Sunday AM: rcty, coffee, blog-surfing, etc

Good morning Noreen and rcty, although it's just past noon here. I have houseguests this week, so we all just finished a lovely turkey dinner. In a little while is my DS's much-delayed birthday party (due to two snowstorms and the full booking of the facility for the past 2

1/2 weeks) so only a little bit of yarnwork for me today. Although I did get 5 wire crocheted necklaces made yesterday; one for my sis and four for her to take back to her local craft store at the end of the week.

Off to dress the children for the party....

Michelle

It is just past 10am here. I'm on my second coffee (something between a latte and a cappucino, I love my espresso machine!). Breakfast this morning was by the lazy method: leftover Scottish porridge (steel-cut oatmeal for the 'merkins), fruit, heat-n-eat sausages. I just wasn't up to flapping jacks this morning :D

I finished a sock yesterday of handspun yarn, realized after I cast on the second sock that the second ball of yarn is SUBSTANTIALLY finer than the first. So I shall have two odd socks that match each other. I do have enough yarn in the second ball to make a pair of socks, so I may have only one odd sock hehehe

I'm on the hunt for buttons for a handspun sweater I'm planning. I did some sample spinning and swatching before my surgery, will need to do more as my tension will most likely be different now. If you stumble on any ruby red rhinestone buttons of at least 3/4" PLEASE let me know where they are and how I can buy them. The ones I like best at the local button enabler's shop cost $12 each, and I need seven of them. Certainly not over the top for a handspun, handknit sweater, but the thought of spending that much on buttons makes my teeth hurt!

I'm spending the rest of the day catching up all the mundane chores that didn't get done while I was in the cast - scrubbing bathrooms, scrubbing cat boxes, grubbing up the more stubborn interlopers from the patch of weeds I'm trying to garden... The list is endless, as I'm sure you all know

But for the next 15 minutes I'm sitting on my butt doing nothing except reading email!

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Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

Good Morning everyone

It's almost noon here and I haven't been up for too long today. Ended up with a either a sinus or lung infection or both so not feeling too great today. Most of my day today is going to be curled on and maybe working on a baby afghan that I have on the go.

Take care Darlene in Toronto

Good morning everyone. It is 9:11 here and I have a little quiet time before joining my DH at church. He sings in the choir and left at 8:20 to practice.

I got an e-mail from my DD this morning saying the package of sweaters I sent last week had arrived. The little DGD (age 4) was wearing her Pooh sweater at breakfast as she had slept in it. I guess that one was a hit. I made it of Canadiana so it will take about anything she can give it and can be washed. I told DD that it was meant as a play sweater. The other sweater for her was a top down raglan of Red Heart - similar story. I also made a sweater for DGD#1 - the teen - and the jury is still out on that one. DD hasn't had much of a conversation with her yet and always best on clothes to wait for her to volunteer an opinion. It is always a risk making something for a teen but at least she knows I am thinking of her. Unfortunately I sent the sweaters off before taking a picture of them. However, the DGD#1 sweater is the pink one on this Elann page-

also finished DH's vest! He tried it on and declared that it fit. Ithink in future I would make it a little longer, though. It seemed okwhen I checked out the back before starting on the cabled side but Ithink another half inch would have been better. Not sure I want to fixit if he doesn't complain though. I may even be able to block it out abit longer. I will try to take a pic of it - it doesn't need to besent away. Whew - that means I am relieved from my vow to get the WIPs finished before casting on anything more. Sooo - last night I cast on a Meadow Flowers shawl from the Knitters Stash book. It is in a ruby colored lace weight - being made for the silent auction at a fundraiser next fall called Ruby Dance. (The title refers to the return of the salmon in the stream systen we are restoring in our community. The fish are coming back now that the barriers have been removed and the streamsides replanted in native plants etc etc.)

The sun is out here today - we have had some freak weather the last few days but I guess it was just March coming in like a Lion. All is well this am.

YarnWright wrote:

Hi Everyone,

It's a cloudy afternnoon here in upstate NY, they said we may get rain later on, but it's better then snow so I won't mind.

Had a great shopping day yesterday at AC Moore, I know I needed more yarn like a hole in the head, but when it's all on sale, who can resist. There were ladies there buying more then me, they had their shopping carts filled to the brim. I only came away with sixteen skeins and mine is all the Red Heart Supersaver and Caron while they had the more expensive kinds. The two new Spupersaver colors weren't there and the clerk said they couldn't keep them in stock so will have to wait for them. The two shades are bonbon and candy print.

Today is a lazy day and will get some crocheting done.

Hugs,

Nora

Judy, that pink sweater for your granddaughter is really pretty. I bet she loves it, even if she doesn't make any appreciative comments. Teens, hmm? LOL I remember being the same way (for a while) when I was a teen.... usually polite and smiled at other people (see I did remember my manners that I had been taught), but family members got the grumpy brooding me.

How nice that you (your area) have restored the stream for the salmon. It is so good when people start giving back to nature what they realize shouldn't have been taken away to begin with. That is very nice of you to donate a shawl to be auctioned off to help out with the fundraising for this venture. :o)

Gemini

I also finished DH's vest! He tried it on and declared that it fit. I> think in future I would make it a little longer, though. It seemed ok> when I checked out the back before starting on the cabled side but I> think another half inch would have been better. Not sure I want to fix> it if he doesn't complain though. I may even be able to block it out a> bit longer. I will try to take a pic of it - it doesn't need to be> sent away.>