To get in under the wire of my self-imposed 2011 ban on buying fabric or yarn, I just bought yarn at JoAnns. I really miss having a local yarn store. In NY, I had not knit much in the last year, but I am knitting more now and all the acrylic at JoAnns and Michaels is not gonna work for me. Good thing I have a healthy stash.

Oh my. The one glass of wine has made me so overheated! I may have to rethink my outfit (wool sweater and turtleneck).

That things is heavy as hell though; it will probably outlive me.

SRSLY. We have to keep the KitchenAid mixer in the pantry and bring it out when we need it, because we have no counter space to just keep it out. And DAMN, is it a heavy bastard to move around.

found Sofia bubbly-in-a-can at my supermarket! I was wanting something bubbly for tonight, but it's just me, so a bottle would be A Little Much.

Since we're staying home and Tim doesn't drink, I'm in the same boat. I found a 3-pack of wee bottles of champagne. I'll be slightly ashamed if I drink all 3.

So, this yarn exchange thing - how would it work?

I'd love to have a kitchenaid, even for my only seasonal baking. They appeal on all levels. Alas, there is NOWHERE in my kitchen for one, not even really for operating one. So.

So I just took Loki for a walk. It's been awhile since it was so cold, but since it is nice out. It went like this: Loki goes for a walk. Loki eats some grass and smells all things. Loki gets brave and bats at my neighbor's water feature. Loki gets really involved in something that is smelly. Lady with a baby strapped on and two large dogs approaches. Loki, the idiot, notices and does his "I only greet strangers with BIG DOGS" routine and then the dogs see him. Loki thinks, wait, those are BIG DOGS. OH FUCK. Inflates, hisses, flees. 5 feet up a tree. Then OH SHIT I'M UP A TREE AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. Luckily, he has a human, so after a few piteous cries from my still inflated cat, I rescue him.

Always something with that one.

Sumi, I am thinking just like the polish exchange, putting skeins in a box you don't really want anymore. We'll it through a list where people take what they want and add more to the box, then send on to the next on the list.

Yarn exchange sounds like an excellent idea. I always have leftover yarn (sometimes in pretty serious quantity) from any project.

I can see the value in a puzzle exchange, also, though I'm not certain I have those lying around...

I'm pretty sure I had other thoughts but I seem to have lost them while typing this much.

I would totally do a yarn exchange! But I would be like the beginning of the nail polish round robin. I would not actually have that much to contribute! I used up lots of my little scrap making the bell ornaments this Christmas. They totally came out cute.

So, no fondue tonight. We're going to do mashed potatoes, bratwurst and steamed broccoli.

Oh, right! The other thought was my Kitchenaid! I leave it out. Because it's red. And that's awesome. It does take a lot of counter space, but I have counter space in this kitchen.

I have yarn that I can send to whoever starts it off, if you do this. I don't need any in return so it might be more useful to seed the pot than to wait til it came around to me.