Ahhh - weekends! What would we do without them? I’ll tell you what we did; we were little piggies. Friday when I was out with dad, we stopped in a market on the way home. This particular market has a tremendous bakery - everything in it is top notch and delicious beyond belief - also ex$pen$ive! However, the flavor and happy tummy gods had arranged it so that just before we arrived, someone had marked down goods that were approaching their sell-by date. (Note: This place’s sell-by date doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the quality of the product as everything is always delightful. I’m thinking they mark things down when they’ve been out of the oven for 8 hours because, honestly, how else could things still be so fresh?). Anyway, I wound up with two different types of muffins, cookies, croissants (be still my heart), and a small cake. Dad gleefully absconded with some hot cross buns and a pound cake.
LOL - some of it got stashed in the freezer but some of it barely saw the outside of the grocery bag before it was summarily devoured.
It was the croissants, actually. They were judiciously and delicately laced with dark chocolate and I made coffee in the French Press to go with them. Neither they, nor I, really stood a chance :)
Saturday was a stay-in day. We watched movies and I knit these:
Small child’s mittens
This is the Basic Child’s Mittens. These were fast and simple and I’m embarrassed to tell you that it wasn’t until I was completely finished with the first one that I realized these didn’t have a gusset! How does that affect fit? Does it matter much for a small child? I mean, they look cute and I would love to make more of them, but not if they’re only going to look cute - they have to fit as well. Anyone know how this is likely to work? Am I dithering over nothing here?
And then, Saturday night (well, it was late enough to be Sunday morning) we were getting ready to retire when Myria realized she needed to get something from the car. So she went downstairs. When she came back, having also checked the mail, she said,
“What did you order from Amazon?”
“Nothing!”
I was a little alarmed. If there was a package for me from Amazon that I hadn’t ordered, had some unscrupulous soul gotten a hold of my card? No wait, if they had, why would they be sending their ill-gotten booty to me?!?!?
Myria plopped the box in my lap and lo and behold, there was this:
Beautiful, cool socks!
There are some of the loveliest socks I’ve ever seen, lurking between the covers of this book and I even have a beautiful merino (probably a once in a lifetime thing) to use. This is going to get saved for my trip so it can make it’s “maiden voyage” aboard the Crystal Symphony where I will cast on and knit socks out on the deck in the sun and the fresh, clean sea air. Ahhhh…..
And, as if that weren’t enough, there was also this:
Scarves, wraps and whimsies…
Laura - remember how I was asking about the Interlocking Balloons scarf? LOL - well now I know!
Oh, there are so many beautiful things here I scarcely know where to start! And later this week, I’ll spotlight some of the things that I absolutely have to make.
Both of these lovely books arrived courtesy of barb-in-east-texas who, evidently, just thought I’d enjoy them. (Bowing low towards the southwest) - I love them Barb. Thanks so much for your kindness :) May your heart always be full and your pockets never be empty :)
Well, the weather critters seem to feel that we’re going to be for a snowy week. Week? Loverly… So I’m off to get done what I can get done today - including an appointment I have scheduled for tomorrow. Tomorrow it’s supposed to be snowing like hell, so I’m going to see if it can be moved up.
Then I’m going to come home, get into my recliner, fasten the seat belt and knit for the border!!
And I’ll probably get pulled over for purling in a knitting only zone :)
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i just checked the resident small hands here (i have sarah this week) and then looked closely at the pic of the mittens you made to see how the gussetless mitten should fit- there should be no problems with it, as baby hands are a bit less defined- i’ll try to make a pair and do an ‘in person’ fitting to make sure though- those are cute and that red will make a child smile for sure-
a whole snowy week there! ack!! today is our first day of sunshine after a rainy week here that has left me feeling mildewed and cranky-
i’m glad you had such a tasty weekend (umm, breads and good coffee can’t be topped) and i hope the books will provide hours of pleasure through both stormy and sunny days-
stay happy-
Barb - Thanks for the input about the mittens. I would also prefer to have a small hand available to try them on but, alas, I have only the cats and they don’t have thumbs :) I’m glad you don’t think it will be a problem, but I think I’m going to look for a gusseted version anyways. It will make me more comfortable!
Aha! This time I had dinner before I read your post! Good thing, too, or I would be hoofing it to the grocery store while the espresso machine was warming up. Man, does Barb rock or what? (speaking of barb, what’s her url? it only shows her email) I haven’t looked through Knitting on the Road, but friends say it’s great. And I know you’ll love Scarf Style. Have fun!
Laura - You go on and warm up that espresso machine - I’ll be right over! With the chocolate croissants! LOL!
Barb does indeed rock, but I don’t believe she has a blog or a web page…
Enjoy your new books! ‘Scarf Style’ is a great resource. Just read your post about the film, ‘Constantine’. It’s about to open over here and I noticed it has Rachel Weisz as one of its stars. My claim to fame is that I was once at school with Rachel many years ago (that’s given away my age!) when she was a teenager and already attracting attention through her good looks and strong character.
Anne - I am already in love with “Scarf Style” and just trying to decide what to attempt first!
What an interesting connection you have to Weisz! That must be a very fun memory for you. I have enjoyed her every time I’ve seen her work :)
I absolutely love “Scarf Style” too - I want to make something from it, just not sure what since practically everything is so delightful. What a great gift from Barb!
What a wonderful surprise from Barb…I have heard so many great things about the Scarf Style book. I have not seen the book yet. I do like the Backyard Leaves scarf I keep seeing on peoples blogs. I like the mittens. I have made some with no gusset and they seemed fine on my nieces.
Bron - Yep, it is :) I tried “Backyard Leaves” last night - which was a crashing catastrophe - but I want to try it again, once I learn how to count :)
Maureen - Thanks for the feedback on the mittens - they’re awfully cute and fast and as long as the lack of a gusset doesn’t present problems with fit, I’ll continue to use the pattern. Makes a nice change if nothing else.
Do look at Scarf Style, I’d been eyeing it in the bookstore for a while and it’s a lovely refutation of the notion that scarfs have to be simple or silly :)
