Saturday Morning Live

Here's how my Saturday morning started out:

My husband just stuck his head inside after talking to our neighbor (J) with the super-well maintained yard and said "I shouldn't have talked to J, now I'm super-motivated and am going to replace our entire sprinkler system!"

So this means, I've got an entire day to myself. So on to the knitting!

I finished Pucker yesterday - What do you think?



I'm on the fence about it.



Raveled over here.

And with that off the plate I started doing some prep on a LONG-overdue sweater (vest) for my Old Man.



I'm using the pattern Diamonds for Him from Knitty, and Knit Picks Swish Superwash (because I seriously don't trust him to NOT throw it in the washing machine someday).

There's also been some progress made on Laurent.

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Now I'm off to make about 10 pounds of Chocolate Swirled Rice Crispy Treats for tomorrow. I LOVE to cook, but manage to screw up almost everything I bake, so I had to choose something that is almost fool proof. And for extra insurance, I'm using this recipe from Cooking for Engineers to guide me. Have you ever seen that blog? It is one of the most unintentionally entertaining websites I've ever found.

I Don't Remember Alpaca Itching Like This

Writing from work today because I am waiting for my computer to copy about 15 memory sticks. Fun.

Wearing the Minimalist Cardigan to work today, and I am ready to scratch my arms off. I do not remember Alpaca being this itchy.

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In unrelated news, I've finally worked out the details for my DH's next sweater. I am going to be knitting him Beau from Rowan Vintage Knits. I even splurged and bought him the nice yarn for it (Rowan Scottish Tweed in Navy).


The goal is to have it done in time for our Italy trip in mid-February. I should be getting the yarn by the end of the week, so I'll probably cast that on this weekend.

And of course, I couldn't resist this bargain when I found it. I picked up 12 balls in Antique for Laurent from the same book.



I am leaving the flowers and the belt off. This project will probably come with me on the plane for loooong flight to Europe.

Anyhow... that's it for now. I almost forgot about the itching for a minute but it's back now. Must remember to wear long sleeves under this thing from now on....