Monday, November 26, 2007

Lost a week or two

I feel like I lost a week or two. We had a quiet, but delicious Thanksgiving. Rachel's Austrian friend, Viktor joined us. He is bright, articulate and delightful company. Viktor is a successful, freestyle skater, who previously represented Austria at the last Winter Olympics. Maybe we can convince him to dance with Rachel. They would have a great partnership.

Black Friday was not as busy at Eddie Bauer as we had hoped. Sales are down. I developed a nasty head cold and took a day off to just rest. Too much on my feet and I was wiped out.

On the knitting front, I've been trying to finish up current projects. Spent some time clearing off my desk and getting my dp's in order. I've lurked on Ravelry to see what other knitters are up to. Also, bought some new pattern books by Louisa Hardings and Sarah Dallas. I've been sharing these with Caroline. She is very excited about knitting and actually went to Yarnings by herself. You know you have launched a succesful knitter when they acually go looking for yarn by themselves. I'm so happy Caro is enjoying herself.

Tonight, a potential partner is flying in from San Jose to skate with Rachel for the week. Ben is 24 and has been skating for many years. Lets keep our fingers crossed on this.

Think I'll finish my cleaning, then relax and knit.

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Ripping out

I ripped out my Noro sock. While I like the "After Bertha" spiral ribbed pattern, the ribbed fabric is feeling unusually coarse. I'm going to look at some other patterns and see what may be more suitable. Maybe I just need to be patient...working in size 2 needles isn't as much fun as I though t it would be!

Next, I ripped out my chevron scarf. The Saffron Dyeworks yarn is luscious, but I wasn't thrilled with the path of variegated yarn in this pattern.

I think I'll just work on the sleeve of Rachel's v-neck pullover for tonight. Hopefully I'll have enough yarn for the cuffs and v-neck ribbing.

Off to knit.

Fabulous Friday

Friday was a really fun and relaxing day. Caroline and I enjoyed our trip to Yarnings. This was her first visit to the shop and she was completely mesmerized. We were on a mission to find yarn for her scarf and I bought an Ella Rae book. Next, we went to lunch in Skippack Village at a place called, "Grandmas." Delicious food, cozy environment and good conversation. I was sorry to see the day end. We are both looking forward to doing this again real soon.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Feeling inspired

Chilly weather always inspires me to knit, especially with natural fibers. I just love the feel of wool, alpaca and mohair. I finished a rolled edge hat using some gorgeous Noro yarn, almost have a sleeve done on Rachel's top down sweater, am just about finished with the first Noro sock ribbing and ripped back to correct a mistake on the Victorian Shoulderette...forgot a YO. Today, I received two new books..."The Knitters Book of Yarn" and "Scottish Highland Knits."

The highlight of my week was teaching my favorite co worker to knit. This coming Friday, we both have the day off and plan to go out to lunch and visit Yarnings in Skippack, PA. We'll definitely get into some mischief.

OK, off to look through my new books and dream of new projects

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Lazy Day

I have a day off and plan to be lazy except for taking Stanley to the vet to have his stitches removed. Then, home to be a knitting couch potato. I almost have the ribbing done on my Noro sock and made more progress on Rachel's shoulderette. I also have my eye on a ChicKnits pattern called CECE.

Today is also day six of Weight Watchers. So far so good. I have to start exercising to really make this work. That will take some effort especially after working in a retail environment all day.

Well I should get my day going.