point

What's the only way to make a hot sticky Chicago summer weekend bearable? A trip to Mitsuwa for some Japanese goodness. I found this very cool book on embroidery.. Point (ISBN4277311482)

(photos link to bigger versions over on flickr)

I'm always in a mad rush at Mitsuwa to look through things because Oscar is running around violently deshelving every book he can get his hands on. So although I LOVE this book I think it was a bit of a impulse buy. I'm not really any good at embroidery. I'm thinking I should pass this book on to someone who could really use it. So if anyone is interested and wants to paypal me the $15 plus shipping to them let me know.

These goodies from the dollar store I'm keeping and are more in my budget - 3 new crochet hooks and a tiny little basket bag (!) that I can send out with swap treats in it.