The Very Long Weekend

First, the shopping. There was, of course, shopping over the weekend. The Search Object this year was an abductor/adductor machine that actually works (!) - and, upon entering the store at 6:30am, we had it by 6:50, plus the blender my mother was looking for. I picked up some previously special-ordered books (and, okay, the new IK and Knitters). Hit Michael's, A.C. Moore, and Uniquities in Vienna. And, oh my heavens, I bought yarn. Sock yarn, mostly, enough to make six seven pairs of socks for myself, and one for my husband. (He's got sized 14 feet; I got four balls of nice, soft black yarn. There will be a cable or two, so I dont lose my mind knitting ginormous socks - and I have all next year to do them.) A stray ball of white and silver glistening yarn - with two more on order. (This will be the new Secret of the Stole III, and will go much better with the theme. I won't be doing the beading on this version - the sparkly would overwhelm it.) The Tuesday Morning had, for no apparent reason, four balls of cashmerino that matched the coat I was wearing. (And totebags. Lots of totebags.) And a little bag of orange-turquoise-hotpink fluff followed me home as well. (Darn this spinning thing. It's both fun *and* addictive.) I'll try to get a photo of the new stash up later this week.

About the only thing I didn't find was something akin to these plastic sock blockers. I may have to break down and get an account at The Loopy Ewe...

Now, the knitting. It was a really GOOD weekend for knitting. To wit:


I finished my LabCat Lace Scarf...


... and Secret of the Stole II....


... and a passel of Rabbits.
Sadly, I did not finish all 30 rabbits; I am 14 ears (i.e., 7 rabbits) short of the target of 30. I probably could have gotten them done if I'd started working on them some time before 5:30pm on Sunday evening - as it was, I got 21 done in five hours (I was then rabbited out). Now that there isn't Rabbit Time Pressure, I'll finish the others over the course of the week, because I have to give most of them away soon! I will post better pictures of the finished items once the sun comes back out in the morning - I tend to get my best shots around 8am near the C&O canal.

Oh, there was turkey, too. So.... how was your weekend?