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Red is the appropriate color for this blog. I finally received my first shipment of the RSC yesterday afternoon. I was so excited. The color isn't somehting I'd have chosen, but is still beautiful. It is called Dragon Dance! On the inside is a cute little picture with a special name that you have to look up to find out what it means. Mine is Falkor and that comes from the Neverending Story and apparently has something to do with good luck! The pattern that came with it looks easy, although I can't seem to get the yarn to stripe. I'm going to have to check out their blog and look for some more suggestions, 
otherwise I'm just not going to care. I like when it pools too. It also came with the binder which is nice, a bumper sticker, 2 buttons, and an emergency sock skein on a key chain! There is info about sock camp, which I couldn't go to anyway because I already have a trip planned for that week. It sounds like fun, but I don't know if I'd like to go by myself and not know anyone. I finished my Rosebud socks this morning and immediately cast on my new RSC yarn. This is going to be so cool. Lisa, I hope you like the pics!
It figures that there would be an issue coming back. In Philly we boarded the plane, and it was HUGE! 3 seats on each side. I had the 2 seats next to me all to myself. We sat around forever and didn't know why. Finally the pilot came on and said that the cargo door was frozen open and that we couldn't leave until they got it shut. So, after sitting at the gate for an hour, they had to disengage the door and then manually lower it. I thought "yes, we're on our way!" No such luck. They still had to fuel er up and then taxi. Well we were 8th in line to take off. Don't you think we'd be first considering we're already an hour late. Another 10 min and we're off. It was only a 40 min flight to Syracuse. It took forever for them to get us our bags (I imagine the door was frozen shut!). I didn't get home until almost 11:30 and to sleep after 1. I decided to stay home today with being sick and needing sleep. Plus, I have a ton of stuff that needs to get done. Needless to say I'm glad I left sub plans for today! Hope all went well.
I will be heading back to Oswego today. My visit in Nashville was fun. My dad was very surprised and I got to spend time with my parents and my sister who will be heading to basic training in a month. I won't see her for quite some time. We went to the best Mexican restaurant ever located in Murfreesboro TN. I got to practice my Spanish by asking if I could buy some salsa. :-) I went shopping with my mom and bought new shoes and best of all new jeans! I haven't bought new jeans in probably about 4 or 5 years. Losing weight made shopping for jeans easier. My sister took me to a movie last night. We saw National Treasure 2 which was AWESOME! I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who loved the first one. I've been sick, but I'm finally getting better. It's been very cold in Nashville, in the 20s and less. The sun has been out though which makes it feel much warmer. We don't see the sun much in the Northeast in the winter. In fact, this weekend in Oswego we got 2+ feet of lake effect snow! I can't wait to get home and see exactly how bad it is! Well I'm signing off for now. Gonna go shower and pack. Have to head to the airport at 2pm. I'm ready to go home, but not back to school. Wish I had been able to get an earlier flight. On a good not, STR sock club socks get shipped this week!!!!!!! CAN'T WAIT!!!!
Today I am hopping a plane to Nashville to surprise my dad for his 50th birthday. I hope he is surprised and happy! I'm staying with my sister tonight, and then she's going to take me to my parents house tomorrow afternoon. We are going to bake a cake for him too. I'm staying for the weekend and coming back home late Monday night. It's a good weekend for me to get out of Oswego because it's going to be bitterly cold with lots of lake effect snow. It's my first time flying alone, and I'm a little nervous. At least I'll have some time to do knitting while on the plane! I have a 3 hour block of time from JFK to Nashville. Hopefully I don't get stuck sitting next to a large person and have no room. Oh well, it's all worth it! I can't wait!
I have been dying to chop my hair for a few months now, but I've been waiting until I have 10 inches so I can donate to Locks of Love. I've done it before, this is my second time. I think I'm going to miss my hair, but it's going to a good cause. I can tell you that I feel so much lighter with all that hair gone. My hair is so thick and heavy. I picked out a new color for my hair as well. It's still a red color, but much darker. I think I liked the old color better, but we'll see. I'm sure I'll get used to the new hair style and color eventually.
This is me attempting to take a picture of myself. The picture doesn't do my hairstyle justice. It looked a lot cuter in person.My husband "gave me permission" to chop 4 inches. I laughed and said that it's my hair and I will do what I want with it. I also told him I'd be getting rid of 10 inches. When I got home I said what do you think, and he said "it looks nasty." I know he was just joking, but still. Can you believe it? While I was gone, he was out looking for sticks in the field. He's into modeling for his train layout, and he needed to get sticks to make logs for logs trucks that are too scale. I decided to take some pictures last night b
ecause his desk is just crazy full of trucks, pieces, and parts here they are.
I've decided to take some pictures of projects that I've completed over the past year and some yarn that I have stored. First is the tilted duster. This was on the cover on Interweave knits this fall. I fell in love. It was so easy. Finishing was the most difficult part. I had some trouble setting in the sleeves, but it came out ok. I finished this after my trip to Rhinebeck and after seeing the Moving Mud buttons I wished I had got them to put on this beautiful sweater. I remembered how a customer told me you can send yarn to them and they will match buttons for it. I decided that was totally worth it. So, a close up of the buttons is in order.
They are absolutely beautiful! I love the Tilted Duster but I think if I make it again I would go 1 size smaller. It does fit, but it is a little big and it grows a little each time I wear it. I am still trying to work out the bugs in the sizing. I have some trouble with that. The yarn I used was from elann.com and it was Peruvian Highland Chunky in Forest Glade Heather. All in all the sweater cost me about $70 to make. Not bad for a fall jacket! I was dying to get this project done because I have a ton of yarn to use from the Rhinebeck yarn show. My next sweater project was Mr. Greenjeans from Knitty.com. I love the pattern, and it was so easy to make. 
I would totally make it again, except I would go one size smaller. Again, it grows with each wear, and kind of hangs on me. It does look ok, but it would be better a little smaller. I fell in love with the yarn at the Done Roving booth at Rhinebeck. This was the most delightful yarn I have ever worked with. I didn't have a single knot while winding the yarn into a ball. It was so soft and squishy to work with. It is Superwash Merino in the color Autumn Morn. This orange color was everywhere at Rhinebeck and I just had to have it. I also wanted to get colors that I haven't used in the past. I picked out a button from Moving Mud to go with this sweater. I love their buttons, but I almost wish they had 2 spots to sew it to the garment. I have trouble keeping it closed and it kind of flops around. I also had to take a close up of the button. Sorry the picture is so blurry.
In the midst of making these 2 sweaters I also made a few pairs of socks. I also had to make a few Christmas presents. I decided this year not to make as many Christmas presents as I did last year. I enjoy knitting for myself much more than for others. I did make my FIL a pair of hunting socks, but I don't have a picture of those. I still have quite a bit of yarn left from Rhinebeck, but I 
am using it up slowly. Last year my friend Lisa got me into making these Miter squares. Evenutally there will be enough to cover my king size bed in colors pink, green, and brown. I am using elann.com Sonata. It's also a dream to work with. I think it'll be beautiful in about 10 years when I get around to finishing it. Then the miter square fad will be out of style. I may decide to incorporate some more colors if I get sick of these 3. I also took a picture of my sock yarn stash.
I have a ton. I also have 1 skein of the socks that rock and 1 skein of yarn from the maple creek yarn booth at Rhinebeck. In this picture in the middle are 6 skeins of wildfoote. I haven't used it yet, and everytime I look at my stash I'm dying to use it. I think that may have to be what I use next for socks. Currently I'm using a skein of yarn from the maple creek yarn booth. I'll have to take a picture of that when I get a chance. Well that's all for now. I must end on a note of excitement for the Rockin Sock Club. I know I won't see the first shipment for a few weeks, but I'm still really excited!
I'm sitting here thinking that I'm so excited for the first shipment from the 2008 Rockin' Socks club. I've never joined a knitting club before, and love to knit socks, so this should be a fun experience. Just think, going to your mailbox to find a package waiting for you and it has YARN in it! Plus a pattern to go along with that yarn. How exciting! I know most of you out there enjoy getting stuff in the mail. Come on, admit it. I really enjoy using the STR yarn and my feet like them too. Can't wait to see the first shipment!
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otherwise I'm just not going to care. I like when it pools too. It also came with the binder which is nice, a bumper sticker, 2 buttons, and an emergency sock skein on a key chain! There is info about sock camp, which I couldn't go to anyway because I already have a trip planned for that week. It sounds like fun, but I don't know if I'd like to go by myself and not know anyone. I finished my Rosebud socks this morning and immediately cast on my new RSC yarn. This is going to be so cool. Lisa, I hope you like the pics!
