with apologies to FA in PA …. fuck.

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GODDAMMIT

I hate when this happens. I hate when fancy, high priced yarns have ties in them, but even more than that, I really hate it when fancy, high priced yarns have areas of color breaks in them. There is a reason to pay the extra $$ for fancy yarns – and color breaks ain’t one of them.

take a look at these pictures …… in the second one, I have circled what I am talking about. I think I should rip it out, but the question is, how far. The color break closest to the needles has got to go, but what about the rest? Does it matter that this is the back of the sweater?

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It looks like Typepad is being termpermental this morning. This suits my purposes actually since I don’t have anything to blog about, so now I’ll have the perfect excuse to keep things short & sweet!

I am working some extra hours at the knitting shop, Knitting on the Lamb. With this being a holiday week, my carpool/driving situation has changed and I have some extra time. And since I don’t have to cook …. I am really liking this job – the people are great and I am surrounded by yarn. We are also sending out class schedules, so perhaps I will be teaching too! If you are in the neighborhood, stop by and see me.

Knitting continues on the pullover. The back is almost finished and things are looking good.

………. and now because it never gets old, how about a little pug candy? do you think they’ll watch the Thanksgiving Parade too?

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The Boar and I did yard work this weekend. What I hope is the last leaf bagging extravaganza for the year. And as usual, we vowed that next year we would hire landscapers to do it. We shall see when the time comes if we make good on our threats ……

I also managed to make a big dent in the Christmas Shopping list. I was beginning to panic slightly because not only had I not gotten much shopping done, I didn’t have any ideas about what to buy. Yes, I am one of those annoying do-ahead people. Don’t hate me – you should be grateful for people like me – that makes one less body, one less pair of elbows to bump into at the mall on the day after Thanksgiving! I spent a few hours on the laptop – thank God for online shopping – how did we ever manage without it? Do you know of any especially good sites? Here is one of my faves.

Speaking of Thanksgiving …. a list of upcoming happy good things:

  • D#1 gets home tomorrow!! I can’t wait to see her!!
  • This is the first time in a long while that I will not be doing the basting. We will be going to my MiL’s for our turkey dinner. I am totally enjoying the prospect!
  • I am also looking forward to making Aunt Mabel’s Cranberry Pie Cake and taking it over to MiL’s house.

gobble, gobble!