This fantastic package came for me from my Darling Daughter! Thank you Christine. She told me something was on the way, but would be delayed with shipping and that I might be able to make something...see me smile, that means yarn, wonderful wonderful yarn. This is hand dyed, DK weight from Honey Girl Farms. 218 yards each..........
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Look at the reverse side of the labels. Click to enlarge if you can't read the names. This yarn is from The Outlander Series!!!
The gold is Fall at the Ridge (when they were here in the states at Fraser's Ridge.
Jamie Fraser is the darker blend right next to the gold.
This series is soooooooooo good. I'm not done watching, so no spoilers please. I watch this with 2 girl friends when we have "Girls Week" in Hilton Head, typically in the spring and fall. Though this years spring trip was cancelled due to Covid.
Lallybroch Castle, Jamie's home in Scotland (fictitious name for the series). It's actually called Midhope Castle. I got to tour that castle with one of my girl friends several years ago on a tour we did of Ireland and Scotland. Was very cool to see it in person. It's the purple blend on the far right.
This is Brianna MacKenzie, Jamie's daughter. I think I need to find a pattern like the shawl she's wearing. For some of this yarn. This blend is the one on the left, blues and some lavendar primarily.
Will take some time to decide what to make with this yummy yarn. I like Jamie Fraser and Fall at the Ridge together, so might pare those.
Soooooo excited. Love you Darling Daughter and thank you for this awesome Happy Mothers Day Gift.
Trying to show you a close up of Espresso. It's grown about 3 x the size when I last showed you. Please click to see the pattern. I'm in section 2 now where I'm reversing the garter and purl blocks.
It's a bit hard to photograph, as it curls a bit. No doubt will need a substantial edge when completed.
AND because we've had lots of bad news lately with Covid cases climbing...thought I'd post a wee bit of hope. Please stay safe. Stay home as much as you can, avoid groups, wash your hands, and wear your masks when you have to go out.
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It's only happened once so far.....but it was nice to sit outside and have cocktails. Life has been crazy for all of us lately, so this "normalcy" was very much enjoyed. We love our cocktail hour, and we love to be outside, and so this was a bonus. Short lived for sure, been cold, windy, and wet pretty much since. **Edited to add I'm join The Flaunt it Friday Linky Party** A first for me, but sounds fun. I'm Flaunting my bar tending skills. Which are so good, truly...even if the bars were opened, we would cocktail at home before going to dinner.
Double thickness, with a pocket where a filter can be inserted, and nose clip. I've tried multiple times to order masks on line without much success. Sarah S a lady who's donated through the years for Bridge and Beyond made these. She sent 2 for me and 2 for my husband........Thank you Sarah S. These masks are so well made. I had purchased some from a lady in the neighborhood, but they were too big for me, and too small for my husband, no pocket and no nose clip...soooooooooo appreciate having one that will work for us. Dr. Brix indicates social distancing is going to be with us for a while...throughout the summer. So want to be prepared.
Don't know how well you can see this. Remember you can click to enlarge it to see it better. It's a start, a slow one for another afghan. 20 stitches garter, followed by 20 stockinette and back to garter. Once I get a good amount done to have a block (every other), then will switch and do stockinette, then garter and back to stockinette. The 2 small sections at each end are 5 stitches of garter so when the stockinette block is the end block it won't curl. It's not coming a long very quickly, as the brown is hard to work on at night and even during the day we've had so much rain and gloomy days lately, it's not as easy to see. When I put this brown yarn in a project bag I wrote the name Brown Marble...but I'm not sure I like that name. As most of you know, I always name my afghans...suggestions anyone? **Edited to add I got 2 suggestions in the comments thus far, one from Elephant Child who said something about coffee, and one from Ellie Foster suggesting something about chocolate. I'm not a chocolate lover, so decided I'd go with the coffee idea. I recently completed an afghan I named Coffee Latte, a mix of browns and variegated. So settled on Espresso for the name of this afghan. It's not completely solid brown, but very close and is dark...strong, like Espresso. Thanks ladies for the suggestion. AND my knitting would also be something I'm flaunting.
One needs to keep laughing during these strange times. Now I'm not a beer drinker, but could put a Martini in one room, or perhaps
A Manhattan, and or an Old Fashion
Variety is nice, don't you think!
**Some Monday Fun** Click on the picture for the linky party
