I just received my first eBay purchase in the mail and I couldn’t be happier! Ages ago I posted an entry about a Japanese craft book I saw but I was hesitant to buy it since I had recently splurged on two amigurumi books while in Japantown. Just a few days ago I was surfing around and ended up in that same eBay store, Meukin, and the book I wanted then was in the final few hours of bidding so I jumped and bought the last copy. I got the rush a winning bidder feels while at an auction. I went and bragged to my colleagues, and their faces revealed just how much they could give a rats ass. Ok perhaps I revealed too much about my crafting fetish, oopsie. While out for lunch today I went into a sporting goods store and picked up some juicy socks and then trotted off to Britex to get some beautiful threads so I can sew my first sock animal. I'm waffling between the kitty and the elephant. I’m so excited to start, hope I can stay awake tonight.

sock monkey instructions