Everywhere a book book. Only the bathroom and the dining room don't house books here at Chez Turtle. I'm a book whore. What can I say? Speaking of whores, let us begin our blogstalking adventure in the bedroom. Heh.
Here we have the entertainment books on the top shelf (yes, deodorant too, apparently), Spiritual/Religious books in the middle and yearbooks on the bottom. Somehow, this combination makes sense to me in some twisted way. No, my priorities in life are not Freddie Mercury, God, and the evolution of my hair from kindergarten through college. Anyway, onto the corner of the room where I hid my college textbooks.
That's the thing about being a science major. Research is always being done and textbooks are constantly being updated. I couldn't even sell these back at the end of the semester if I wanted too. The bookstores didn't know whether or not it would be used the following year. I'm loathe to be rid of them. I do enjoy occasionally leafing through them. Especially my Zoology book. Alas, Administrative Assistants rarely need to know their genus from their species.
In the kitchen, I even have a small collection of cookbooks! Shock!
Hey, where's my "Cooking for Dummies" book?
Ah, hiding behind a magazine.
It really is for dummies. It even tells you how to boil water. For real.
In the living room, we have my main book collection. Fiction and non. (click and look at a bigger pic through flickr to see the titles)
The plants on top, from left to right are a mishmash of philodendrons, African Violets, an Orchid (that I got for $5 on the bargain table of the local greenery. It's about to sprout a stem for the first time in 4 years at least.) And finally, a Dieffenbachia picta Camilla. It's recently been hacked back since it was getting leggy. It's on it's way back to bushy health. And how do I know it's full name? Well, onto my office.
The Dictionary/Thesaurus I got at my high school graduation for having perfect attendance for at least 4 years. I actually had it back to 6th grade I think. I could count the days I missed. My sister only missed one day of school through her whole career. It was the one day they went to the house of history on a field trip. She had scarlet fever. She also missed a day her senior year because activities related to gaining admission to the Naval Academy. But that didn't count since it was school related. Or something. Anyway. Next to that we have my interior design books (looking around, you can tell I haven't really used them) then my - oh hey! There's my college diploma! My tape collection, and finally - my plant books. As well as a beginner spanish book and a cocktail guide. Heh. But you're here for the knitting books aren't ya? Across the room, we have a better collection of knitting books than most bookstores or LYSs.
Again, click to read the titles. I keep the magazines and binders with all my knitty patterns and whatnot on the bottom shelf. And there, my friends, is my entire book collection. Anyone need to borrow a book? Heh.
Yarndex describes Dream as "A worsted weight, plied yarn. Made of 80% wool and 20% nylon, each yarn has a sheen. Suited to making hats, scarves, shawls, wraps, sweaters, tank tops, vests and cardigans. It can be hand washed and dried flat. Can be used individually or combined with other yarns. "
Holy Hell I'm not sure I want to make a sweater out of this stuff. It says it's worsted weight, and that it's 20 stitches over 4 inches but damn. It seems like that would make it fairly see through. Certainly not a dense fabric. I'll have to swatch it and see. Oh wait - I just found A Website that mentions that gauge is double stranded. That explains a lot. Feh, I think I'll still try out some socks. What do y'all think? Will that work? It's wool and nylon, can't be that far out there to think it'd make some cool socks. Anyway, onto the pr0n. You can also view these in full size in This Photoset. Enjoy. And please do leave me some feedback as to it's potential as socks or even something completely different.
