sherriknits

Well, I re-blocked the shrug but I am not sure it is going to be what we want.  It is definitely smaller but still big.  I am giving myself a few days to ponder it and I think it will definitely be something she wears, but maybe not for the big day.  We like it, but we liked it better before we blocked.  It was such a fast knit that I am wondering whether I would just be better off to just re-do it.

Here’s where we were before blocking (but the thing that I didn’t like then is how uneven the lace looked from stretching it this way and that.  The other thing that seemed a little weird to me is that the color changed a little bit…it seemed to take on a blue tinge.  I think it was still a good color, though.

We liked where the sleeve fell before and I had considered doing a simple edge on it but she wasn’t sure she wanted that.  Now the sleeve is longer.  It’s so hard to figure out where it is all going to end up on something like this.  Not disheartened here, though…this was fun.

Tonight was date night and we had a nice Italian dinner and then went to the pet store for a co-worker to buy doggy toys, then to Barnes and Noble where I found 2 new books.  I actually bought them and plan to order some for the shop.  I purchased them because I wanted to knit out of them.

I ripped out the cuff of a sock I started this afternoon because I didn’t like it and started one of the stitch patterns in the book…I think I really like it.

And we ended up having some visitors sitting next to us in the cafe.

(the bride and groom to be) 

At this moment, hubby was walking around the store talking to my FIL regarding the re-naming of the fire station in his honor.  We are still so proud.  Evidently at practice the other night, however, they had to take trucks out to some meeting and someone had left the hood unlatched on the tanker he was driving alone and the hood flopped down and the lights were straight down on the highway.  I think they won’t let that happen again.  lol

Off to bed…work tomorrow.  My lunch and the doggy toys are safe in my car for tomorrow.  (I’m trusting it is cold enough outside to warrant leaving my food out there so I won’t run off and forget it like I always do.

Oh…tomorrow I will show you the cute sheep I bought at Safeway today.  Every spring their floral department gets in some kind of sheep and I always have to get them for the shop.  They’re really cute this year!

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