NO SPOILERS! Reading and Knitting

Hi! I've been away for a bit. Here's why. It all started here:(Harry Potter block party)

Buying my copy of Harry Potter at midnight (my awesome sister came with me so i didn't feel so conspicuous around all those tweeners). I wore my awesome Hogwarts Socks which arrived at my doorstep just in the nick of time.I read solid until I was done - there's me getting a manicure for my birthday while my sister holds the book for me. OK, Ok. We staged that. I didn't really read during the manicure . . . that would have been rude.


Look what I finished. It's my third (i think) Noro scarf. (Scarf 1, Scarf 2)It is such a fast, easy knit and I think they're gorgeous. This time, I cast on 30 stitches hoping to make it longer and a bit thinner. I like the results.

So the pattern is (EASY) - size 9 US needles using Noro Silk Garden (two skeins).

With first skein CO 30
row 1 K1, P1 to end of row
change skeins
row 2 and 3 - K1, P1 to end of row
Change skeins
row 4 and 5 - K1,P1 to end of row
continue this way until you run out of yarn.

Non-Knitting Entry

I told myself I'd keep this blog completely about knitting - no cat pictures, kids as knitting models only, no personal family blah blah blah, but I have really enjoyed seeing other people's blogs and bits and pieces of their families and lives. So I'm using this blog entry to show some non-knitting stuff. Like the kids at Easter and my precious baby niece and one picture of Ruby. This is Ruby's favorite pose second only to Ruby sleeping, but those pictures are REALLY boring.

Also, it's April 10 - the boys start baseball tonight but it will be cancelled to to freezing and snow. FREEZING AND SNOW! The good news is that it makes it much more fun to sit inside, cozy and warm - to KNIT. Also, it's not as freaky as the weird, globally warmed weather that brought my tulips up 3 weeks early (they're frozen, now . . . sigh).



ps (Heather) I'm really Hufflepuff, but I like the Gryffindor colors better. ;-).