Here we have some things I bought from Ebay, in my first international transaction!:
* a pair of 25mm needles in a really cool, sparkly golden-yellow colour. They are not as long as I thought they would be, but oh well. They are still pretty cool!
* a set of 3 stitch-holders. You can never have too many. And these are different sizes/colours, so even better.
* 2 packets of point protectors (4 in each packet; only 1 packet shown). These are really handy! They fit over the point of your needles, and they work to: a) stop the points ruining the bag you keep the knitting in; b) stop the points from poking you at random when transporting the knitting, sticking your hand in the bag, etc; c) stop the knitting from sliding off the end of the needles - the most important function for me!! They seemed quite small, but they're made of rubber and even fit on 10mm needles, which is great. I'd been wanting some for a while, but couldn't find them in the larger craft outlets anywhere, so I bought them on Ebay! They weren't that expensive though, even though they came from the U.S. I'm very happy with them!
Also, here's an update on the pattern I've bought lately (I feel I have enough and know enough about them now to call them 'pattern' instead of 'patterns', the same way a farmer would say 'walnut' or 'head of beef'. Or maybe not...) :
* Firstly we have Interweave Knits, which I bought from MagNation, a totally cool shop in the city (I typed "titally cool" at first *sniggers*). It's fantastic! Many fantasy projects, a sprinkling of What The? projects, plus a couple of practical classics thrown in. I read on a blog after I bought it that it's very highly regarded amongst the cooler bloggers, so I was very pleased with myself. I think I'll put my name down for it at MagNation. (I already have my name down for Vogue Knitting, though I'm not the kind of girl who, as soon as she receives the latest copy of a knitting mag, jumps online and blogs all about it. Aren't you glad!)
* In the middle we have Jean Greenhowe's Bazaar Knits. It features all sorts of cute little projects, like a picture frame, play balls, a lemon-shaped pincushion, cactus figures, knitted cakes, etc. Jean Greenhowe is the master of knitted dolls. This sort of thing, normally:
But I saw this book at The Wool Shop a while ago, and it was different to her normal stuff. They were all small projects and more quirky and cool than cheesy and dorky (well, the majority of them, anyway). But it was a ridiculously exhorbitant price! So I lurked on Ebay for ages, just waiting... and waiting... and copies came up all the time, but they always ended up being exhorbitantly priced. So I waited....
I had an inkling that I would probably get the best price for it in the middle of summer, and I was right! I only paid about $6.20 (inc. postage) for it. Some of the middle pages are a little water-stained and ripped, but it's still readable. Yay!
* On the right is Paton's Zhivago Summer Knits, which I couldn't help buying on the way to work the other day, even though the season is all wrong and I already have a Zhivago book with winter knits in it. But I've decided I should knit tops, as I need tops, and this one had a lovely basketweave tank right there on the front! So I did what any pattern addict would do. I got it on the old eftpos cause I didn't have ten bucks in my purse. Hehehehe. One day, the basketweave tank will be mine. Muahauauauuaua!
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P.P.S. I'm keeping my Works In Progress page much more up-to-date than before. Check that out too!
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