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Friday, June 20, 2003
TGIF!One problem with having a sore throat (leftover from all the singing of the last few weeks) AND getting together with good friends you never get to see is that you talk a lot, and then you lose your voice. Or at least sound somewhat like a lifelong pack-a-day smoker. Lovely. But hopefully I'll talk very little today, and my voice will forgive me. Because I'll be seeing my friends from California one more time before they leave...Due to all the catching up, I pretty much ignored all knitting projects. I did give my friend her (early) birthday socks, and she liked them! :) I also got my june sock of the month kit in the mail... love the yarn and the color, but there doesn't seem to be enough... only 2 oz instead of the 3.5 ounces called for by the pattern. On the email list for the club several other people mentioned having the same problem... I guess someone had an off day measuring out the skeins! I'll be interested to see how they handle this... I would be fine with the remaining 1.5 oz being included with next month's kit... she could save a little on postage and packaging that way. Plus, there are PLENTY of other things I can be working on in the meantime! Speaking of other things I can work on, I'm thinking that I need to make myself a basic white shell. I have a beautiful, shiny, white yarn that looks very similar to the yarn I used for my mom's vest (oh yeah, still need to finish that!), but with more shine to the yarn. I think it wants to be a basic, white shell. I wear tank tops constantly, but it would be nice to have a somewhat dressier option! I can work on that project during lunch and at the gym, but I need to play around with what gauge the yarn wants to be knit at... I don't want it too tight, but I would rather not give everyone a peek while I'm wearing it either, so I'll have to see. Once I get it started, though, it can be my "mindless" project... unlike Dalmore! I'm wearing my march fire socks-  I love the way they fit, but I must say that when I was walking to work this morning, the cuffs itched. I'm trying to ignore it... hoping that my legs will forget the socks are wool... they don't itch my feet at all, just the sections on my ankles where my pants brushed as I walked. Since I've just been sitting here, though, there hasn't been any problems... so hopefully I'll be able to keep wearing these! Especially since the June kit is in the same yarn (different colorway).
My friends brought a plethora of kitty toys yesterday... Cricket was thrilled. She usually doesn't like toys that actually cost $$- she prefers to recycle... yarn, paper, paper bags, feet... :) but my friends (who have their own kitty) had GREAT taste, and she went nuts! I only opened 1 of the packages before we went to dinner, and had left the others on my bed... when we got back, the other packages were mauled (but not opened) and were scattered around the apartment. When I get home this afternoon, I'm going to see about gathering up some of the toys strewn everywhere and putting them in a basket or something... I'd rather not have to dodge through the "minefield" in the middle of the night on my way to the bathroom! :) Between all the playing, though, and the adventure outside (I took advantage of the brief lack of rain to take her out on her leash!) Cricket had quite an exciting day, and was a VERY tired kitty last night. Luckily, unlike some people, she gets to sleep all day to recover! esse quam videri "to be rather than to seem (motto of North Carolina)" 0 comments || # |
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