New toy!
Yeah, not actually new, but new to me, and best of all...FREE. The lady next door is selling her place and moving away, and as part of the clean up, put this thing out on the street...yes, as trash. Can you imagine that? Lunacy I tells ya. So I, of course, snapped this baby right up, so fast in fact that she had to knock on my door a few minutes later to give me all the various bits and sundry pieces that they hadn't had time to carry out yet. This thing feels like the '57 Chevy of sewing machines and it weighs a TON, but woohoo! New sewing machine AND TABLE. Gotta love that. Hell, even if I end up hating the sewing machine, I can toss it and put my crappy cheap-assed machine in here. Assuming I ever find it in The Black Hole* of course.
So, inspired by this and Carolyn (yes, those of you who saw it earlier, I DID come back and change this. Shut UP, I did SO know her name wasn't Caroline, I'm just a dumbass. Really, really sorry, Carolyn, really.) I got me some quilty goodies:
No decisions yet on which of the quilts in the Modern Quilt book I'll make, but I've definitely been itching to get back at the sewing machine for a while now.
How about a knitting picture? Remember the little kid socks I mentioned FOREVER ago? Ahem, so yeah - it's taken over a month to get a picture up here, but look! Ain't they just the cutest?
Specifics:
Pattern: Standard Ann Budd sock, only way, way smaller than usual and with a little 5 row rolled top added above the ribbing. Just for fun.
Yarn: Elann's Cotton Colori in Cancun Fiesta, and I'm pretty sure I didn't even use half a ball for the pair.
Needles: US #1 Addi turbo (2 circulars)
He asked for rainbow socks.........
Finally, speaking of the nice neighbor-lady and her move, anyone who's looking to move to the hip and exciting neighborhood of Spring Hill, Somerville, do I have the scoop for you! Attached single family home, townhouse style (uh huh, no one above or below you and a brick firewall between you and your neighbors) 2-3 bedrooms, small front and back yards, full basement, private driveway, two car garage(stone), and seriously cool neighbors (if I do say so myself). The place was renovated a bit in the (i think) 80's, so your bathroom and kitchen will look way, way better than ours. Hell, they even call them "modern" in the listing. I can also attest that she just had the hardwood floors redone...phew! It's a mere 10-15 minute walk from Harvard, Porter, AND Union Squares and 20 mins walk from Davis (that's 3, count 'em, THREE yarn stores in walking distance), good bus service (about 5 mins from each of the aforementioned squares by auto), and lots of local color. We don't have any fun crack houses, but we do have a resident crazy lady on our street, so we've got THAT going for us. Um, OK, so it's not really all that hip, but it IS a great neighborhood.
* My basement full-o-boxes.
That definitely is a score, those older/newer machines were work horses. IN fact I think my sister still has her Kenmore from high school, um, say 20 some plus years ago. Hopefully it will work well for you.
Cute socks.
Posted by: Rebekah | August 02, 2005 at 03:51 PM
That thing will go forever. AND a table?!? Super score! I suppose the you could take it to the sewing-machine store in Davis for a tune-up. Might be a good idea....
Posted by: Colleen | August 02, 2005 at 04:58 PM
Great score! The table alone is worth it! I'm a huge fan of older workhorse sewing machines, the one I use is the same one my mum bought when I was 3 yrs old (so yeah, it's over 30 years old)and she still runs like a dream. A good tune up and yours probably will too.
I'm keen to know which quilt you'll choose.
Posted by: caro | August 02, 2005 at 05:09 PM