Ooooooh

The sock yarn that I won in Cindy's VestySweater Contest at was in yesterday's mail!  That fabric bag that the yarn is sitting on?  I think Carrie made that -- incredible!  It is lined with a complementary fabric and there are some pockets inside.  It's St. Brigid's new home -- and it's roomy enough that the new shawl is residing there, too.  Gorgeous!!  There was also a little straw bag and three handmade cards.  Wow, much more than I was expecting.  Thanks, Cindy!

There's progress on the Shapely Shawlette.  I think it's going to be very pretty and very warm.  This yarn is a little heavier than the alpaca I used for my own.  Here's a close-up.  It's not quite that "teal" in real life.

I had a very nice lunch with the grrs yesterday at Atlanta Bread Company.  I ordered my order-taker's favorite lunch (the new turkey sandwich with cranberries), so he bought me a cookie.  I shared it.  I brought my knitting in, but I did not knit.  Gab, gab, gab.  I was humored by the twists and turns of our conversation -- from Wal-mart to football to the Middle East and back to Wal-mart, interspersed with talk of our families and what we've all been up to since our last get-together.

I did make some progress on the home-front yesterday, but it could have been better.  My multi-tasking skills were AWOL.  Why wasn't I doing laundry while I was paying the bills?

One last look at that cute ball of sock yarn!  There will be sock-knitting at Chez Knitorious someday.

Comments

[Karen]

Beautiful sock yarn! I'm drooling......;-)

[Liz]

Beautiful sock yarn! What kind is it? Your shawl is faboo, too. What kind of yarn is that?

[Jean]

LOVE the yarn in the shawl. Did I miss something? What is that?!

[yvette]

Your shawls looking great AND sock yarn, see you just have to do it!

[Margene]

Lucky grrl! Very nice and make those socks soon. We all have multi-tasking issues..they aren't all they're cracked up to be anyway! LOL

[Melanie]

What a nice Cindy surprise! Love the bag. Shapely Shawl is beautiful too.

I can't stop thinking about the turkey sandwich and cranberries...

[Cindy]

Glad you like everything. The sock yarn is from Bizyhands off Ebay. Handspun..just wonderful when knit up. Mary at Knitting Notes is how I found out about the yarn.
Enjoy!

[Annie]

I'm so glad I just saw Cindy's comment! That sock yarn looked so familiar & for good reason~ I just bought some from "bizyhands" myself. It feels wonderful, doesn't it?

Do you know what sock pattern you are going to use yet? :)

[Kathleen]

Great looking sock yarn and the bag is lovely too. I love Carrie's bags. Shawl is looking great too. Sounds like a terrific lunch with the girls.

[Elizabeth]

This is great. I ask for photos. I get photos! Beautiful shawl. Does this mean you've never made socks??????