A Little Yarn On The Side

Okay, so in March I failed dismally on my March Sweater Madness, keeping up with the ornaments, the sewing streak, and just pretty much anything crafting related.  But I swear to do better this month.  Ahem... There was a last-minute ornament catch-up frenzy, which still didn't get me to 90, but I did reach 70 so ended less than a month behind.  There was a second tree ornament: which would look better with a flat star button, but as usual, I don't have any of those.  There were also 6 new treble clef lace ornament, which I hope will STOP smelling like desperation once the stabilizer is soaked away.  Today I decided to try some of the new ornaments Andy gave me for Christmas, so while I write, Jeeves is merrily working away, on what will hopefully look like this: Okay, I don't actually know what eggs have to do with Christmas, but it was the only pattern that didn't require applique, and I wanted to figure out one step at a time.  Somehow o...

This arrived in the mail yesterday: This is the second catalog I've received from Knit Picks since their security breach was made public (and when I say that, I of course mean when KNITTERS made it public because Knit Picks didn't until AFTER the knitters found out).  More than 6 weeks later and WELL outside the legal limits now, NO ONE has reported receiving the letter Knit Picks said they sent.  NO ONE.   So, they lied.   One of the knitters I know through Ravelry who had her info swiped in the Knit Picks fiasco who contacted the Attorney General's office of her state.  By that state's laws, Knit Picks was required to have contacted by mail everyone who had done business with them in the year prior.  The Attorney General's office sent Knit Picks a letter which Knit Picks had 10 days to respond to, and Knit Picks couldn't be bothered to respond to the Attorney General's office either.   Okay, I could understand them being jerks who di...