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February 1, 2005

Drumroll Please!

Good news ladies and gents . . . my yarn came!  Go ahead, have a little party - I did.  It is a wool from Suss Designs.  Much finer than what I have been working with, but still pretty soft and such a pretty color.  The hat is knit with two strands on size 8 and 10 needles. I also ordered some Muench Naturwolle for the super skinny scarf from Hollywood Knits and the much needed size 15 circular to finish Trav's sweater.  I'm trying to decide if I should order the Manos del Uruguay for the My So-Called Scarf or if I should move on to socks and maybe a really cool tote bag.  What do you think?

Picked up the iron hooks for the curtains and some dried wheat for the large copper pitcher in my dining room.   I'm still not sure which corner of the room the barn wood hutch should be, but I think I'll experiment with that this weekend along with hanging up the curtains.  I ordered more curtain fabric first thing yesterday and I'm hopeful it will come by the end of next week.  Chances are better if it is shipped through someone other than FedEx Ground! :)

Riley (our Corgi) thought the newly received yarn was a new toy and was really upset when I took it away from him.  Isn't he cute? He sat on the ottoman and stared at it while I cooked dinner.  That's why I love him so much - he can always make me smile. 

It's been cold here the last couple of days.  We really need snow (or any moisture really), but I wish it would just warm up and rain rather than stay cold and snow.  I know, I know, beggars can't be choosers, but I can still complain!

I started on Stacy's hat last night after I got my yarn wound into balls.  I think it is going to be sooo cute!  The ribbing is K1, P1 and I was kind of dreading it.  But I have to say, ribbing isn't bad.  I don't know if it's because I knit continental or if it's just that I'm weird, but it was kind of fun!  What do you think of my efforts?  I'm hoping to get it finished this weekend and in the mail to her because she's leaving on a trip next Wednesday and I'd really like her to have it before she goes.  I think it will go pretty quickly because now I switch to the size 10 needles and knit in stockinette stitch for a while.  I'll let you know how it goes.