Mon May 21, 2007

For my birthday, I got to…..

FROG!!

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and reknit!

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and, there’s not as much yarn left over as I thought there would be. I must have knit more length into the palm this time. I’m hoping I have enough yarn, because heaven help me, I don’t want to rip it again. However, if I need to, it’ll only be to the thumb stitches, not all the way to the start of the gusset again.

This glove feels so good on! I’m always sad when I have to take it back off. I’m really, really liking it.

Nate took me to Salty’s for dinner Saturday night. We had a table right on the glass, with a perfect view of Seattle. I had Copper River Salmon for the first time. It was very good.

Earlier that day, I went to my two favorite LYSs to see what they were doing for the Local Yarn Shop Tour. At Village, they had a bunch of Fleece Artist Kid Silk 2 ply

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It will be a sweater of some sort. Then at Weaving Works, I bought 4 more skeins of Koigu,

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adding to the available choices for whoever wins the drawing for Mitts for Mary.

That’s right, you get to choose from my stash, 2 skeins, same color, any of my Koigu. Even the new stuff.

See anything you like? Knit some mitts! At this point, your chances are probably 1 in 2 that you’ll win something.

I KNOW there was something I really wanted to talk about today, but I’ve stalled as long as I can, and I can’t for the life of me remember what it was. So, maybe tomorrow.

I’m 32 now! That’s so weird.

11 Responses to “For my birthday, I got to…..”

  1. Kirstin Says:

    Happy Birthday Laura!!!

  2. Hayden Says:

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA! I meant to email yesterday, but by the time I got back…not in the mood to move from the couch. Sounds like you had a nice weekend though!

  3. Kristel Says:

    Congratulations! 🙂 May is a good birthday month, I had mine a couple of weeks ago. I hope you have a good one.

  4. susan Says:

    Happy Birthday!!

    I keep wanting to knit a pair for you and then I regain my grip on sanity and realize that 12 days from the wedding is not the time to cast on a new project. I’m admiring your work so far though, the yarn is gorgeous and the pattern’s perfect for it.

  5. Meghan Says:

    Happy Birthday!! I just love the mitts!

  6. Sue Says:

    I love those gloves, just beautiful. Happy Birthday too, glad to hear that you had a nice day. Love all the new yarns too, just such beautiful colors.

  7. Stephanie Says:

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! It looks like you had lots of fun at the yarn shops :o) Gotta love that. I love the koigu. And oh…that fleece artist is super beautiful. I bought my first skein of Sea Wool when I was shopping on Mother’s day. Oh the heaven. I hope you had a lot of fun!!!! I’m restarting the mitts tomorrow. Maybe tonight…we’ll see :o)

  8. Janine Says:

    happy Birthday!!!!! I really love those mitts!

  9. Monica Says:

    happy birthday! Love the mitts too. Congrats too on the stats I’m looking at for the health group – I haven’t read the post yet but can see the list. I’m very impressed!

  10. Katie - The Knitting Mama Says:

    Happy Birthday, Laura!

  11. Carrie Says:

    Happy Birthday Happy Birthday! My Abby is singing happy birthday as I type. No, I’m afraid to say that she didn’t know it was your birthday, I guess she figures it’s somebody’s birthday somewhere. She sings it all the time! But, how appropriate. Hope it was wonderful!

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