Yarn Along

So, I’m going to have to go off of my camera phone for a few days since Ingrid broke my camera card reader…again.  She’s Miss Destruction these days, with an innocent smile on her face.  I stay on top of her, and she is learning how to listen, but whenever I ask anyone else in the house to watch her for a few minutes so I could do something like, say, use the bathroom, she ends up destroying something because “they” think she’s quiet and happy, and have no idea what a stealth-like ninja she actually is.  Oh, and she can climb up and reach all surfaces in the house now, which makes it more fun.

Also, she learned how to say “Eshooozed!” (excused!) when she wants to get down from her high chair.  It’s so cute, she’s forgiven of all the things.

As I wrote yesterday, I am wrapping up several knitting projects, and thinking carefully about my next one.  Next on my list was a pair of fingerless mittens for my collection coming out next year.  The details of this one will stay secret, but I’ll let out some peeks here and there.  Yesterday I spent my knitting time finally, FINALLY making a choice on what these fingerless mittens will look like.  I bought yarn for them a few months ago, and have been hemming and hawing for awhile between about 4 different stitch patterns for them.  Yesterday I finally made a decision, and that decision changed the yarn I was going to use, because it needs a fine yarn.

You see, I had bought worsted weight yarn, thinking these would be a quick knit, but the stitch patter I picked up will really work better with a smaller weight yarn.  So I’m stealing some yarn that was intended for some socks for the girls for Christmas, and I also found some a bunch of leftover Madelinetosh yarn from the “Madame Phelps Shawl” that might work as well.  Hopefully I can stay within my stash, but there’s no guarantees.  I may stop by the yarn shop the next time I’m in the city to make sure this is the best option.  🙂

I am still reading The Mission of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson, though it’s nearly done.  It’s been a good read, and one I will probably revisit in a year or so.  Knut, Silje and I just went to se “Les Miserables” on stage this last week, and I’ve been thinking about picking up that ginormous tome…unabridged just to be crazy.  What a project that would be!  It would be epic.  I’m thinking about it.  You’ll know what I choose if for the next 1.5 years you see a picture of the book every week in the Yarn Along.

Linking up with Ginny for the weekly Yarn Along again.  Please continue to keep her and her friend’s family in your prayers as they still mourn the loss of a much loved lady.  They have all been on my heart so much, I find my thoughts and prayers on them throughout the day.