Dawn Brocco's Life and Design Blog

new afghan design
Jean, owner of Cascade Yarns, liked my new afghan design and is sending me the yarn. How wonderful and gracious!

It'll be worked in their Cascade 128 Tweed, but the more budget-conscious (I understand!) can use their Cascade 128 solids, at less the price of the Tweed. The Tweed, however, adds pizzazz and depth to the design, so DO consider it. No more design info forthcoming, as I'm sure you can understand!

lampshade wrapping
I've been tackling the lampshade issue. Finally decided to wrap them in wool yarn. So, it's been a few days of winding small balls of yarn and winding it around the entire lampshade, covering the original fabrics, while not getting it caught on the clip or frame. I used worsted, heavy worsted and chunky, tho each shade got just one weight of yarn, natch.

Most are natural-color, 2 shades are lemon yellow, 1 is blue, but with the light on, it looks purple, so I gotta cut off the yarn and redo.



4 ozs. of chunky yarn covered 2 small (bedside-sized) lampshades, so it's much cheaper than buying new shades, or buying enough yardage of nice ribbon. I've done 6 so far, need to redo one and have 1 more to do. I've used Eco and Aussi Bulky - leftovers from designs.

feeling better
It's too soon to say for sure, but this new transdermal cream I'm trying *seems* to be working to help keep away the extended cold spells, extended hot flashes and soaking sweats. But it's just been a few days. We'll see how it works over the long haul and what adjustments will be needed. Would be nice to regain some semblance of my former life!

Labels: Cascade 128 Tweed, lampshade cover