Color Me Crafty

Yesterday = incredibly fantastic! I was expecting my yarn to arrive on Monday, so I was furiously knitting and cross-stitching while watching shows online so that I could start my projects as soon as my yarn arrived. And then Mom calls and tells me I have a package. Yep, that’s right! My yarn got here TWO DAYS early! Thanks Knit Picks!

So I got Natalya finished at about midnight last night and all that’s left is to weave in the ends. Mom tried them on and she really likes them, though she is a bit confused by the little holes that the m1’s made along the thumb.

And because I got them finished, I’ve started on my Boyfriend Socks! Once again, I love toe-up socks. I can’t understand why anyone wouldn’t like it, though I do know that people don’t. It’s just easier for me, I guess to be able to see the sock and try it on as I go to see if I need more length, etc.

Anyway, I already flubbed up on the pattern, but it’s ok, since I wasn’t very far into them, still at the toe. It’s all fixed now and they’re going smoothly!

Along with the KP Essential that came, I got my purple and white yarn for the mini-argyle beret. I was so excited about this hat. And then I looked at the needle sizes that the pattern calls for. Groan. I don’t have either of the sizes that it wants me to have so I’m swatching right now and hoping that I can get away with a US4 for the bigger size needle and then only have to get one smaller needle. Please, knitting gods, let it work. I’m swatching; doesn’t that deserve a reward?!

And my yarn for Mrs. Darcy came! I’m really, really excited about that, but I’m not going to start it until I’ve got at least the socks finished. I’d like to be able to keep the cardigan pieces at home and have a small project that goes with me. I highly doubt that Mrs. D would appreciate being shoved in a Ziploc bag. As for the yarn, Main Line feels lovely on the skein. I just hope is feels as lovely when it knits up.

And as if that wasn’t enough, yesterday was Founders Day for my mom’s and grandmother’s sorority. Since there’s a chapter at Northwestern, I got dragged along to the festivities to schmooze. At the silent auction, I spied the most glorious thing a senior in high school could ever see: a big ole box of school supplies. BEAUTIFUL. I did a bit of oohing and ahhing and convinced Mom that I needed it for next year (A label-maker? That was totally on my list. And I need a whiteboard calendar to hang on my dorm door, don’t I?) so she bid on it at the very end and won it! It’s awesome. And less money spent on supplies for next year is less money I have to spend in general, so it’s definitely a win-win situation.

Well, I thinks that about sums up my weekend!
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