Mountain Splendor...not!

It was very strange to be away from my computer for a full day. Wednesday was our company golf tournament and it was fun…I don’t golf but I drive a mean cart. 5:00 in the morning is 50 minutes before I usually wake…that is 50 minutes I really need, apparently. Fuzzy headed I left without my much wanted camera and one knitting needle (it turned out I had little time to knit anyway). We were at the Homestead Resort in Midway Utah, a very beautiful mountain valley. You would have loved the pictures and I'm sorry to deny you the mountain splendor. Surrounding the golf course are the Wasatch Mountains which are starting to fill with red splotches of color. All of a sudden it’s fall, baby! I promise to do better and when I return to the area for the BOW Fiber Festival over Labor Day weekend. There WILL be a camera in my bag. It may get covered by fibery, fleecy wonder…but it will be there. BTW, if you check the BOW website you’ll see a picture of several people sitting around a table. I’m on the end, sitting on top of the table with a large hat on my head. We helped to full some fabric that a friend had woven for a kilt. Norman Kennedy sang wonderful old songs (and we tried to sing along) while we slammed the yarn and passed our ‘wad’ to the next person. Very fun!!

Here is the progress on my Making Waves Socks (click please). They had to be frogged because I didn’t follow Pam’s advice and make them a size larger. I took them back to the top of the ribbing and increased 2 stitches on each needle to get 80 stitches. They now fit, but by adding the extra stitches a strange and exciting thing happened. The spiral that had started in one direction in the ribbing has changed directions! Do you think I can do the same with the second sock!? The color is so pretty (the picture is a little washed out) and it’s enjoyable knitting the cables.

A friend gifted this yarn to me for doing her a favor. It’s the glorious Anne by Schaefer. When she pulled it out of her bag I couldn’t help but gasp and say “Oh, I love that!” She handed the skein right over and said to keep it. The name of this colorway is (might be) Mary Pickford. I had been thinking of joining the Pool Along but this is so pretty I think I want some socks or maybe a small shawl…too many choices!

KnitSteph was also very kind to those in the RAOK ring and gifted everyone $5.00 to Adagio Teas. I had to spend it! So, I bought the tea pot there on the front page and some ginger tea, too. Yes, Laurie they have ginger tea!!!

Have a knitterly weekend!!

Comments

[Jill]

The Schaefer yarn is absolutely gorgeous!! No matter what you do with it, it's going to be lovely.

[Susan]

When I was at The Firm, we had our annual golf tournament at the Homestead, too. Beautful course but the best part was buying snacks from the treat cart and signing the bill over to The Firm.

[Susan]

Thank you so much for my RAOK gift! This has been a long week at work, in addition to being my first week back full-time since I went out on maternity leave in January, and I've just been dragging myself home every night. Last night, your package was waiting for me, and it really hit the spot. I'd been meaning to leave work at lunch time to go purchase more lip balm (I'm addicted to it!) and I hadn't managed it yet, but now I don't have to. And I got such a laugh out of the cuticle cream -- given the issues I've had with both of my hands (hmmm... and my feet...cuticles there, too) lately, this will be a nice treat for them. It smells delicious, too! That's the second cool company that you've turned me on to (the first being Beaverslide yarn), so I think you're my shopping idol. Thanks for the RAOK!

[Eilene]

Pretty Waves! And I love that Schaefer Yarn. Ohhhh!

[jody]

The Schaefer yarn is gorgeous. Anne is probably my favorite because of its gauge. I was at a LYS last weekend and the girl who works there was knitting up a pair of gloves in it. They were beautiful! Enjoy your yarn :)