catch up

I'm adding lots of new stuff to the store today, but had to take a little break to get a drink and view a couple of the blogs I read.

I was going to post pictures of my disappointing needles, recently won on eBay, but that will have to wait until later. I just read something astounding and want to share.

Did you know that consumers saved more than 19 BILLION dollars on eBay last year? Well, I didn't either, but you can read about it here.

Ya'll know I sell on eBay, so I try to keep up with what's happening there. And I buy lots of stuff there--things I know I'll never find in stores, like my very favorite knitting needles that are no longer made. But I was just blown away to discover that you and I have been saving so much--and I'd like to give us a little online pat-on-the-back for being such good shoppers!

Meanwhile, I started a lace project out of some wonderful Cherry Tree Hill Cascade silk yarn, in the Spring Frost colorway. I'll post a couple pictures soon (along with those knitting needles)--
but first, I have to untangle the mess that my Bungee made of it this afternoon. (That's Bungee in the picture--sorry about the Children of the Corn eyes--helping me take down the Christmas tree.)

When I went out to the kitchen on my little break, I found a bread crumb trail of thin yarn. It led to Bungee, who was running around the house with my newly cast-on lace in his mouth. This explains why all my yarn is stored in a room with a closed door that has a scratched away patch of carpet in front of it. (He doesn't bother other closed doors on closets, etc.,--only the room where he knows there is yarn. He is a devil.)

Somehow, in what must be a talent only a yarn-obsessed cat possesses, Bungee managed to pull my stowed away project out of the ornate grid on the front of the cabinet where I hide it every night. It's not fair.

My cat is smarter than I am.