late due to traffic caused by a marathon. I had no idea it was this weekend and when I saw a sign warning me about stops on the 8 freeway, I was totally clueless to the traffic ahead of me. It was a stressful drive, worse than most commute to or from work.

After we picked up Faythe and ate lunch, we went to a yarn store! It was great shopping with someone that appreciates wool, not someone who only likes black or gray. I learned from one of the employee's that the building that housed the Malabrigo mill caught on fire May 29th. For more info, check out their home page here. If you don't know Malabrigo yarn, you should. It's extremely soft and gorgeous! I picked up a few hanks, two for hats and two for a lace project. If you're planning on buying any Malabrigo, I hear it's possible it might be a little scarce to find so get it while you can. My "informant" could be wrong though. You know how it all went down with Cotton-Ease.

Tonight a neighbor was approached by a hooker (though I think he knew she was a hooker and just wasn't willing to pay her $50 price), Faythe got a good photo of a girl in a bikini riding a bike (I don't care who you are, that's never a flattering look), and we ate a little soul food cooked by Apollo and Tee. If you know anything about their cooking, you know one of them cooks delicious food, the other, well, can cause diarrhea.

I'll let you know how that goes tomorrow. :I

Fun cow fact for Faythe

So today I went to Needlecraft Cottage to pick up some needles and walked out with extras, as usual. I decided to try two new yarns, something that's more suitable for summer. Of course I have no idea what that is, but I just wanted to try something new and any excuse to buy more knitting-crack is a good one.

The first yarn I chose is Maizy which is 82% corn fiber and 18% elastic nylon. It feels like soft cotton and looks like it will require a smaller needle I'm hoping to make something for my aunt who appreciates the more earthy things in life. You know, like medical marijuana.

The other yarn is Panda Silk in "Denim Tones." It's 52% bamboo, 43% superwash merino wool and 5% combed silk. The silk gives it a nice shine, the bamboo gives it that cottony feeling and I'm sure the wool makes it strong. And you know what? It stinks! OK, well not that bad but it definitely has it's own unique odor.

After I finish up these baby socks I'll cast on. I've decided I'm going to miss my self imposed Mothers Day deadline anyway so I might as well cast on a couple more pair and send them all at once.

Meanwhile I just saw Mike Rowe artificially inseminate a cow on Dirty Jobs. Did you know they stick their arm in the cow's butt? They do so they can feel for the uterus. Then they stick the little metal stick (it's super thin) in the cow's hoo hoo and drop off the semen. Fun!