Anticipation (box with a smile)

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This morning I was faced with a decision… wash my hair or do the dishes? Some mornings are just like that. For any of you that have worked in the magazine publishing industry, fall deadlines are tough, really tough. So today, because I feel frazzled, exhausted and perhaps a little bitchy… I started to plan a vacation for next month to Northern California. Ah, I feel better already.
And to put a cherry on top of my day, I tracked my amazon order and it has been delivered. Few things make me happier than knowing there is a box from Amazon waiting on my front porch. A smile on the box! I mean how freaking amazing is that logo… really? I ordered  a couple new knitting books. It's been a long time since I curled up with a book full of yarn porn. Cannot wait. I read knitting and cookbooks like novels, don't you?

Remember when I didn't like to knit socks? Well, I knew I couldn't force things… it had to happen organically. I am almost done with my third pair of these I'm a clog girl, and these are perfect for wearing with my Danskos. Since I now love knitting socks I treated myself to this book and because the holidays are approaching, this book.

I need to get a new pair started so I have something to knit on the bus this weekend…. more about that tomorrow.

Oh, and my decision? My hair is up in two goofy side buns, but I do get to go home to a clean kitchen.

I Got Lucky in Kentucky

Not that kind of lucky, but the kind of lucky when one finds another great LYS. I was in nearby Glasgow, Kentucky for a press okay and set a spell and knit at  Crafty Hands in Bowling Green both ways to the airport. If I had NOT swung by on my way home I would not have found these great new patterns from Churchmouse Yarns & Teas. This shop is on Bainbridge island near Seattle and am still sad our schedule did not allow a visit when DH and I were in Seattle. Sigh. I'm pretty much in love with all these patterns and showed them to my hometown LYS so she would order some for her shop.

I spent an awful lot of my downtime in Kentucky listening to this while working on yet another Clapotis, and driving around the beautiful countryside.

 
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Close enough to finishing Clapotis to justify starting a new project, Turkish Bed Socks. This one is way fun, perfect little socks for my clogs. First time knitting with Koigu… love it. Picked up a couple skeins of Santa Fe, think it will work nicely for these socks too.

Yarn: Koigu KPPPM
Colorway:
334
Quantity: 1 skein
Size Needles: US 3 DPN


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See? Dangerously close to finishing.

Yarn: Malabrigo Sock yarn
Colorway:
Aguas
Quantity: 3 skeins
Size Needles: US 6


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Tobacco country

Ishbel Under Glass

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I finally finished my first Ishbel. I say my first because I can see how this can be a "go to" pattern for gifts. I knit it with Madeline Tosh Sock Yarn—Terrarium. I also see that I am so grateful for my fun iPhone apps that cleverly disguise a poor photo as some kinda arty shot. A gal needs all the help she can get sometimes.