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Today, March 24th, Tuesday, we will be closing early at 7:30pm to attend a funeral.

Thank you.

I have arms.  Because finally, I’ve finished a sweater that looks better on me than it does 40s Lady, our voluptuous store womannequin.

The pattern is Lily of the Valley from Inspired to Knit.   I used Manos, like the pattern called for in a nice shade of lilac.  I usually stay away from the purple family–it is not kind to me, but for some reason, this works.  The lace trim is in Rowan 4 ply soft.

For comparison–here’s Lilac Lily on the womannequin:

I think it’s not so terrif on her because she lacks arms.  Although I lack shoulders, for some reason, the arms matter here.

I made this shrug because the back is so flattering.  Of course, Thing 3 couldn’t concentrate enough when taking my pic to take both a front and back shot, so the womannequin shot will have to suffice.

Again, the broad back and lack of shoulders doesn’t do much for the pattern.  My narrow shoulders and looonnnngggg arms do.

So I’m able to stick a fork into project #2 in the knit 12 sweaters this year KAL.  I’m wicked behind. On the docket is Viola from French Girl Knits.  Although spring is beckoning, I’m still loving the mohair.   This is made with Rowan’s Kidsilk Aura, a heavier version of kidsilk haze.  I’m using a soft green for spring.  It’s done on 10.5s, so I’m sorta cruising here.

Paige

Yup, I’m a fairly random poster.  That doesn’t mean, though, that I don’t think in blog posts.  And take tons of random photos to accompany those make-believe posts.

Here’s one from Valentine’s Day:

This was my V-day gift.  It’s sushi.  In the form of a heart.  Hmmmm.  DH had purchased this at the end of the day (which doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s not good, but. . .) so the green avocado had turned from that great shade of green to puke.  The heart consisted of the sushi rice (bottom) chopped toro (yummy middle) and the avocado top.   Although I approached the gift with hesitation, I do have to exclaim that it was perhaps the yummiest store-bought sushi I’ve ever had.  Good job, DH.

Moving along to more green food:

My broc fiasco.  I’m a firm believer in getting someone else to do the food shopping.  At least, to pick up the staples.  So for the past few years, I’ve been using Shoprite from Home.  It works, more or less, but I’ve come to realize that the occassional mistake in my order might just not be my fault.  Two weeks ago, broc florets were on sale by the pound.  I ordered 1 pound.  I got one tiny head.  My family loves their broc, so when I saw the florets were on sale again, I thought, “ok, obviously, they didn’t get the ‘pound’ thing,” so I ordered 3, figuring, like before, I’d get 3 heads.  Nope.  I got three pounds.  An entire brown bag of broc.

And to continue the green theme:

I just liked the digital-ness of the odometer.  Fun!

But not as much fun as last Thursday night, when CBS showed up to film some B roll of our SNB.

sorry for the teeny pix–it’s slightly blurry.  You’ll get to see some of the fun we had on either Tues or Wed am.  I’ll let you know.

Paige