Jon and I went shopping in Morristown today. He needed wardrobe help and I'm pretty good at picking out clothes (for other people, not for me.) The knitting store, Accent On Knits is right by the parking garage we used, so we stopped in. Ugh. What a waste of time.
First of all, they have no sock yarn which is basically the only yarn I'll buy from a yarn store because you get so much more for your money online. The place was a mess and was also organized by colors. Ridiculous. I won't comment about the people in the store, because that's rude. But seriously, what a crappy layout and what a mess! I lingered for a second and ran out as quickly as my legs could carry me.
Aside from that our outing was a success. Jon's new wardrobe is adorable and stylish and HOT. I'm pleased with myself.
I just came back from mailing some packages and dropping Devan off at the bus stop. Would you like to see my packaging?
and a shot of some of the tags I pressed last night (no ink, wood type. One of my favorite things in the world):
I just checked the mail and luckily my yarn has arrived. I'm trying to settle on a nice lace pattern now. Hopefully I'll have made up my mind and started by the end of the week and can show you a picture.
First of all. I think I want a haircut like Heidi's!
What do you think??
Today I went to the Yarn Loft and got some of that newish Debbie Bliss Pure Silk yarn. Totally awesome, luxurious stuff. I am knitting this hat for someone special. I wanted it to be really soft and feminine, and Pure Silk has this great luster to it, and it's well, silky soft.
Here's a glimpse of some of the projects I've been working on lately:
The wisteria colored fabric is the lace edged hat that I talked about before, The gray mass of stockinette is Jon's Avast sweater sleeve (number 2 - I've been mindlessly knitting them while I watch Grey's Anatomy. I like it when my knitting coordinates with my tv shows. I'm knitting Avast in Cascade 220, charcoal - cuz I don't really like Plymouth Galway)The creamy colored thing is a really sooooft alpaca scarf in a simple seed stitch. It's for me. I started knitting it while watching House on DVD. I'm about 3.5 feet into it. I'm knitting it out of Plymouth Baby Grande Alpaca (100% alpaca and totally soft) in color 100.
In other news, my kid is adorable:
She's in karate. She was too sick to go today, so she'll have 2 lessons this week. As soon as she puts that uniform on she's all business. Karate is serious, people.
But today, she's under the weather. She spent 2 days home from school with me pretty much doing this the whole time:
And one more thing guys. Is it just me, or are He-Man & She-Ra both incredibly homoerotic, when you rewatch them as an adult?
