...sounds like the title of a mystery novel, doesn’t it? Heheh…
Ahh, the joys of doing laundry :) It has to be done you know, unless you can afford to replace your clothing every week or so, and it always feels like such a chore. Our apartment building doesn’t have laundry facilities so I usually go to an enormous establishment (it’s so big, it almost feels mall-like) down by the river, where I corner several washers, several more dryers and go to work. Yes, I brought my knitting :)
Funny, the clothes always seem lighter in weight when I’m packing the car to go home :)
This bag was temporarily abandoned while we had lunch, but Goldie appreciated the residual warmth from the dryer.
Now that the washing’s done, an even more onerous task presents itself - ironing! Run away, run away!!
Lest you get the impression that yesterday was a bad day, there were indeed compensations :) Around 4:00, Myria came upstairs from having gone to check the mail asking if I was expecting a package…
This thoughtful parcel came from dear Nathalie. And it was, as she wrote on the box, a complete…
The timing was nice too because I was, at that moment (cue the Twilight Zone music…), boiling water for tea so I used the Twinings English Breakfast she sent along while Myria immediately appropriated the can holders. (Nat and I have been talking tea and teapots lately and there may be a joint project in the offing about which there will be more later on!) You may remember me whining about that this summer, looking everywhere for the things and not being able to find them? Nat found some - nice ones too - and sent them along :)
But look at this!
Isn’t it gorgeous? This is Cleckheaton Flowerdale, a mohair/wool/nylon blend - about a DK weight I’m figuring from the information on the ball band. There are about 480 meters/528 yards here and I’m going to let it languish a bit while I think of what to do with it. I keep thinking it would make a sinful and sensationally warm pair of socks, but it seems such a shame to bury that beautiful color under the legs of my jeans and in my shoes where no one but me will ever see it…
Thanks for everything Nat - it was a wonderful surprise and much appreciated!
That knitting I brought to the laundry with me?
I embarked upon a scarf to accompany the hat shown in Monday’s post and, as I was so taken with the Yarn Harlot’s One-row scarf, I wanted to make one that I could keep :) So that’s what I’m doing!
I’m also planning on restarting the sweater - and this is becoming less and less Licorice Whip and more and more Robbyn’s Invention in C# major - today. More about that and how I finally got things worked out on Friday :)
I hope you all had a pleasant Halloween - welcome to November!
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your new yarn from your friend is just so so ‘very robbyn’- love the color- what fun to get useful and pleasant goodies in the mail-
glad you are getting the scarf done for yourself- i’ve simply *got* to make one using the pattern- stay tuned to see what i can do to completely destruct the very readable directions-
halloween is over- now i am looking for the large bottle of vitamins to start preparations for thanksgiving- holidays do kind of come at you thick and fast from halloween until new year’s day, and my ‘inner perle mesta’ needs either a swift kick in the caboose or chemical help to get through them-
stay happy-
Barb - The scarf is actually as simple as it seems. You won’t have any problems with it :) And, it’s actually fun to work.
Bet your glad the H’ween festivities are over!
Howdy Robbyn,
O! what a nice surprise! Yum.
I think I need to do that laundry/knit thing. I think I’d LOVE doing laundry if I did that.
Happy November!
I am so pleased that you liked the parcel - it was hard for me to keep my big mouth shut and not tell you it was coming!
Oh, I have to tell you that trips to the post office are a bit of an adventure. The kids like to pull all the merchadise off the shelves, and I am constantly telling them “this is a ‘look, don’t touch, shop’ “.
:) I duck in there and out of there as quickly as possible at times; although some days are better than others!
Hey Aarlene! Yes, it surely was a nice bit of unepected pleasantness :)
So why can’t you knit while you do the laundry?
Nat - Your thoughtful package just made my day :)
I imagine going almost anywhere with kids the age of your could be quite an adventure!
