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Uh-oh...temptation!

Oh dear...my wonderful shiatsu massage therapist, who comes to my house, pounced on my box of Sampler Afghan squares today with cries of admiration; she's just learned to knit and is eager to learn more than just basic knit and purl and fun-yarn scarves. So I dug out the extra copy of the Sampler Afghan booklet I'd bought when I thought I'd lost my original, and gave it to her, and then...then...she said, Have you been to the new LYS?? It's only a couple of miles away! Thank goodness they'll probably be closed tomorrow for Easter, and it's too late to go there now. The LAST thing I need is more temptation! I can't switch my allegiance from Chris at Cloverhill, but I have to give this place the once-over.

Besides tempting me, she did wonders for my poor infected sinuses, as usual, too. ;)

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spampot
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I am so jealous... a LYS practically next door, and a shiatsu masseuse who makes house calls.

But I am not jealous of having infected sinuses.

You win some, you lose some...

=Tamar

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Richard Eney

She shares an office with others, but she lives so close to me that she just packs her bag and comes to my house. She is a miracle. After she loosened me up, I went back to knitting after dinner and soon felt cramped, so I had a nice stretching session before bed. Instead of going to bed all hunched up and waking up stiff and aching.

Spring is always hard on my sinuses. Sometimes I think I should retire and become a professional invalid. Hey, if people can will their bodies to science, why shouldn't I get paid for being studied while I'm alive?

Happy Easter, everyone!

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spampot
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Is this the Leisure Arts one for crochet? If so, I'm working on that one right now, too. I started a couple of weeks ago and have done two shawls in between, but I'm up to square 4 (triple crochet) and expect to finish that one tonight and move on to number 5 (front and back loop hdc).

I totally skipped their color scheme and am instead going with ecru, beige and colonial blue. I'm doing this one as a trial run in Caron's Simply Soft. The *real* one will be in something much nicer, I think. I just didn't want to dump $200 or more into yarn to find out I don't like the pattern. This particular one I'm doing right now will probably end up being the blanket I let my children romp with on the floor. The "good" one will be for ME. Me ME *ME*. Mine.

By the by, I started playing around with knitting last night. I'm horrible, and the results are just hilarious. At one point I had a needle under each armpit and the yarn wound 'round my hand so badly I didn't think I was going to ever get unstuck. There I was, sitting up in bed, covered in yarn and how-to books and giggling like a fiend with two hooks apparently sticking out of my body. My husband, luckily, has become used to such displays of insanity on my part and didn't have much to say.

I think I'll be sticking with crochet for a bit longer. :)

--Threnody

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Threnody

Oh Threnody, I can just picture that! LOL

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Norma

It's Leisure Arts, but it's knitted (I don't crochet very much). I didn't realize they had a crocheted sampler afghan; will have to look for that.

Sounds nice!

I can just see this!! Thanks for the laugh.

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spampot

didn't realize they had a crocheted sampler afghan; will have to look for that.

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rusty1215

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