Another day of scarves….. Trying to come up with yarn combinations and needle sizes all day becomes a puzzle for me.
I love the fun yarns but sometimes I think they are better alone than spoiled with yet another one added. It seems as though all of California will be opening parcels on Christmas Day containing scarves or the occasional hat.
Today I came home with the yarn for an afghan so will look forward to starting that after all the Christmas cards are written and mailed this week.
Sally
Today, Alan decided to add my blog’s RSS feed to his myYahoo account. Now he can see what I say every time I write in my blog and he’s using his yahoo account!
Sneaky!
I haven’t knitted more than a hundred rows this week. The kittens seem to be taking up a lot of time!
In the shop, lots of knitters are preparing for Christmas by stocking up on the sale yarn and buying new patterns. It looks like more people will be getting personalized, handmade gifts this year.
You can check out the great Sale Yarn at Filati Fine Yarn.
We’ve had a good week, even though its been a bit cooler and wetter than usual. I’ve been able to help lots of people fix up their knitting problems. The worst part of that is when I have to unpick 10 rows for them, so they can fix up a problem.
I’m so used to unpicking that it is as easy as knitting, but there is an art to it. You really have to be a good technician. Of course, the hardest part is seeing their faces when I undo hours of work, but its always worth if when the finished product comes out perfect.
For several months now we have has some lovely yarn in the store by a company called Curious Creek. I finally weakened and purchased to skeins of the mohair in a colour I can only describe as “southwestern”. The company supplied us with a pattern for a shawl and I am now busy knitting away on that project.
Of course like most knitters I have a few projects to complete. Two sweaters for Alan remain on needles. One is being made in Rowan Botany 4ply, and the other is an Annabel Fox yarn. Both wonderful to knit with, but the smaller projects for gifts and for the store seem to have taken over my life.
Thie weekend I have to organise all of our Christmas cards, letters and gifts for overseas. Hopefully I can get that all completed over the next two days and have them all at the post office no later than Wednesday. Then I can concentrate on local cards and trying to think of something for Alan.
Sally
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