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Wednesday, September 10, 2003
drool drool droolLast night, I got my copy of Elsebeth Lavold's Viking Knitting book... yeah, I'm a cable addict, and the mailman delivers that right to my door. So needless to say several of the designs are already on my list, and I have a feeling I'll be plundering her beautiful cables in the future. :)If you're paying attention to the list at the top of the blog, you'll notice that I only have 1 more thing to completely finish this month... the chenille kami. I'll probably finish it later this week or next week... depending on how diligent I am at lunchtime. Today, I was too busy drooling over Vikings to bother to pick up the needles. Maybe tomorrow... I did, however, finish the mittens: ![]() I am VERY pleased with how these turned out. I need to knit some more gloves/ mittens for various folks to use up my stash of shetland... I just wish I could wear it myself. I think, however, that I'll be able to wear a pair of gloves knit with regia sock yarn, so that'll be another small project to start sometime soon. Luckily, I know my regia gauge already, so I should be able to work out the pattern pretty quickly. This weekend, I have to do some major yarn-dyeing for the upcoming scarf... otherwise, I won't have anything to take with me to knit during choir! Although I might "cheat" a little and start on my gloves before I finish the scarf... after all, it'll take me a few weeks to get all the yarn dyed, dried, and balled. Remember, Cricket the yarn-destroyer would not allow for copious amounts of yarn to be strewn about the apartment... so it'll be small batches that I can dry on my drying rack as far away from the curious kitty paws as possible. Plus, I was actually chilly this morning on my way to work- even wearing a sweater, so it's not too hard to imagine a time where gloves would be welcome. Certainly, my California friend won't need his scarf as much as I need my gloves! lol. At least I'm not trying to justify starting a sweater (say from Vikings)! Cricket, resenting my implication that there might actually be yarn in my apartment that is NOT for her amusement, pretended she wasn't interested anyway. ![]() otia dant vitia "leisure begets vices" 0 comments || # |