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November 06, 2006
Phew! I am back and in the saddle...
So to speak. I got back from NYC on Wednesday, but I needed to play catch up for the rest of the week!
I try to make it to a different yarn store every time I am in the big city. This time I made it to none other than School Products. I liked this store! I wish I had more time to browse though. He was closing up at 6:30 and I had gotten there about 20 minutes before. Never one to leave empty handed.....
100% Merino. It seems like fingering weight yarn, not quite lace weight. And I think a bargin too. $6.50 for each skein. And the yardage not to bad at: 405 yards approx. per skein. At least that is what I think it is. The shop keeper was very nice. I found out his wife will be featured in the up and coming issue of Interweave Knits AND his son is responsible for Karabella Yarn! WOW! Of course I didn't buy any of that. I wanted something I couldn't get up here in Syracuse. I am happy with it.
Oh and I have a FO! Yep! Pirate hat number 3!
I am hoping to get a picture of it on it's recipient today so I can show you her joy!
p.s.s - Happy anniversary to me and my Best friend PEGI, we have known each other for what? 33 years is it Peg? I love you like a sister!
Posted by beth at November 6, 2006 12:29 PM
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Not only is it our 33rd anniversary - it's your half birthday!!!!!!!! :-)
Posted by: pegi at November 6, 2006 12:48 PM
oooh, i have that yarn.. in a different color.
http://www.gleek.net/gallery/main.php/v/crafty/crafty-queue/CIMG2117.JPG.html
so nice, right? i can't wait to use it :)
were you here on friday? you should have come and knit with us, if so!
Posted by: gleek at November 6, 2006 01:44 PM
I really love that yarn you got at School Products. I'm tempted, I mean really tempted to call up and see if I can order some (it just screams lovely large shawl to me!)
I need to make one (or two) of those pirate hats myself. I know my brothers would love them. However I really stink at color knitting. I can't seem to get my tension right and I end up with a puckered looking thing.
It was great seeing you this past weekend. We should do this whole spinning thing more than once a month! I think we should schedule a drunken spinning night ;)
Oh.. and Happy Anniversary Geek and Pegi :)
Posted by: Carla at November 6, 2006 02:07 PM
I am a yarn tourist too - love picking up "new" yarn when I am traveling about!
Love your third pirate hat!
Posted by: meg at November 6, 2006 02:22 PM
That yarn IS nice and seems a reasonable price. I just went to the website and bookmarked it... I MUST make a purchase *grin*
Posted by: Mia at November 6, 2006 02:29 PM
Yummy School Products! I was there back in March, and it is such a neat shop! :) Great colors you got!
Posted by: Lolly at November 6, 2006 02:51 PM
happy anniversary! and happy pirate hat, i love it! and happy happy lovely yarn, of course.
Posted by: kris at November 6, 2006 03:45 PM
WOW What a great hat! I am making my brother pirate mittens and a hat and maybe a scarf too, Do you have a pattern you used, or did you make it?
Posted by: Sharah at November 6, 2006 04:06 PM
That is some super pretty yarn! I might even be tempted to knit something all lacy and stuff if I had that in the stash. And the lace and I have never really gotten along all that well...
And the pirate hat? Too cool!!!
Posted by: Sheepish Annie at November 6, 2006 06:00 PM
Awesome deal on the yarn. Nice going! And happy anniversary to you and your friend!
Posted by: diana at November 6, 2006 06:34 PM
Oh,that yarn is lovely. Kind of pearlescent. Wonderful stuff. :-)
Posted by: Dave at November 6, 2006 08:23 PM
Pirate hat roxxxx!!
Posted by: Annarella at November 7, 2006 08:13 AM
aargh, 'tis a lovely chapeau to be sure! And WAY better than the one I just finished. I got yarn prior to looking at the pattern...and got WORSTED! But I loved the colors and feel of the yarn (1824) so I altered the pattern for a repeat of 3 vs 4 (96 stitches) and just one round of skulls w/ a border above and below. Silly me, forgot to drop down a needle size after prov cast on, and it was a bit bigger than I'd intended...but just about OK. So, even though it's a machine wash, I thought...MAYBE if I put it in VERY hot water, then rinse in cold, then throw in a hot drier...well, guess what? IT GREW!!!!!! But it wasn't quite dry...so I put it back in this morning, and it is about what it was. For my son who will be 11 on Friday and has a head same size as mine...it's loose on me. I'd frog and reknit, but would need more, and the yarn was purchased an hour away. So, I think he'll get it as is, with promise to adjust by reknitting if he wants. I'll post in a day or 2 about it.
Posted by: lisa at November 7, 2006 08:15 PM
Long time bestest friends are so cool. I've known mine for 41 years!! She lives 1164 miles away though so we don't get to see each other very often. :-(
Posted by: kitkatknit at November 8, 2006 10:48 AM
nice hat...what were you in nyc for? work? wish you would come to philly for work...hehehe.
Posted by: lemon at November 8, 2006 12:17 PM
you cheated on the shawl with a SKULL HAT??? ok i can see that. it looks awesome and i need to make me one of those hats as it seems to be the thing to do:) and the yarn looks very pretty.
Posted by: minijaxter at November 8, 2006 12:52 PM
Another pirate hat? Who's this one for? That yarn you got in NYC looks awesome!
Posted by: Erin at November 9, 2006 10:05 AM
I love those Pirate Hats. I must make one for myself! It looks awesome.
Posted by: Venus at November 10, 2006 10:16 AM
