sheep in the city

Barrettes, Books, and Buttonholes

Let's start with the barrettes. Mine came all the way from Australia!! I've never received any mail from down under. I was able to participate in the latest Pinku swap...this time it was hair accessories. Check them out! I immediately had to wear them of course...do here's the head shot. Aren't they so fun?! (please just ignore the crazy hair:) Thanks Lucy! (if you have a blog and/or email, let me know because I want to see what other crafty stuff you are up to!)

Now for books...many of my knitting crew can attest to the fact that I love knitting books. I love books in general, someday I'm going to have my own library, oh yes, I will. So when I heard that they were having a silent auction to benefit Sidna Farley, a beloved Denver knitter, who taught many people around town to knit, and who is suffering from Parkinson's, I knew that I had to go and show my support. She loved to knit all kinds of things, but one of the things she really loved was colorwork, so there were lots of books that I was interested in. Here are the ones that I got:

•Latvian Mittens
•Latvian Dreams
•Magnificent Mittens
•Folk Mittens
•Flying Geese and Partridge Feet
•The Complete Book of Progressive Knitting
•and the last one I can't remember the name of, but it has a lot of history and photos...I'll look it up at home and add it later.

The Latvian mitten book is one that I have been searching for ever since a certain Yarn Harlot introduced me to it...I've been drooling over all the beautiful mittens and socks that she knits. Now I can too! Expect some mittens in my future, probably not until late summer...but I'm ready!

Last but not least Buttonholes. It's that time again. My mom wanted an easy felted bag pattern that all of us girls could knit this weekend while we are back up in Vail. So I suggested Kay's wonderful pattern. Yep there are going to be 6 of us knitting buttonholes. Of course, I'll have to photo the whole process so that no one misses out on the fun. My whole family, minus the baby brother in Indiana, are going to be there, along with an aunt and uncle and my grandparents...lots 'o family fun!! The Clapotis really, really, really is almost done. I'm planning on watching 3 hours of Lost and Alias tonight...and if it's still not done then I'm going to watch the 2 hour season finale of One Tree Hill. I am going to finish this bad boy!