I mentioned the benefits of acrylic gel polish for flimsy nails, and that I'd looked at some local nail spas close to home. Thursday, Disco & I went to RT Nail Spa on Nolensville Rd. Wowsers, is this place pretty! Gorgeous, actually. We were walk-ins, but only had to wait about 20 minutes before we could sit at adjoining stations. I think because we were walk-ins, we did not get terrifically fast service: our techs kept getting up to attend to clients that came in after us, so I can only assume those clients had appointments. Good thing we didn't have somewhere else we had to be, because we got seated at 4:30 and did not get finished until 7:30. So, at 7:30 p.m. we were ready for supper. Our beautiful French nails were super shiny! But somehow, both my thumbnails got smudged! All I could figure was that the tech had me pull my hands out of the UV light too soon, and the top coat wasn't cured. I went back, and got another top coat on both, and I'm pleased. I will definitely be making an appointment for the next time.
I started another teeny tiny hedgehog while in TX, but only got half the body knit. I kinda lost the urge to knit after that. I had bought several balls of Lion Brand Mandala yarn, which is really interesting stuff and which has a large Facebook following. But most of the patterns associated with this yarn are crochet; they look lovely but I don't do that much crochet. I found a lacy poncho on the Drops Design site, called Angelique, which looks like a good candidate for "Mandalization". I did start on that, but have lost my place. And the pattern has a slew of charts, and the beginning is knitted flat, then changed to ITR...it was seriously throwing me. So....I think I'll go back to picking a pattern!! I've seen some wild kimono type sweater worked side to side, so there are vertical stripes, but I'm not sure that's a knitted pattern. Well, sounds like a dive into the patterns search on Ravelry. If I don't surface in two weeks, send sandwiches.
