First: It is a special day because there is actual knitting content  (woot!)   AND Finished Objects  (Woot! Woot!)

Exhibit A:

Yarn is Studio Donegal.

Pattern:  Basketweave Scarf (which I only identified from the earlier blog post.)

Recipient:  Red Scarf Project

Scarf is currently soaking and I’ll get a better pic in daylight.

Exhibit B:

Here it is on Dude:

Blame Inspiration:  kmkat

Yarn:  Lorna’s Laces Lion and Lamb.

One skein of scrumptious soft 50% silk, 50% merino in a colorway that appears to be discontinued.  (Yarn is from the stash table from the Knitter’s Review Retreat.)   I’ve never knit with this before; it is delightful.  It is also minimally spun and I wonder about pilling.  But the silk strands are very long and very strong.  hmmmmm

One skein made a size that fits my (big) head, but not one that is slouchy.  I have plans to repeat the pattern (something I rarely do) in another yarn, for me.

Pattern:  16 Sixteen Cable hat

Recipient:  to be determined

Exhibit C:

I’ve been meaning to try this for a while.   (Gloves with icord fingers.)

Second: It’s a special day for what’s been going on:  Tuesday, I got to see some friends I haven’t seen since before Ireland.  (Woot!)

Then, Wednesday, I got to see some new friends that I’ve only met once (not counting the train stalking!)  (Metro MD Knitters Guild.  (woot!  A Knitting Group!!!))

And then Last Night, a friend came over in a perfectly normal, usual way for dinner (which hasn’t happened, since, uh … before Ireland)  and we unpacked these:

New dishes!  These are from Louis Mulcahy and are a wedding present.   They’ve been stowed in the big fragile box that Ned was sleeping on for a (few) weeks – till it was quiet enough to deal with.

And that makes it a Red Letter Day.

p.s. This red thing obsession started in the Galapagos, 1.5 years ago.  Interesting.

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