Crafter’s Companion

Oh look what came in the mail!!! The book has arrived!

I pre-ordered it, and ever since the book’s release I had been waiting for it. I knew it would take some time to travel from UK all the way to Australia. I checked my mail box everyday, but no book. A week passed, still no book. Then I decided to do a Google blog search to see if anybody has blogged about receiving the book. Some bloggers had received it, but they’re the ones who live in the UK. So I thought the book would probably take another week to get here. So I didn’t check the mail box for a few days. Then yesterday, I checked again, and lo and behold, the book was there!! I’m super excited because, you see, I live in an apartment, and the standard procedure for package deliveries (anything that wouldn’t fit in a mail box) here is that the postman does not actually bring the deliveries here to my building, but instead leaves the packages in the post office and just leaving me a note in my mailbox so that I can go to the post office to pick it up. It’s always such a bother because in the post office the queue is usually very long. But this book was already here in my mail box! What a bonus!! (I’m easily amused, aren’t I? 🙂 )

I’m yet to give the book a proper read, but so far, the book is fantastic! I love the projects. And I also love the profiles on the various crafters — some already in my regular blogroll, and some new ones to discover — about why they craft, what inspires them, and a peek at their workspace. It’s a great look into the question of why we bother making things by hand. Because, really, I’m surrounded by people who ask me the same question.

Next post, sock news!