Weather? Who ordered all this weather?

[msmcknittington]

It's currently pissing rain outside. There's no other way to describe the cold, wet drizzly stuff that's coming out of the clouds right now. I had to take a shower when I got in from doing calf chores, because I was sopping wet through my sweatshirt and stocking cap, which made me freezing cold. Of course, now my hair is really wet, so same boat, different river.

There's a cat in the barn who's going to have kittens any day now. She let me hold her and snuggle her for a while, and I could feel the kittens turning somersaults in her belly. With cows, if you push on their stomachs when they're getting ready to deliver, the calf will push back. (It's one way to figure out if the calf is dead or in distress; we don't just go around poking pregnant cows in the stomach for giggles.) Cats are the same way, apparently. It was really, really cool. As far as I can tell, there are three to five kittens in there, and they're active.

AND I ordered my dummy. It should be here by April 10, though reviews on the website said they ordered theirs on Thursday and had it by Monday. So maybe I'll have it by Monday! So exciting!

Does anyone have any leads on espresso brown satin? I've looked on Fashion Fabrics Club and it's all vomit-colored. The only acceptable one was cotton satin-back twill, and that's not gonna fly for a bridesmaid dress. I think I'm going to end up going with some Casa satin from Joann Fabrics, because it comes in a billion colors and will not break the bank.

Comments

[tattycat.livejournal.com]

Try fabric.com. I buy most of my SCA fabric from them nowadays, and they usually have a good selection of satins.

[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've been looking at trimfabric.com, but everything's red brown and not black brown. A lot of the satin looks pretty chintzy, too.

I always forget how hard it is to find fabric in brown. I've been looking for the right shade of brown or gold cotton velvet for like three years to guard my Venetian and make sleeves. I have yet to find brown velvet in a store, and only seem to encounter it in weird olive/khaki colors. Ew.

[sora50.livejournal.com]

You don't usually shower after calf chores? What's entailed in calf chores?

[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

I always wash up at the sink when I get in, but I save the shower until before bed, because I hate sitting around with wet hair when it's stupid and cold out. My hair's usually under a hat or bandana, so it doesn't get all that dirty when I'm out.

But, no, I don't simmer in filth or anything.

[troubleagain.livejournal.com]

I wish I could have barn cats with kittens. And play with baby calves.

[rosewalker.livejournal.com]

I really like Denver fabrics... I used to get a lot of silk satins there on the cheap. Order swatches, of course, I think they do them by the 1/8th yard. Here's a silk charmeuse called "espresso". (They've got poly stuff too)

http://www.denverfabrics.com/Cart/catalog_itemdetail.aspx?ItmID=HH963

[cigarettes214.livejournal.com]

Kittens!

If you do end up getting the Casa satin, it's probably the best satins that Joanns carries. At least, the best satin that my local Joanns carries. Anything's better than "baroque satin". It's shudder inducing. :)