It has been a VERY long week. month? Oi. I worked until 3am at least twice this week, and 6am once. Granted, I don’t go in until 11 or so those days most of the time, and I can work from home - but jeeze it takes a lot out of you. Add in some allergies or just fatigue-based migraines, and it was a long, draining week. The good news is, I can see the finish line through the fog, so far as work is concerned.
And ya know what else? I got a package!! Wheee! Seriously, I don’t even know when it arrived, as I went to the post office today but had not been since Wednesday or so. But oh my. What a lovely package at just the right time to lift my spirits! It was gorgeous all week - you know, while I was working. Today, on the other hand, is dreary, cloud-filled and at times rainy. But look - THESE blues are better than MY blues…
That, my friends, is courtesy Knittensilly (ravelry link). She was my upstream spoiler in the Malabrigo Junkies Swap - and man did she ever spoil! That’s 2 skeins of worsted weight in “Emerald Blue”. It’s such a gorgeous mix of blues and teals and ohhhh it’s lovely!
There are my other goodies - how cute is that yarn bag? The little bag to the left of it is dragonfly and butterfly buttons!! And I’m currently sipping some of that coffee (ok, how targeted to me is a coffee shop that says “strong coffee since 1993″ haha) from my new, BEAUTIFUL mug with a dragonfly! Isn’t it all just SO me?
And here - check out a closeup of the stitch markers:
Thank you so much for brightening my dreary weekend, Knitten!
I did swing by the sale at Cast On Cottage. I really do love that shop since Teresa bought it a year ago, so what better way to celebrate her one year anniversary than to get a bit of goodness from the shop?
This was my non-sale purchase. I couldn’t resist..
Viola!
It is the Total Tote from Creative Options - I don’t much like their website, as they have it set to make it impossible to direct link - but I DO love the bag.
I was relatively good when it came to yarn - I limited myself very well, thank you - and the two yarns I got were 3.00 and 4.00 per ball, respectively:
Very likely to become items for Warm Up Winc (the left) and for a friend’s baby (the right) as soon as I figure out what to make with the blue. I’m not sure I’m up for another baby surprise, though the gauge would probably go just right with it. Any suggestions? It’s Linie 11 “Alpha”, a 100% cotton, and I’d love to tell you gauge, but there aren’t Americanized translations… and I’m too tired to figure it out right now. It says 3,0 -3,5 needles and a 10×10cm square shows 26 stitches and 34 rows. I have 6 balls at 104m each.
I have been knitting - quite furiously, actually - just can’t show you yet, but I’m really happy with how the project is going.
I’ll leave you with this shot of Cleo, as I need to get back to work, try and do some laundry, get my own pal’s packages together, and attempt to maintain my sanity. Who says she’s not a knit lovin’ kitty?
Do excuse the 900 toys everywhere - most of my livingroom looks like that. And she promptly ignores it all for the needle, any pen of any type, and the box sitting in the corner with some tissue paper from my Spring Fling Coffee Swap Pal. It’s like she’s 2 and prefers the pots and pans in the cabinet to her toys!