Knot tonight, I'm knitting: July 2006

Secret Pal --WOW

I just recieved the best package!! Three, yes I said THREE SKEINS OF NORO YARN!!! And a great book (I had actually been slobbering over to buy for myself) called 220 Aran Stitches and patterns. And a cute book mark. A real big THANK YOU TO YOU SECRET PAL!!!

(My camera is on the fritz, so I found a recent pic of us holding somthing,lets pretend its my new yarn!) But the smile is for my SP)

Summer work out!

Ok so I havent been knitting lately, been working in the backyard. We finished the front yard in the spring, as you can see by the pic, in the backyard I am bricking the patio, then building the same brick flower beds around the fence. Its not real pretty right now, fence half done, weeds in the yard, but we did pick up all the bricks (by hand) there were about 1800 of them. Talk about a work out. Will post before and after pics of the backyard when we are finished.

Tempted by my sister...

Ok, yesterday I get this phone call its my sis calling me from our favorite store..... HeartStrings...
(do ya hear the music in the background when I say there name?). She is calling to inform me that the yarn I have been coveting for the last 4 months or so is now on SALE. Its Optik from Berroco. A big 40 percent off, someone wipe the drool from my chin! I arrived on scene at 4:55 p.m. (thats the fastest my car could take me) She had been there since 2:00 p.m. wandering around in yarn bliss. I entered the sacred store and there it was!! I emptyed the shelf, (I needed enough for a sweater) and felt relief... Oh what the feel of yarn does for the soul....

Happy 4th of July to all!

My 4th of July prodject is almost complete!! No not knitting (I wish) but the painting of a bedroom. A few years ago my sweet husband decided to surprize his son and paint his bedroom, (big mistake, when I have to choose the clothes he wears!) so he picked the colors, yes he used two together not as a trim, and oh boy was my step son surprized!!!! (two shades of a dark,dark green) Alex just graduatede and moved out to start college and.... the green cave is now a lovely light peach! :)
To let everyone know at the knitting circle, the back of my sweater is complete and I just might reward myself later and pick up my needles! :) Well I must see if this coat of paint is dry and finish what I have started. What a concept!