Oh Wonderful Day!!!

I've gotten lazy about the mail and tend to only send Amanda across the road for it every 2-3 days. I have got to start checking the mail more often. My lovely Signature Needles arrived probably Thursday or Friday and I didn't get to open them until last night. I know!!! Cathy & Daniella included a purple pin - it's the closest that they have to pink right now - thanks ladies!!! Amanda needs to get off of Facebook and wind the yarn for her next mittens ... I need to cast on!!!

When I opened my email this morning there was a newsletter from The Needle Emporium. Sale?!? OMG!!! I have been wanting to knit a Morrigan (Rav link) for myself since I knit the sample for the book and Rowan Calmer being on sale was totally the impetus that I needed. I had my shade cards out but I still couldn't decide on a colour! There is nothing like having the yarn in hand, seeing whole balls of the colours so there was nothing for it -- off to Julie's!!! There was also the Molly scarf that I had finished that really needed to be delivered ;-).

I decided on the Drift - classic off-white which I can also wear to work at The Mighty Mart of Wal - for Morrigan, picked up a skein of DIC Classy in Spring Tickle for Mitten Mania '10 and scored the Holiday IK (I think that it was the last one that Julie had!!). And I got to see Julie - totally worth the drive to Ancaster!!

Les Shedirs

So Shedir le vert is a bit stalled - I'm 12 rnds short of finishing but Laurel was discontinued like 5 years ago. I found a ball on Ravelry and it should be on its way to me now so I hope to finish it next week.

There was nothing for it but to cast on for Shedir le violet. I had a ball in my stash so I just had to pick up another - the colours are a bit off but putting on in the ribbing solves that nicely. I'll be doing the same for Shedir le lime because the dyelots are off.

I think that I might be Shedir'd out by that time but we'll see - I really love this hat!!!

Perhaps a couple of the slouchy berets that are so popular are in order - they'll look good with whatever hair I end up wearing!