Christmas-In-November recap (now, with absolutely no pictures!) Posted at 30 Nov 2009 03:26:19 PM

I do realize that this post would be a lot shinier if it included photographic evidence, but I didn't take any, so you'll have to make do. :)

Dan's family often does a Christmas present exchange at Thanksgiving since that side of the family isn't the same one that gathers in December. And although I'm still unused to the adults in the family being given presents as well as the kids, who am I to say no when the gifts included a SIGG water bottle, a gift cert to Fyberspates and a set of 2.50 mm Signature needles! The water bottle has already been pressed into service at work, and am eagerly anticipating using the others.

If you haven't checked out their website yet, Fyberspates dyes amazingly gorgeous yarn. I took a look at their current stock the moment we got home to a computer, and although I found a few things that I liked I didn't find anything that I was over the moon about just yet. The holiday shopping season seems to have taken a toll on them, not that I mind; the more they sell, the longer they stay in business! (And oddly enough I feel badly for acquiring more stash when I have so many projects that I can't see to relatively immediate completion. One, I can deal with, but right now the WIPs include Snowflakes, TQS, a hat, two shawls, a several-month-old sock that I still haven't kitchener'd the toe of and an immediate queue of fingerless gloves and something out of the bright red Habu laceweight that found its way home with me after the Habu class & trunk show in Kirkwood. Don't even ask me about my planned LoTR scarf; I can't bear the thought of it.)

I'll go shopping once I've knocked some of that off the needles & can buy more guilt-free yarn :-)

OK, I lied. Here's a picture:



(As yet unidentified project, knit in Cascade Heritage Handpaints sock yarn on .. 6's, probably. Stitch marker by WeeOnes @ Etsy.)

In non-knitting news, we finally found a car for a cousin who'll be turning 16 in a bit over a year (if memory serves). To preserve the surprise, I won't say what it is on here, but it's a good one that doesn't need as much work as some that we looked at. Looks nice, too!

We did some of the easy stuff on it this weekend (or rather, Dan did while I helped and learned) like changing the fluids, screwing with the interior, and running Seafoam through the engine. There's apparently a rather big job to be done with the clutch, but we have to order parts for that.

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