Weekend Follies

We tried to go to the show yesterday. Actually, we did go to the show. This, with my favorite actress, and this guy, who would be good to look at even if he couldn't act. But we didn't get to see it all. Halfway through the movie, the soundtrack quit. While the rest of us started groaning, one of those quick-to-complain movie goers ran out into the lobby to check, then came back and announced to all of us that there was a power outage.

Now, this struck me as a rather odd explanation. The video track was still running and the management had turned on the aisle lights--was someone up in the projection room peddling very fast? I said the same to Doug and he went to check. He talked to those in charge and pointed out that if they have a power outage, ALL the power goes out--not just part of it.

They thought he had a very good idea, checked power outages with city utilities and found they didn't show any in our area. Then they called an electrician.

We decided not to sit in the dark waiting and opted for the refund they graciously offered.

So we ended up going out to dinner and then made a stop at Barnes and Noble for coffee and new books. Always one of my favorite weekend things to do. I bought a couple paperbacks and checked out the new knitting books to see if I wanted to buy them. (More on this next time)

Today I did some of this:

This is silk and merino--I have about a pound of it, I think, and have already done a bobbin or two of it. I'm trying to spin it a little tighter and finer because I'm never happy with the results when I ply. The ply always seems too loose to me. I think this will be a good two-ply, but I haven't actually tried plying it yet. It should turn out to be probably between a lace and fingering weight, and I'm going to use it for a lacy scarf or small stole.

And I started this to go with my purple coat:
The colors aren't quite right, and I'm too lazy to fiddle with photoshop to correct them. There is a purple in here that matches my coat, plus the 'pop' of a bright orange that should be cherry and fun in the dead of winter. And believe me--I need all I can get to cheer me up and keep me going when it's cold enough to wear that coat.

Here's a little closer view, that's out of focus, but again, it's that lazy thing:


It's a simple sort of lacy rib that I found in some stitch directory--I'll look it up if anyone's interested. Just leave a comment or drop me a note. Very simple four stitch repeat and looks good on both sides.

The yarn is Silky Kidd from Cherry Tree Hill, available here. I love it, but I'm a real sucker for silk and anything that's soft and lovely. It is great to work with and will produce a nice, soft and cuddly, gorgeous scarf when I'm finished. I think there's enough yardage in this to get a nice long skinny scarf that I can wrap around my neck a couple times.

And today I also, finally, got all the rest of my ribbon yarns listed, which sort of explains my reluctance to mess with photoshop anymore. Lots of my customers love these ribbon yarns and are sorry to see them go--but I must admit to being relieved to be done with all the photo taking and trying to describe colors.

I'm not even going to relist those that don't sell. They are going to become something else. Maybe go into the crafts box my grandsons drag out when they're here--I'm enabling their creativeness and keep a bunch of supplies for them to experiment with when they visit. They'll have some delicious ideas for their use. Or I'll turn them into little mittens to decorate packages, or maybe just use them as ribbons on the packages.