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Sep. 13th, 2009 12:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susie_floHello fiends, what are you up to on this fine-ish Sunday? And more to the point, where the devil are you all? It remains very sleepy in Lj Land...
I thought it was high time I popped in with an unashamedly shallow update on what I've been up to.
The Shopping News...
In the last couple of weeks I have committed heinous and un-called-for damage to my poor innocent bank account. In fairness, I am a bit of a binge shopper. I usually go the whole summer without buying anything and then get carried away at the beginning of Autumn when all the shops start selling lovely boots and tweedy things. So I am now the proud owner of a purple duffle coat, a new handbag and purse, new jeans and (um) three pairs of boots... including two pairs with shockingly low heels. (The ones below are the exception and insisted on being photographed specifically for group worship).
While I was out shopping yesterday I found myself momentarily in a ghastly, awful shop called Madhouse. Before making a hasty escape, I spotted some truly dreadful slogan t-shirts for sale. Three examples being...
- Nice legs, what time do they open?
- Gay marriage is ok, as long as both chicks are hot
- You had me at I swallow
I am torn between horror that there are people alive and in my vicinity who buy such t-shirts and thankfulness that I don't happen to know any of them.
The Stitching News...
On Friday I had a day of total yarn heaven at the iKnit London weekender, along with two knutter friends. This is an annual 3-day event for knutters which I will be blogging about properly here (www.susiefhandmade.blogspot.com). But essentially it's a huge get together for yarn-fetishists.
There were many aisles of gorgeous yarn, buttons and other nick-nacks and a curriculum of classes for learning weird techniques. I attended a 3-hour class given by a fiendish knitting genius who explained the concept of cellular automata via the art form of knitting... I can now knit fractals without needing a pattern. Amazing stuff.
Later I had an overexcited moment when I found a stall selling vintage knitting supplies (drool!) I even got a book signed by sleb knitter Ysolda Teague (I was under the influence of my uber-fangirl companion, Charlotte). There was a fashion show and party afterwards with lots of lovely knitted things on show (and a few horrid things thrown in for good measure).
After I got home, G took photos of me waving some Norweigian baby alpaca around like a crazy lady...
In other stitchy news, I finally sewed the buttons onto my Dr Horrible Sing-a-long wrist warmers. They're made of lovely cashmere and the buttons are vintage bakelite from the 1930s. Suffice to say I LOVE them and want it to be cold immediately.
Other Meanderings...
On Wed, G I had a lovely meal at Loch Fyne with ![[info]](https://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
steer, Caron, childeric and zoo_music_girl. I had baked Sea Bream cooked with tomatoes, red onion and olives and it was entirely gorgeous. The company was as witty and effervescent as ever... I really should see those chaps more often.
Last Weekend I was in Brighton to celebrate my sister's 40th. Her party was in a lovely bar right on the beach, which gave me opportunity to pop out and take this very grainy snapshot of the sea, lit up by the pier and a full moon...
The next day was glorious and we spent it bimbling around the lanes and sea front.
A few more seaside pics here...
Lots more Brighton pics here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanflockhart/sets/72157622272369724/
Well I think that's all folks. A bit of a marathon post, and yet strangely nothing much to say ;-) Oh modern world of pointless twittering, how do we love thee?
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Date: 2009-09-13 12:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-13 12:12 pm (UTC)What I love about those buttons is that they are so old, but as you say, they look industrial and modern. A lot of 1930s stuff is like that... I was so excited when I found them, they were just what I wanted.
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Date: 2009-09-13 12:53 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-09-13 12:24 pm (UTC)It was very nice to see you on Wednesday, we should do that more often. :)
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Date: 2009-09-13 03:21 pm (UTC)And yes, Wed was lovely. We should. (If you and Simon can bear to schlep all the way out West sometime, we'd love to make you dinner.)
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Date: 2009-09-13 12:24 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-09-13 04:51 pm (UTC)Brighton pier does still have those things with the heads cut out (and the obligatory Brits sunbathing with goose pimples and swimming in the freezing sea )
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Date: 2009-09-13 01:44 pm (UTC)I got a cheap but fab plain black cardy from Primarni the other week which cost a fiver and the buttons I bought to put on it instead and up the wrists (a mix of silver and grey and diamante hearts cost me considerably more than the cardy did.
Those t-shirts sound vile - even if they are being post ironic or whatever phrase is being used these days to excuse poor taste and old fashioned nonsense. I think the worst I saw was 'my parents shake me' on a babygrow though as I hadn't long since stopped working for social services maybe I just had a sense of humour failure about it.
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Date: 2009-09-13 03:20 pm (UTC)And in response to this: "I saw was 'my parents shake me' on a babygrow " all I can say is good grief!! What on earth were the designers thinking?
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Date: 2009-09-13 08:21 pm (UTC)Those boots are gorgeous!
I love that pic of you with the wool - you do look like a nutter :-P
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Date: 2009-09-14 01:04 pm (UTC)(As for my nutter picture, I will quite understand if you wish to revise your earlier statement re: me and middle age) :-p