I’ve been pretty busy the last couple of weeks - test and doctors, you know the drill.  The good news is that my cholesterol and blood sugar are perfect :) The bad news is that I will need to start chemotherapy again after the first of the year.

I tend not to do a lot of knitting when I have a lot of running around to do, but I’ve been working on dad’s socks.  In fact I brought them with me to lunch-with-the-girls this afternoon.  We ate at TGI Fridays, where we always meet, and while Friday’s food is pretty good (go for the Dragonfire chicken - it was awesome!), it’s lighting sucks when you’re knitting charcoal colored yarn.  I had to stop when I realized I had dropped a stitch somewhere.  I didn’t have a prayer of finding it in that light :)

I’ve also begun swatching for a blanket.  Having absolutely no luck at figuring out what stitch patterns I want to use, I finally decided to swatch a bunch of them and see what pleases both my eye and my fingers :)

And thanks to a surprise gift from another friend, I came home with more vintage yarn!

This is Unger French Tweed.  There are three huge hanks of it - 3.2 oz, 384 yard hanks.  I was able to trace it back to late 70s/early 80s.  It is a very tightly twisted yarn so I’ll have to be careful about how I work it.  It is beautiful though - an orchid colored yarn with slubs of pink and purple.  I have never worked with anything like it before and am looking forward to seeing how it works up!  The ball band recommends a size 4 needle, but I’m thinking a larger needle might be more appropriate.





This is Bernat Musetta.  Unlike the tweed, this is in standard 50 gram balls so is a more recently manufactured item.  It’s a bulky yarn, about 75 yards/ball, of wool/mohair composition with a small percentage of acrylic and it is the most gorgeous burgundy-cedar-eggplant colorway.  I’ll have to think about what to do with this because it is just so luscious :)

I love mohair - could you tell?

Okay - this last isn’t vintage :) It’s Schoeller and Stahl Socka - beautiful, fingering weight washable wool - 5 balls of it.  And - see that color?  I probably won’t be making white socks, but won’t this dye beautifully?  Whee!





Chatters is on Saturday evening - most definitely :) Drop in if you have the chance.  Hot yarn talk and festive companionship!  What’s not to like?

And have a great weekend!