When the MIL speaks...

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646018.post-1134015792785518892005-12-07T20:13:00.000-08:002005-12-07T21:03:50.596-08:00When the MIL speaks...the DIL listens. My mom-in-law made a subtle request to my hubby today that I update my blog. (Knowing my mom-in-law, I'm guessing the request wasn't actually subtle.) (And to my mom-in-law, you know full well that I married into a family full of smartasses. ha,ha!) By the way, I don't actually have anything in particular to blog about tonight. I've had several migraines over the last week, so while I had stuff I wanted to blog about, I haven't wanted to be on my computer. So be prepared for a rambling post. As you know, the Secret Pal exchange has come to an end (and if you didn't know, or don't know what I'm talking about, well... pretend like you do). I haven't actually revealed myself yet to the people I had yet (I was an "angel" for one person). I just sent off one of my reveal packages today and the other one will go out soon. I'm a little behind schedule, can you tell? The nice thing is that I'm not the only one. My personal Secret Pal was planning to send out a package to me with her info in it this week, I believe. Something tells me that we're not unique. :-) Speaking of packages I sent out, I sent my brother-in-law two caps that I knit for his new preemie twin girls (No, you haven't missed anything, I haven't blogged about the babies yet. So, guess what? My brother-in-law had two preemie twin girls born last month!). Here's a picture of the two hats. <img src="http://www.seanandnancy.com/blogpics/knitting/preemiecaps.jpg" />Wanna see a picture of an orange wearing one of the hats? <img src="http://www.seanandnancy.com/blogpics/knitting/preemiecap_front.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.seanandnancy.com/blogpics/knitting/preemiecap_side.jpg" />I don't know why, but this amuses me immensely. And speaking of packages I haven't sent out... I still haven't done the drawing for the raffle prizes for the 3 Day Walk. Sadly, there's only 4 prizes, and they're nowhere as nice as the prizes that bloggers like the Yarn Harlot give out for charity fundraising, so this whole thing is going to be very anticlmactic for whomever finally wins one of these items. In addition to two finished objects (they might be tiny little hats, but they're done!), I finally got gauge on my hubby's sweater! Now I just need to find my Vogue Knitting issue that tells me how to do the German Knitted Cast On that I want to use, and I'm ready to start it (I realize that there's an online "tutorial" for this cast on, but I prefer VK's version of explaining it). I know my magazines are packed away in a couple of boxes, so it shouldn't be too hard to find, so hopefully I can get started this weekend. And, since <a href="http://www.needlesandwool.com/" target="_blank">Karen</a> asked a while back, here's a picture of the sweater. <img src="http://www.seanandnancy.com/blogpics/knitting/hubby_sweater.jpg" />The pattern is the Echo Lake Cardigan in the Summer 2003 issue of Interweave Knits. Speaking of comments (there are lots of "speaking of's" tonight, aren't there?), thank you for all of the compliments on my Nothin' But a T-shirt! In case you're wondering, I did make it out of the Rowan Calmer that the pattern called for. It's truly the yummiest yarn! I'm even thinking of making <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter05/PATTtemptingII.html" target="_blank">Tempting 2</a> in the latest <a href="http://www.knitty.com" target="_blank">Knitty</a>, because it calls for Calmer. I also like the pattern for <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter05/PATTtubey.html" target="_blank">Tubey</a> in this Knitty, which is made in my other favorite yarn, Cashmerino. Ok, I think I'm all rambled out. My next post may or may not be more structured. I can't make any promises.Nancynoreply@blogger.com