I have blogged in the past about the Amazing Goodwill stores in my area. You never know what you're going to find there.
I was on the hunt for an ironing board for our church guild, and I literally stumbled over this little sewing machine... it's a Brother 14 stitch basic machine with a weight of about 12-14 pounds, the perfect machine for carrying around to retreats and guild meetings.
As you can see, it's missing a few things... like a cord and foot assembly, and the front plastic insert. It's also missing a bobbin case, but look at the price!!
A bobbin case is around $5 and I paid $19.99 for a chord and foot. I have presser feet from an embroidery machine I never use as a sewing machine, and once I pick up a carrying case, we're good to go!
On the needles:
Remember the Agnes sweater? The last picture I took was sans sleeves. Well, after knitting a bunch more in the evenings and one weekend day, ta da! It's DONE! Except for the blocking and the weaving in of the ends, that is. And I finished it on the last day of winter.
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| This may be the first adult sized sweater I actually finished in the same year in which it was started... |
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| It's a nice dark green called Boreal. My camera is taking crappy pics. |
This green lace patterned sweater has now made it to the current work bag. I think I should be able to finish two sleeves before summer, right? Fingers crossed!
The calendar may say it's spring, but this is what my patio looked like a week ago:
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My apologies for the long post... that's what happens when I don't get to the computer more than once a week.
Sew on!
