Originally Posted by
ArchaicArcane
QuiltE - it's funny, we seem to avoid a lot of things because they seem expensive (Aurifil is another one I hear all the time) and yet at the end of the day, it's not as bad as it seems and with the time saved, or frustration... why do we do this to ourselves?
I've heard the Ontario winters can be pretty rough too. Yours because of moisture and ours for the lack of it. Of course a couple of years ago being the second coldest place on the planet for a day sure cut my patience for Alberta winters a lot shorter. I wouldn't complain about having to decorate palm trees for Christmas...
ArchaicA ... me too on the slow to jump into the future! A couple of years ago, I bought some Aurifil on a Shop Hop, after a good sales pitch. It sat. It waited. I just couldn't USE it! Alas! one day I used it ........ and was soon sold on it. So fine, so nice ... and with it's fine quality, yet still 50 strength, we get more yardage on a spool. So in essence a better price. Forget about price, I know it does a far nicer job than the coarser stuff! Bonus ... a lot more on a bobbin too!
So go out and get yourself some Aurifil and it will soon be your thread of choice! Yes, our winters can be wicked. At the same time they can be not much. Then there are the ones that we keep flip-flopping on the seasons and from one day to the next (let alone within the same day) you hardly know what to wear! As for decorating palm trees and sand for Christmas ... NOT ME!! Christmas just has to have snow ... and when we don't, it just does not seem at all like Christmas to me!
More on Vinegar ... skip the expensive cream rinses and hair conditioners. Put some vinegar into a spritzer bottle and spritz in the shower, then rinse off. When I couldn't get the conditioner I liked any longer ... and dreaded trying new ones because of skin sensitivities, I remembered my Mom using it when we were kids. A simple solution!