Friday, May 22, 2009

The past week or so...

Rupert in the silver chain, and Cooper in the red kerchief, fell asleep, nose to nose the day before Rupert jetted off to Sardinia. See the heart shape? Nose to neck to paws? AWWWWWW.
They had loads of fun together.
I finished my Dad's Civil War Socks, and he put them on and kept them on for the drive back home! :D Me thinks he like!! Dad, you have nice big feet.... We may have to work on the timing for a second pair. They were knit in DK weight... I'm not even going to entertain fingering weight yarn for socks for my dad's size 13 W feet. Yikes. A little side story; I was knitting these sock when we all went to pick up Cooper from the breeder. My parents already had Rupert, as they had picked him up a week or two earlier... When they came up to visit, we all jumped into the car to go get Cooper... all the while the kids were ecstatic that we were 'finally' getting a dog. Little did they know that all summer long I was deciding that I was ready to open my heart to a dog. (long sad story that I'd rather not live through anytime in this lifetime) So these socks are special to all of us, as I was knitting on them as we drove the three hours to the breeder. On the way home, I did not knit... I was holding my Furry Happiness in my lap the whole way home... smelling Dobie Dust... Mmmmmmmm :)
Smashing? Yes?
A picture of my Furry Happiness!!!! Looking rather handsome in red...
And this Wednesday, I took a free day, to run over to Modern Yarn in Montclair. They were having a Closing Sale... (but are hoping to open real soon). ;)
$5.00 for this bag... you know me... The Bag Lady... too cute to pass up... and it folds into a cute little packet. I keep these in my purse for shopping... I have quite the collection...
My Purl Gurl T-shirt... and my lovely 'gold' silk yarn... don't ask me why the manufacture calls this color gold... it looks like 'natural'... so soft and yummy! Not so fun to wind up on the winder... let's just say that I wasted swatching time getting out a huge know that was not there to begin with... sheeesh...
Then some very nice Habu... cobweb! I may have to fortify myself before knitting with this stuff... soooo thin.... but I LOVE the colors! Pink and Plum.

So that is what I have been up to...

3 comments:

Jennifer said...

Wow! That's a whole lot of excitement going on. Enjoy the holiday weekend. Love seeing the two dogs together. Yeah for Dad's Civil War socks. Great sale items. That Habu looks divine.

Yarnhog said...

Too, too, too sweet! I love that nose-to-nose picture!

Donna Lee said...

Looks like you made out like a bandit. I hate it when a yarn store closes. I don't mind buying online but I like to touch before I buy.