Seating for Two

Well, when I moved to SD, I thought to myself: I'll scrimp and save. I don't need to buy a big bed when there's a single bed in my parents' basement. I don't need more than one comfortable chair when I don't have a roommate or any friends in SD, who might want to sit down while visiting me.

It turned out that I did meet a friend who wanted to sit down while visiting me. Since I only had one chair, he decided to sit on my exercise ball, and to sit next to him, I decided to sit on my footstool. This situation being less than ideal, I decided to invest in seating for two.

I found a sale item on Target.com, and asked my brother to talk me into or out of ordering it. In the end I ordered it because it seemed like a small thing that would be easy to disassemble and move, and because it was my favorite color and on sale.

My apartment manager said that they don't accept packages for tenants, so I figured it would be a dilemma to be around to receive the package. But last Monday, when I returned from class, this big box sat inside my apartment. It was big enough to hold the notorious "leg lamp" from A Christmas Story. I'm still thinking of making a fort out of the box.


It was difficult to assemble...That's all I'm going to say about that.

It ended up working out ok, though. It's a very green little couch, with two black ottomans that slide under the seat.


I think it's cute, but nobody else has seen it or sat on it. The birds like to hop around on it, but we're being careful not to get spills and droppings on it. Target.com reviewers said it's prone to water spotting.

-吴碧芙

Mad Hatting Skills

I learned to knit because I needed a hat. My first project might have been a hat, if I hadn't thought that it would be too complicated for myself as a beginner. The yarn is Lamb's Pride again in colors "clematis" and "sea foam." I wanted the hat to kind of match the scarf, apart from the color, so my friend sent a ribbed hat pattern she found on someone's blog.



Perhaps the coolest is the decreases, which causes some of the ribs to come to a point in the back.


This blog is becoming too showcase-y.

-吴碧芙