yarn!

A fellow ORG member, enchiladaplate, loved the cabled tam that I knitted in January and we came up with an exchange. I would knit her a hat of her choice if she provided me with the yarn for her hat and an equal amount of yarn for my own compensation. She chose the Foliage Hat, and her yarn choice was Comfy in Creme Brulee and I chose the same in Planetarium. I'll be knitting version one and I am going to start on it as soon as I finish Joel's Valentine's Day present! I have only a few rows left...

I will keep a detailed log of the foliage hat's progress!

Rain at the Monastery

The sky yesterday during a break from the rain, and Maile's rainboots.

Yesterday was very rainy. Maile, her friend Robert, and I went on an adventure in Silverado/Black Star Canyon. We stopped at an abandoned little shack, at a Ramakrishna Monastery, and drove around looking for places to take photos when the weather clears. 

At the monastery, we were greeted by two dogs (one named "Sadhu"). Sadhu was very friendly and tried to join us for the rest of our journey by jumping into the car and onto my lap. Robert had to subdue him and keep him entertained while Maile drove away.

My Wet Dog/Things I have Knitted/PRM Ad/Other Things

MY WET DOG:

I gave Heidi a much needed bath on Saturday. She needs another one now, as we have been taking her on long walks and hikes and the like. We've been trying to wear her out so she'll be a relaxed and docile little pup by the time we're ready to hit the sack. So far, it's  been working, and I'm really glad that both of my parents have been helping out with her a bit more, too, as I have usually been the one to take her on the long walks and to throw the ball around and all of that. It's nice that we're all pitching in, and Heidi sure appreciates all of the love and the attention! 

THINGS I HAVE KNITTED:

I love my Serpentine Arm Warmers! Technically, I can only say arm warmer, no s, because I am not finished with the second one. I used TLC Essentials worsted Acrylic yarn, in 2821 Paradise Blue. It was such a fast knit, I finished the first one in only several hours. I have the pattern pretty much memorized, too. I made a couple of changes to the pattern, to make it shorter and tighter. After repeating the cable pattern twice, in the third set of rows 1-3, I decreased 2st each row, a total of 6st. I then ignored the fourth repeat and instead finished the arm warmer after doing the cable pattern 3x and then rows 1-8, with a purl bind off.

I'm going to make a pair in red for Megan to match the lace beanie (you might need to be logged in to see the pattern, FYI) I made for her:

As soon as I finish the matching arm warmers, I'm going to send these off to Germany! I'll have Megan take some pictures wearing the garments and then send them to me.

Pacific Ranch Market Ad:

Pacific Ranch Market, my home for four years and counting, asked me to create an advertisement for their full-page ad in the Foothills Sentry Newspaper. Here's what I came up with, and what they ended up buying from me: 

OTHER THINGS:

Maile and I had a great breakfast on Sunday morning. She brought over some strawberries, some clementines, and yogurt and we made DELICIOUS parfaits! We used yogurt, sliced strawberries, honey, grape nuts, and oats. I also made some pumpkin bread, which tasted like pumpkin pie, and we generally had a lovely time.  we are going to have a photo day soon, which excites me, because I love love love her style.