Amazing Amazon

You know, I really love Amazon.com.  Anything I want they have it.  I forget that pretty often though.  So I'll type what I want on the Google search line and I muss and fuss my way around the internet.  There are some truly lousy, pitiful online stores out there.  But then I thinks, "hey, try Amazon!" Low and behold (as they said in Olde Ainglish and the KJV), its there on Amazon, where they know me, they can get to my money with one click, I have a "pay-phrase", my stuff often comes within a day or two with free shipping.  Its like they see me coming and prepare the bait and hook. 


So I've purchased movies, books, yarn, shoes, electronics, food, a yarn ball winder just to name a few things from Amazon. Did you know you can buy spinning wheels from Amazon? I recently ordered and extra large pom-pom maker from Amazon that I couldn't get at any local craft store.  How about that? The only thing they didn't have that I really needed to them to have was Caron-Spa yarn in Purple Rain.

Here is the amazing new yarn ball winder from Amazon (excuse the stuff in the background, "what is all that stuff?", I'll tell you later):

 All open gears, looks dangerous and its kinda loud.

The winding part spins around, gotta watch the hair and what-not (not that I have any what-nots):

It makes pretty nice yarn balls too.  My old one was good but this one is really fast and easy.  I had to hold the yarn with the old one to get a good tension.  This will make larger balls than the old one also.  Well, there is definitely no plastic to break.  The only plastic is the cone and its pretty thick at that.

I still haven't received my pom-pom maker....

Insanity knows no bounds

...at least mine doesn't.  I have 7 open projects.  I cannot believe how close some are to completion but not done yet. 

1. The racing socks are two inches from the toe.  Just an hour or two and they will be done. 
2. Another hat, but its actually done, just not photographed and I don't like it all that much and its black, blah, blah, blah. 
3. Then a diagonal dishcloth, its done but blocking right now.
4. I still have the two knitted sweaters started at Christmas. This is actually 2 projects but they are in the same project box so I'm not counting the second for now.
5. I have the free-form capelet that is so nearly done its unbelievable, maybe and hour left to completion.
6. I went completely insane and started a crochet short sleeved jacket. its about 40% done.  I am quite smitten with it.
7. A small portion of a crocheted hat which I started only because I wanted to try out the stitching.

Worst of all is I saw this really cool crocheted shawl pattern (one of those free ones on a card in the craft store).  I bought all the stuff except one color they didn't have.  I searched around on the internet for it and it seems to be DISCONTINUED.  That is so annoying. But I guess is kept me from starting something else.  /sigh

So why all the crochet?  It uses way too much yarn.  So pretty though.  I do want to knit.  I'd rather knit actually.  So tomorrow, really, I'm going to finish something and put it on this blah-blah-blog.  Really, time to tuck in my crazy and look like a normal person again.

Oh, yeah, I had to order another yarn ball winder!  I can't believe I've broken another one.  This new one has brass gears though, not plastic like the last two.  I hope it will be as persistent as I am.

So if anyone locates some Caron-Spa in Purple Rain, I'd really appreciate it. I just need one skein.