Champs

First of all, let me introduce you to the champions of the Steve Mix 6th grade basketball league.



My little champ is bottom row, right.  Good job, ladies!

Remember the mystery package I received?  It was a present from Kate, my downstream Sockapalooza pal.  She lives in Australia, so we have never met in person, but that has not stopped us from becoming very good email friends.  I recently helped Kate place an order from Knitpicks (who has a very bad attitude re: international shipping) and she wanted to thank me.  So this is what she sent!



Can you tell what it is?  That is two colors of hand-dyed Merino Top for me to spin!  Woot, woot!  Kate ordered it from  Ewe Give Me The Knits, which is local to her, but fabulously foreign to me.



This is 100 grams of "Berrylicious".  (Oh yeah!)



And this is 100 grams of "Tangelo Tang".  (Yummy!)

As I told Kate, I can't wait to spin this up, but I also just want to loop it around my neck and wear it around.  The other Karen thinks I should put them in a big bowl and display them on a table for awhile.

Today is slipping away from me at warp speed, but maybe I'll catch a break and get to spin a little this evening.  (Fingers crossed!)

We went to see "Across the Universe" yesterday, and my Denim and Leaves sweater is NOT movie-knitting material.  I joined a scarf swap recently, the International Scarf Exchange 5.  I had a couple of patterns I was trying to chose from, so I started one yesterday.  It is easy enough to knit in the dark, but looks really cool.


Paton's SWS (I'm so predictable!) in Natural Plum.  This is called the Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf, and the pattern is here.  My only mod so far has been to slip the first stitch when I knit "back" on the short rows.  (Even numbered rows per pattern) - I like the diagonal better.  It will need to be blocked, as it wants to bunch up a little at the diagonals.  I have 2 more skeins, so I should be able to make it nice and long and add a fringe.  Deadline is December 1st, but it will be long gone by then.  I am starting to feel Christmas knitting anxiety and it is time to get serious!

Comments

[Kate]

I knew you'd love them! I can't wait to see how they spin up.
Are they as soft and lickable as they look in their pics? I had Mandie send them straight to you. I felt that would be safer than having them pass through my hands - I might not be able to let them go!

[gemma]

Hi I made that scarf for the ISE5 too! Mine is in graduated orange/brown/plum. Its a perfect pattern for a long stripe yarn. Yours looks lovely, maybe its mine????
and yes Mandie from EGMTKs does lovely work with the hand painted roving.

[The OTHER Karen/KTMay]

CONGRATS to the fine ladies of the basketball team! WOOOHOOOO!

Gorgeous fiber...REALLY beautious! Unique scarf...and you did it in the dark...just wow.

[Karen in Toledo]

Ooooh, that's some purty fiber! I wonder what it will be when it grows up?

Woot! Way to go, girls! Good job on shooting hoops. :-)