Astonishing

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Date: 03 October 2005 09:09:13

We went for a walk yesterday - not the astonishing bit - and I wore my new boots. Here's the astonishing bit: 5 miles later, I had no blisters. That is a first. They were new boots, too.

I've never actually managed to get a pair of boots that don't give me blisters, so I'm not actually sure what happens now: the boots are still a bit stiff over the toes, and they are also a bit tight round the ankles, or rather, they dig in round the ankles. I'm not used to wearing boots - normally I wear walking sandals or lower walking shoes - so I don't really know if they get softer, or if I get used to them, or what.

They even seem to be waterproof, too - at least, they didn't let in any of the puddles we went through.

I am in shock.

In other news: I have been invited to join A Year of Living Generously; I've put a link to the left.

Currently reading: Stich n' Bitch, I have just finished it actually, it is a "new knitting" book - as Perceval said to me yesterday on MSN, "knitting is the new yoga, daahling". I'm making a shawl (shawls are the new ponchos, and a lot more flattering I hope). I've also cut up a very 1980s dress (puffy sleeves, anyone?) I will never fit into again, because the fabric is lovely, to make a blouse. And The Spouse™ thinks yes, I should get a new sewing machine (I think he's got a gadget planned for himself, the acquiescence was awfully rapid...).

This one works, just about, but lacks little things like a line to show you where you should sew (I have to keep putting tape on it), and keeps breaking the thread unless you speak very very nicely to it and pull it very very gently... and it only has about 2 stitches... I used to use my grandmother's machine (although my grandmother is now dead, the machine is in the US so it would have been not only impractical but electrically bad for me to have brought it over here), and that had lots of stitches.. an automatic buttonholer... twin needles... blind hems... salivate...