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August 20, 2005

Why Does A Dog Chase It's Tail?

You got me! I've been chasing mine for weeks now, and not only isn't it any fun, I haven't come anywhere close to catching it. I have been buried in work, getting the kids ready to go back to school, and other miscellaneous shtuff! Unfortunately, very little of it had to do with knitting. Or, come to think of it, blogging. Or reading blogs. (Much to my chagrin, I missed two {count 'em, TWO} contests on blogs I usually read on a near daily basis. And one of them? I was a shoo-in, since the correct answer is also my Alma Mater)!

Prior to the onset of the madness that has been my life, I had a minor crisis with my Shetland Tea Shawl for the Gathering of Lace-A-Long. Specifically, which yarn to use for the STS. So I chose three. Yep, read it right, THREE! (In retrospect, that may very well have been the beginning of the madness)! Cast on and worked the first pattern. Trying to pick just one, ya know?



Lots of rain here in the Southwest has resulted in some pretty strange shrooms!

In the end, I think I am going to flout convention and go with the Cherry Tree Hill Old Rose colorway. Yep, the variegated. The very yarn that instigated the crisis in the first place. It's just so freaking pretty! (Though, lest you think I am completely insane, I am not tearing out either of the other two. My second choice, which may end up being first in the event of another crisis, is the Sunset colorway of KnitPicks Shadow).

During the incessant shopping for school supplies, and school clothes, and new glasses, and shoes, I did manage one totally unexpected and awesome score (read half price at Dillard�s). A knit bag! Cute, huh?



It's a knit bag, but is it a knitting bag? Time will tell!

August 28, 2005

Secret Pal Revealed

And she is wonderful! Thank you, bethieee, for being such a spectacular secret pal. I have so enjoyed your gifts and your creative packaging. Purple being one of my favorite colors (which bethieee obviously noted), I caught my breath when I opened this final box.



Also included: fun notecards, a pedicure set, and Jellybellies!
Woo-Hoo!!

A gorgeous one of a kind (as in designed and knit by her roommate) stole in Jagger Spun Zephyr. I have some Zephyr in cinnabar on order from my not-so-lys for the Spring 2005 IK Paisley Lace Shawl. Now I know I am going to love, love, love it. It is so soft, and so light, that all I had to do to hang it on the fence for its photo shoot was pat it into place. Luscious!!


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