1. Knit Happens is having a sale on Nature Cotton and Wool. I’ve been knitting squares for a baby blanket with Nature Cotton this weekend and it’s very soft with a really interesting texture. Since it’s handpainted I’ve been alternating skeins every second row to keep the colors less ziggyzaggy. It’s looking really nice even with simple stockinette with a garter edge squares. The yarn is so textured I didn’t want to use a complicated pattern and make it a big mush. I’m really enjoying working with it. And it’s so springy for cotton!

2. This micro sculpture artist named Willard Wigan is totally amazing. He essentially sculpts dust, gold dust, sugar crystals, threads, fibers into tiny little representational sculptures. Check out this one he did of Henry VIII and his six wives in the eye of a needle.
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3. Knit your own Converse Shoes!!!

4. This guy in Serbia was told that having sex with a hedgehog is a cure for premature ejaculation. Um. Hmm. I have no witty remark about this. I just hope the hedgehog’s ok.

5. We’re going to the State Fair on Monday! Mmm Navajo Tacos. And I’m going to do some present buying at the sheep to shawl store! My feet and tummy (and bank account) are aching in anticipation.