flexagon | A cluster of small new things

Had a lot of fun yesterday at

cook_ting's place, where I got to teach some juggling and learn some chef-style knife skills. It's kind of amazing how good both those things felt... holding juggling balls in my hands, plunk plunk plunk. I've missed that. And I'll be using my new vegetable chopping style almost every time I cook from now on. It's the kind of thing that, looking back, I can't believe people aren't taught in high school or middle school.

I also tried navy blue mascara for the first time, on advice from someone on the internet. It was extremely subtle. Couldn't really tell if it brought out the blue in my eyes any more than my usual black stuff, but someone did tell me I looked pretty about five minutes after I put it on for the first time, so it certainly wasn't a failure.

To add to the list of dexterity-related stuff this weekend, I've been teaching myself to knit with the yarn in the wrong hand. It's not just masochism, it's a useful skill for doing any kind of stranded work (for instance, like anything shown here). All traditional Fair Isle patterns use 2 colors per row, and the best way to do it is to hold one yarn in each hand, and for this you need to know both methods. Pretty badass.

heisenbug and I have probably decided on our sixth (wedding) anniversary gift, which this year will be to both of us, from both of us.