Blog #2

I am so thrilled! The local PBS station here in Chicago has put Dr. Who back on the air! I have not watched Dr. Who since high school. Which was the mid-80's. Crap I'm old. I am a bit of a science fiction nerd, not inclined to go to conventions and all of that, but close. When I found re-runs of the original Star Trek on one of the channels here, I found myself not leaving the house when it was on so that I could watch.

Which sounds a little bit lame. Except I don't watch TV without knitting in hand and right now the knitting project of choice is hats for afghans4Afghans. There is a deadline on Mother's day and the goal is hats, mittens and socks for children 0-7. That and baby blankets. I don't usually knit quite so many items for them, but my mother just recently realized she was never going to get around to tapestry weaving, or the random kind of knitting that uses up little dribs and drabs of yarn. She had been buying odd bits of yarn for awhile and had it all divided by color in her quilting studio. It made me jealous everytime I saw it. I wanted it all. I kept telling her how much stuff I could knit for the people of Afghanistan if she would only fork over the stash. After she got back from her last quilting retreat, she decided I was right. Heehee. I burned bits of it all, it's about half wool and half acrylic. They don't want acrylic items for Afghanistan, so I will knit animal blankets for Project Snuggle with that. I am completely addicted to making blankets using the log cabin technique in Mason-Dixon Knitting.

Blog #1

First, let me start this all out by saying right here and now, that I am not super great with the whole technical side of the 'puters. So we will just apologize right now for any 'puter glitches due to the bloggers' ignorance of said issues. This will be my excuse for anything that appears to be upsidedown, sideways or otherwise missplaced on said blog. Yes, I am a clever woman, I am quite confident that I could figure it all out, but frankly, I'd rather be knitting, sewing, spinning or dyeing something another color. So there. Or petting the cats. Or hell, really, I'd rather clean the apartment than figure out the magic that is 'puters.

So you may be wondering what this 'needlforhire' thing is all about. After all, that is my code name. I put that on everything. It is the name of my business, ha! I say ha, 'cause I don't even have a tax id number or license or anything. It's just what it sounds like. I will sew pretty much anything. Clothes, cushions, slipcovers, pet beds, drapes, curtains, I could go on and on. I will be adding pictures shortly. As soon as I figure out how and take some. The goal is more sewing, less making coffee. Yes, it's true, I have the other job which is how I really pay my rent. Costume work, I have done costume work. I have made corsets, though they are extremely overdone as of about 2 years ago.

Dang, this is kinda fun! I get to babble on about whatever I want!