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December 07, 2004
Recap: 4 Dec 04
Wendy, Marina and I planned to meet at McDonald?s to have our knitting meeting but it turns out that it doesn?t open until 11:00am. Fortunately, it was a nice day, so we sat in the park for a bit and shared knitting magazines. At eleven, we wandered into McDonald?s, only to find out that the upstairs, with the indoor playground and lots of table space, doesn?t open until noon! Foiled again. The upstairs of McDonald?s is supposed to be our winter / bad weather plan, so I guess we need to change the time to noon.
I was able to get Wendy started on her first pair of socks using two circular needles (and the book ?Socks Soar On Two Circs?). Marina worked on the sleeves of a sweater she is making (for her daughter?). She is using some really neat yarn that looks like a cross between tape yarn and something slightly nubbly. It was one of the yarns that our LOYM (little old yarn man) had on his table the last time we met.
I almost forgot, Wendy gifted me with some truly gorgeous jewel toned yarn that defies description. Here is a close up shot of it. I absolutely cannot wait to get it on my needles. It is screaming to be made into a shawl. She also gave me kitchen towels with the days of the week in Italian. Now maybe I will get it right every once in awhile, LOL! Ahhhh, it is good to be the postmistress.
OH! I almost forgot a second thing - I got a half dozen I-cord pooping eggs. HEEHHEEHHEEEEEE Wendy put a very funny tutorial / commentary on her blog, so go read it to understand my glee(scroll down to the 11/26 entry). They are destined to be knitting gifts.
Posted by DebC at December 7, 2004 07:39 PM