Noolie Knits

Shamelessly Stealing Ideas

It's Wednesday (for about another hour) and I've decided to steal the idea follow the lead of the Sheep and do a WNBP (Wednesday Night Bullet Post).  Here goes:

• Today was a holiday here in the U.S. - Independence Day, better known as "the Fourth of July".  Most people celebrate with BBQ's and fireworks; not me.  What'd I do today?  I went to the gym with Patti first thing this morning, came home and floated in the pool for a couple hours, took a nap on the couch for a couple hours, had takeout from "York's Best Roast Beef & Seafood Rest." (that's really the name) for dinner - YUMMY, knit for a while, and now posting on the blog.



• I know you are all wondering how I can stand all the excitement, but to me, this was a perfect day.



• I finally posted the Haymarket Bag pattern.  There's a link in the sidebar. (If you make it and find a mistake, please let me know)

• I started my Sockapalooza pal's socks on Sunday and finished the first one tonight. 

Yarn:  Socks that Rock, medium weight, Monsoon colorway (Feb 07 club yarn)

Pattern:  Waffle Rib pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch

• We had a great "Chicks with Sticks" night last night at the Yarn Sellar. Mel and Annie were there, as well as Doug (whose in town for a few weeks). It was really a good time. Annie, Patti, and I ended up staying for quite a while afterward just chatting.  It was a really good night and I only had to rip out a few rows of the sock.  I guess I can't do anything more complicated than straight stockinette when I'm gabbing.



• I reserved my room for SPA 6 today.  It's going to be in Freeport in February.  Hurry and make your reservations if you're going (and you definitely should be going if at all possible)!



• Amanda is having a contest; all you have to do is answer some questions (all the answers are in her previous posts). 



• My first spindle spun yarn:

(sorry the pic is so blurry)

I finished this on Saturday and soaked it and hung it to dry overnight.  I'm not sure how much there is, certainly enough for a baby hat or something small.  I still have more of the same fiber to spin.  I love the colors and I'm pretty happy with the yarn (although you can definitely tell which part is the beginning!).

• Bloglines tells me I have 147 posts to read.  I had planned on catching up today, but was busy floating and sleeping and eating.  Guess I'll have to catch up tomorrow.



• I am taking vacation time tomorrow and Friday; my plan was to float in the pool, but given the forecast, I don't think there'll be much of that.  Oh well at least I won't be working :-)



• It is now almost Thursday so I guess I'll stop here and go to bed.

Goodnight.

I Love My Mailman!

*Warning* If you are in the Rockin' Sock Club and haven't received your April package, don't read this post (unless you can't wait to see the yarn).*

The mailman has been very good to me this week.  He's brought me a package every single day so far this week.  I've received several more squares for Betty's blanket; you people are awesome! 

He also delivered two packages of sock club yarn - YAY.

I plan to take pictures of the squares on Saturday, so stay tuned for those.  Tonight, I'm going to show you the yarny goodness that was delivered.

First up, the April installment of Spunky Club yarn arrived the other day:

Strawberry Fields - 360 yards of sport weight superwash with 10% nylon. YUMMY!  I can't wait to knit this up; it's beautiful and oh so soft!

As if that wasn't good enough, the April installment of the Rockin' Sock Club yarn was delivered today.

I just love that little mini-skein key ring. This month's yarn is a brand new Socks that Rock yarn called Silkie.  It's a superwash merino/silk blend and it is gorgeous.  This colorway is "Walking on the Wild Tide".  Very, very pretty.  It came with a lovely pattern designed by Chrissy Gardiner called "Knee High to a Grasshopper".  The pattern can be knit in two versions, regular length and knee-highs. 
The regular length version: 

and the knee-high version: 

I really like this pattern. I think I'll use this shipment of yarn to knit the regular length sock, but I'll definitely be knitting the knee-highs at some point.

I wonder what the mailman will bring me tomorrow :-)