That’s a lovely tea set! My grandma collects tea pots and I always liked looking at them when I visited her as I grew up and your tea set just reminded me of their charm. :3 With the potholders, I think they’re nice too and to be handmade by your own hand just makes them that much more special.

Long time no see smallgirl~! These days I’m so busy… : ( …. Potholder is very beautiful ^^~

I vented my thoughts about it like hundreds of other people over on the Steam Powered Forums.

<<< I agree with your thought.
I’m sorry about TF2… I hate Valve’s management..

Please understand my inexperienced English. Lately, I must study hard in English. However, no progress. : ( English is still difficult….

I am a big fan of tea pots & tea sets as well. That is so pretty! I recently bought something similar but in a different pattern (meaning teapot on top of the teacup) but haven’t used it yet as I’ve been lazy. Doesn’t the tea get cold, though? That’s one thing that turns me off using tea pots like that.

The pot holders that you made are very cute! Very impressive, as always. Your mother is really sweet, btw!

Docs

LOL it seems that most of the stuff I like is also stuff your Grandma likes. XD We have so much in common that I wonder if you have this mental image of me in your head as your Grandma now! *L*

Sun

Long time no see! Did you discontinue your study of Japanese?

Please don’t give up on English — even native speakers have a difficult time! I think that English is one of the most difficult languages to learn. The US is a country of immigrants, so not everyone speaks perfect English either! That is what makes us America. =B

If you ever need help with English, message me on Steam!

Ethabella

I saw some of the teacups and mugs that you posted on your LJ. I really love the fun looking ones, like the PotC mug. ^^ I’m the same way in that I like to drink tea from teacups, but I like to drink coffee and espresso from wacky looking mugs.

If I make hot tea then I usually only make about two cups for the teapot, because anything more will take too long to drink and eventually get cold. If I want to make a lot of tea to keep on hand, I just make iced tea instead. =B I’ve heard that coffee stays hot longer in teapots, but I haven’t tried it because I am too worried about staining.

Thank you for such lovely compliments. ^^ The patterns aren’t really that impressive IMO, but this is about as many rows as I can tolerate to knit towards one thing these days! *L* I kind of prefer crochet.

I wouldn’t say that you’re unusual in your desire to grow things. You should see my mom, she’s always got clippings growing on the window sill, and there are boxes in the back yard built up with their own soil and isolated from the rest of the dirt in the backyard. My mom and my aunt both grew up on a farm, so to them not growing something is probably unthinkable.

@SUN
English is indeed hard, you can thank the Normans (French) and vikings for that. But considering how well you seem to type it, and understand it–being able to read it–it would be a shame to give up now. I applaud anyone who can understand a foreign language as well as you do because even after three years of French what I remember is rudimentary at best.

AOClaus
Thank you for your advice~~ I will try hard to speak English is good.

Rachel
If I get into trouble for the English will be a steam message!! haha : )

I agree completely about the Valve thing. I wouldn’t mind at all if they had simply taken away all the items I had earned via idling and given me a slap on the wrist. Instead, I feel like their response was quite… disproportionate.