Today is my best, and oldest friend’s birthday. (Oldest, that is, in that I’ve known her since I was 8 and she was 7. Good heavens . . . that means it will be 30 years in September!) Anyway, she’s out in California, I’m here in in NJ, and so I won’t get to see her, but I’m thinking of her anyway! In fact, to be completely nostalgic, this is one of my favorite pictures, taken when we were in high school. It seems like we never sat down together without having a tray with a pitcher or a teapot between us–not so much because we ate a lot, but because we thought it was a very classy thing to do. This was a pretty standard reading session for us (though of course, we didn’t always wear hats and dresses!). My mom took the photo from her bedroom window–you can just see the wrist strap in the corner of the picture. I’ve always liked the criss-crossing diagonals.

In other news, I started plying my singles last night! (These, incidentally, are a birthday gift for a different friend whose b-day is at the end of the month–though if Dawn knitted, I’d make yarn for her, too.) I actually filled up one of my bobbins with the fushcia yarn and I love the way it’s coming out. Not an even width, but really, that would have been too much to expect–but it’s soft, and balanced, and very pretty. I didn’t have a chance to take a picture or measure w.p.i., but it’s definitely leaning toward bulky weight.

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