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Sheep Street

May28

I’ve been reading on Ravelry (knit and crochet community)

 how everyone is going to this huge Sock Summit.

It’s like the knitting Olympics.  And to be honest I never

knitted a sock.

I am clueless to what it takes to make sock.

  

I feel like I’m missing out. I’m not a stranger to dpns.

Actually I love them.  That’s

why I can make so many mittens.

So how can there be a problem? Double

Pointed Needles are my life.

 

 

Well I picked the easiest pattern possible. 

 I also used some scratch yarn that could be

ripped out, stitched and ripped out again.

I even pulled out my 2005 Family Circle

Knitting Issue.

I GOT IT, after three “rippits” I learned

how to “turn a heel”. (I’m so proud).

 

  

I didn’t do the toe though I know how to

 decrease and do a kitchener stitch. I learned

the kitchener stitch when I was a youngster,

 and darned socks with a light bulb as

a darning egg.

  

I’m going to finish this some day.

Maybe I can use it to polish furniture..hehehe.

  

 

So feeling confident and hoping for success

I wandered off to the next town to my

Local Yarn Shop.

It’s a nice shop. The shop owner is both

 efficient and gracious. Her assistant helped

me and she’s very experienced.

Anyway she had a fun yarn called

Summer Sox by Classic Elite and it came with

a pattern. I came home and casted on.

 

 

Like today it’s cold, drizzling, damp, and raw.

A great time to learn something different.

Well it took me hours to get 4 inches done.

 Size 2 needles and the thinnest yarn

ever. No wonder they’re having a Summit.

They’ve earned it.

  

Here is my little project that took me HOURS to do. 

 And I’m not even close to being done:

  

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And being true to my passion for mittens

 I picked up some gorgeous pink Merino

Super wash from Karabella. Look at it,

 

 

 even the ball band (label) looks like it’s a

jewel.

  

I’m going to be making Bella’s Mittens from

the movie Twilight….more on that  later <g>

  

Any time you’re south of Boston, drop into

 the Sheep Street Yarn Shop.

 http://www.sheepstreetyarnshop.com/

 This tiny place holds everything you need.

 

 

Feeling Fallish!

Oct13

The beautiful weather we’ve been having has everyone enjoying

this special time of year.  I’m just starting to get fallish.

I scrubbed up the pumpkins from our wayward vines, and

put them to dry.  (this is what I call  good housekeeping hehehe!)

Then had to get to the pharmacy.  At the end of our main road is

a beautiful cemetery. It has the most delightful oaks and maples.

I took a side trip to enjoy the colors.

Isn’t Mother Nature Wonderful!!  

These are a couple of more hats for the Colorado Gang.

The forrest green, is another Misti Alpaca Baby Worsted Yarn.

It’s like silk, I love working this yarn, it’s so soft on the skin

The Red and Blue is Baby Ull, by Dalegarn. 100 % wool and machine washable.

And I finished the Inca Marl Mittens, still can’t get the color right.

A whole lot of nothing

Oct10

I’ve had a nice busy week. I say nice because I like to be running around

getting things done. I can’t stay away long because my husband can’t be

left on his own for long.

Yesterday was another appointment. I didn’t know how long it would take,

however my two brother in laws come by on Thursday mornings, and it

lifts any worry I might have.

I had a medical appointment. You all know how those go!  Yet this time

it was a little different. My doctor scheduled me for the BRKA Analysis

test.  It was very simple. I answered a few questions regarding my

family’s health.  BRKA is the genetic cancer test, for breast and

ovaries. Once I answered the questions, I went to the lab. had blood

drawn, they gave me the blood back… I returned to the Dr’s office

and the nurse, sent the forms, and blood to Utah.

Even though I have many who’ve suffered an died of this insidious

disease (like many families).  There are only 20 percent of expected

carriers that actually have the gene. I think this is quite fascinating.

Women’s Health has come so far.   It still has miles to go not only

with cancer but with heart disease, especially in  diagnosis.

 

This was all over in 30 mins.   And if you think I was heading back

to the house forget it. I went to my Local Yarn Shop!!!  (LYS).

 

It’s two towns away. And if you’re familiar with Yarn Shops you’re

never in and out. I knew exactly what I wanted before I went. I

had the ball bands and my list.

I don’t want to buy yarn online. I believe in supporting local

business. She has a tiny shop, full of beautiful brands. And I know

that often she’s tied up with other customers. And we DO absorb

her time and expertise.

There was only one customer when I arrived. Which is nothing.

I like to wander through the shelves, glance at the colors and

touch the threads.  Whilst she was talking to this customer she

greeted me, I responded and drifted about. Well this customer

wouldn’t stop, she was explaining her projects, how her husband

complains, what other yarn she needed. She kept opening her

pattern book, blabbing away. …No problem I’m still drifting amongst

the bins.  Actually I was feeling badly for the proprietor. It must have

been 10 mins. listening to motor mouth, when the owner asked if

she could help me with something.  I pulled out one of my ball bands

and said Yes please I would like to see this yarn…Classic Elite

Alpaca.  I think it’s one of the softest yarns I’ve ever touched. And

She said Oh that’s one of the best we have.  Didn’t Motor Mouth

have to jump in on this too. What is it, I never saw that, what do you

do with that?.   Then I said I could use some pinky, bluish yarn,

and the owner said I was just going to recommend THIS, and I said

oh that’s funny that was my other choice…Misti Alpaca. I had that

ball band too.

Wrapping up this overly long post. Motor Mouth decided to purchase

ahead of me, she made FOUR trips back to the yarn bins, stopped

to talk to another customer she knew, who just arrived. And the poor

owner said …I do hope you’re not in a hurry.  Well I was but this was

too cool to miss. …I didn’t tell HER that.

 

I made it home in time for the ole boys to leave.

 

This is what I purchased.

 

Classic Elite Marl Yarn.

 

It has multiple colors stranded together to create a color.  Which I think

makes it fun to knit.

 

#1174…Red Sea………Actually it reminds me of Black Cherry.

 

 

Misti Alpaca Baby, Worsted

 

This is called Peony

Misti Alpaca…….Could Blue

I know it’s a boring story.   That’s my life.  Although TODAY I

went to the hairdresser as a greyed, washed out brunette and

came home a blonde. ……Like God Wanted Me To BE!