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This photo represents where almost, but not quite all, of my knitting time has gone for the past couple of weeks. I showed you all a picture of the first scarf, early in it’s progress. The two color Brioche scarf lovingly known as Army scarf 1 for Ravelry purposes was begun on November 16th. The final scarf, Army scarf 3, was finished on December 1, fifteen days after the first one was cast on. For me, three scarves in two weeks was a lot of knitting. Smokin’! (OH yeah, I pulled off a pair of fingerless mittens in there, too.)

The scarves were all knit primarily or totally with Patons Classic Wool Merino, with a few dashes of color courtesy of Cascade 220 thrown in on the ends. Needles for both Brioche scarves,(1 & 3) were Knitpicks Harmony’s in size 9. The grey Scrunchable scarf used Harmonys too, but in size 8.

I thought that was an interesting tidbit, considering both patterns were knit with the same yarn. You can’t see it in the picture, but the Scrunchable (scarf 2) has a lovely couple of stripes at each end in a heathered green…kind of a loden color.

Verdict: I’m impressed with Patons Merino! It was soft, easy to knit with, has as much yardage as 220 does, and costs less. I didn’t have any issues with consistency of thickness with the Patons either. Oh yes, I did/do have with the Cascade….For example, the hat which I am currently knitting in two colors of 220 superwash has huge issues with thickness. In a nutshell, the yellow is knitting nicely on the size 6 needles, the black is noticably thinner, and would do better on 5’s….or perhaps even 4’s!

Tomorrow I’m off to Mt Hope for a Cookie Exchange and Craft Day! This is to be followed by an incredibly busy Sunday. And Monday. And a usually busy Tuesday. Thank goodness I have Wednesday mostly clear to allow a bit of recovery time. Unless something else comes up….and you know it will!

It’s snowing, Plus December Header is finally up!
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Lake Tahoe, California April 2008

So, for once I’m a little early for DOT, but this was irresistable!
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It’s that time again….Time to enjoy the free patterns and pretty pictures from GarnStudios. Follow this link, you’ll probably want to bookmark it, for a new free pattern each day from now until Christmas. Enjoy!

Oh, yes, I know I’m late with December header. Sorry. Picture is chosen, cropped, and ready to go….on MY computer, which is once again….temporarily unavailable. Sigh.

I had to post this a day late, because my computer didn’t come home until today, and the photo I needed was on this computer…..sigh.
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PFC Josh was 19 on the 19th! I hope you had a good day and got to talk to those you love. I can hardly wait for you to come home at Christmas. Oh, Daniel feels that way, too.

Update number
1). Still don’t have my own computer back so I had to finally get some photos into Hubby’s machine.
2). Life is still happening at warp speed, so blogging will continue to be limited for a while.
3). I have been knitting….wanna see a few pics?
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The February Lady sweater is moving along. I’m about half-way through the body of the lace.
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I finished one little pair of socks
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Knit with some of the left-over yarn from a hat, Premier Yarns Serenity Sock Weight, in the Thyme color. Held double throughout, knit on KP Options 1 and 3. (I think)
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And yesterday I started a scarf for a friend’s son’s Army unit. It’s a two color Brioche pattern, knit in Patons Classic Wool Merino, Deep Olive and Natural mix on my size 9 Harmonys. It’s my first Brioche and I’m really pleased with how nice it looks and how quickly it knits up.
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I saw this on Holly’s blog and knew it had to come visit/represent me!

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I can’t believe it’s been an entire week since I’ve posted here. I knew I was busy, but….still, wow.

Since I was last visible, I’ve been all over the place doing all manner of things. I’d love to tell you about a few of them. Only one downside at the moment; this isn’t my computer and I won’t have any photos to share until one of two things happens. 1) my computer returns from it’s trip to visit its makers or
2). I deal with learning the photo options on the Hubby Dearest’s computer.

Not all of my business has been ‘work’. I’ve had some fun, too.

I’m still knitting away (when I can find the time) and my February Lady sweater is well into the lacy part of the body now. The blue lace scarf is moving very slowly, and several other small projects remain OTN.

So, I’m fine, other than being quite tired, and will resume regular (hah!) posts with pics when I am able.
If you’d like to know what I did on Saturday, check in with Knitnmom….she even has a picture or two!

We now interrupt this normally mild-mannered blog, with it’s usual fare of knitting, tea, and dogs, for basketball season. I apologize for driving away any of my ‘gentle’ readers who couldn’t care less about the NBA. I’ll try to keep it to a dull roar and promise a minimum of grousing about the refs and how unfair life is. Really, I’ll do my best.

But, for the moment…….It’s Kings all the way!! Woohoooo…..we won our home opener! In overtime! No last minute melt-downs. Arco Arena rocked and rolled just like in the ‘glory’ days. I almost needed earplugs.
I saw several Israli flags in honor of Omri Casspi, one of our rookies, and the first Israli to play in the NBA.

Kings 127, Grizzlies 116 in over-time. Heh…ok, we’ll talk about knitting tomorrw…I promise.

Hubs better think so, because today he is, as he told his mother some years ago, “a half-century” old!
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In honor of the old man’s his birthday, please enjoy
The Many Faces of Dearest