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After a little mis-shipment, I got my knitpicks package. I got a set of Harmony Interchangeables 5-11 with 3 different lengths of cables. I also got the Harmony Cable needles and the ID tags. I bought some sock yarn for me and E (my first real sock yarn purchase!) and the Harry Potter Knits book.
The Harmony Needles are great, and so far no issues. One had a rough spot where you put the key, but I got out metal fingernail file and fixed that in a matter of seconds.
I finished knitting (but not seaming) one of the girls' hats, and started the mod blanket from Lionbrand. Little thing about that...they took it off their site. I had started on it and was only working on it when I needed some mindless garter stitch time, but when I went to pick it back up again I couldn't find my printout. I wrote them and could luckily give them all the info since I have my lovely ravelry account and they sent me the pattern through email. I was quite impressed, I got the email super fast and with all the info I needed. I couldn't be happier.
I got some cash for a Christmas present, so I went to Sheep's Clothing today since they were open for a couple hours.
I bought:
2 skeins of Blizzard
2 skeins of Cascade 220
2 skeins of Encore Chunky
Some sz 3 dpns & flex needles, a row counter, and Knit Socks!
Sadly (?) I have and will have more gift money to spend, and it's really hard not to want to spend it on knitting stuff. I really need to go through my yarn and donate what I don't want anymore to the girl (I do still want to buy her a knitting loom). Well, I should probably wait to do that until after I make my afghan. I want to use up as much of my old acrylic as I can on the afghan and maybe some toys.
I ordered last Tuesday and was excited that by Friday night, my package had left Wisconsin and I assumed would be on it's short little way down here- I even thought it might make it here before the estimated delivery date of today. Well, the package left Friday night and so far hasn't been tracked to anywhere else. I find it incredibly hard to believe that a package that made an 8 hour trip through half of Ohio, across Indiana (and through my county), and into Wisconsin still hasn't made it back to Indiana in those 4 days. I'm disappointed, I'm bummed, and I have no urge to knit. Good thing I got Dale's hat finished over the weekend. Mom's Christmas package goes out tomorrow once I buy one more thing to stick in there.
Dale's Hat from a Lionbrand pattern, slightly altered.
Unfortunately some things have kept me away from knitting, but everything is back to normal now.
I had to completely frog my Tempting, but I have the notes around here somewhere when I'm ready to cast on again. I'm currently trying to finish all my Christmas knitting, particularly things I have to ship out. I made this little beauty for my mom:
Now I'm working on a hat for her boyfriend and trying to finish up the girls' hats and the washcloths, but I have until the 30th to get those done.
My MIL gave me a visa gift card today and I of course ran to purchase the Harmony Interchangeable set, but it is backordered until next month. I ended up buying everything separately plus some extras. Price ended up about the same, but I wont have the pouch to put my stuff in, I'll have to find something to take care of that problem. I will be sure to put up a pic when I get the goods. Keep your fingers crossed that it gets here before X-mas! I doubt it will, but a girl can dream.....
