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.

Fun for me, Boring for you.

Only my fellow knitting-geeks know the joys of receiving a package of yarn in the mail. Well, I got mine today!

Quick! We have company coming over in about 10 minutes, so I have to type fast . . . we've been gone all day, got home and found my package from Patterworks. Oh Hooray! The yarn is PERFECTLY PERFECT!!!!! It has tiny flecks of light blue and dark pink. I'll try to get a close up before I roll it up. This will be the sweater for Baby Pineapple. (My first sweater!) It's Rowan Summer Tweed and when I called Patternworks, they had just these three left! How perfect is that!

Quick picture of the yummy yummy Noro yarn I bought, slowly turning into another beautiful Noro Scarf. Three repeating balls of yarn instead of two is a little more tricky, but I don't travel with this one. Also, I tried to move it to my magic loop . . . unsuccessfully. It's back onto the straight needles. I split the stitches 20/20 but changing color at the end means that the circle never closes. . . hmmmm. After I had it back on straight needles, I realized I could probably do this if I split the stitches differently. I'll work it out. As my sisters like to say to me, FUN FOR YOU! BORING FOR ME!

ps. Also in the yarn package is the white and red sock yarn for my . . . achem . . . nordic sock - admittedly, I'm a big talker and I'm terrified to start this project as I have little idea what I'm doing.