The Infamous Ott-Lite and More Sock Goodness...

The Grumperina strikes again!

Last Saturday, Miss Kathy and I headed over to Fabric Place. She was searching for sewing-related stuffs and I was, well, "browsing."

Anyway, so in the process of chatting, the subject of lighting came up and I asked her about the infamous Ott-Lite. She'd mentioned it before, other people raved about it, and I wanted one. So, imagine my delight -- or, rather, hysteria -- at finding the entire line of Ott Stuffs at Fabric Place!

Of course, Miss Kathy had already researched the benefits of one type of Ott over the other, so it was pretty easy to choose the perfect one for my needs (you gotta love that about her!).

What you see above is the start of the back of the Bomber jacket from Rowan People in Rowan Denim "Nashville."

I photographed it at night, under The Ott. What do you guys think about the quality?

I ask, because it's been very hard for me to get up early enough to photograph stuff for the blog. It would make my life SO MUCH EASIER, and my posting so much more FREQUENT, if I could find an alternate solution. The Ott may be it. We'll see.

Anyway, so far, I'm digging the pattern. Big needles (size 5 Addis), simple repeat and the feeling like I'm an artist because my hands are left with blue stains from the denim dye. Hehe. It reminds me of painting class and I feel all creative and crap. ;-)

So, in addition to being my shopping resource, Miss Kathy is a very sneaky, very sweet friend. Remember these socks? The ones she posted about a couple of weeks ago? The ones I read about and lusted after?

Well, it turns out, they were for ME!

See?

I don't know how she did it, but these babies fit as well as anything I've knit for myself -- possibly better!

Also in my birthday package was a "ShaggyMac" screen protector and a nice tin of my favorite peppermint tea. Now, the ShaggyMac was something I just briefly mentioned I wanted, like A MILLION MONTHS AGO. The fact she remembered was very cool indeed.

See? That is the beauty of The Grumperina. Just the right amount of Grumpy to amuse but mostly just a very sweet friend.

Knitting on the socks continues, as does knitting on yet another new project started last week. More pics to follow...