Flower Baskets
What is that, up in the sky??
Yes, it’s a Flower Basket Shawl.
Complete, but unblocked, and hanging over my mirror.
The pattern, you’ll remember, comes from Interweave Knits’ Fall 2004 issue.
The yarn is four different colors of Artfibers’ Chai.
That’s color #22 at the very top, a pale, golden beige, that shades into a bronzy #28. That, in turn, combines with the bronze-green #34, which shades into the green #36. (The colors looked better over the mirror, but here you can see at least some of the pattern.) I lost count, but I did either the 8 repeats called for in the pattern, or one more. It’s a nice, smallish-size shawl.
I’ll hopefully be able to block it tomorrow–I’m waiting for my NbaT to finish blocking. (It’s taking a lot longer to dry than I thought it would) As soon as its done and off the blocking board, it will be the Flower Basket’s turn.
I had a couple people mention that they were going to be lying in wait for the Fedex or UPS guy on Saturday, for their Harry Potter book. Me, I want my book as early as possible, and while Amazon.com has guaranteed Saturday delivery, there’s no way to know exactly when on Saturday. I also need two copies of the book–one for me (mine! mine!) and one for my sister’s family–but haven’t bothered pre-ordering the second copy. What I’ll do is go out as soon as I’m up and awake on Saturday to find a copy. If Barnes & Noble is sold out (like they were last time) and I can’t find a copy at the grocery store across the highway (where B&N directed me to last time around), I can always just come home and twiddle my thumbs until Fedex arrives–but chances are I’ll find a copy–and maybe pick up some milk while I’m at it–and be back home reading at the earliest opportunity. The only way it would happen faster would be to go to one of those midnight parties, but, really, how would I explain that to Chappy?
I’m glad Chief Justice Reinquist is out of the hospital. Is this Supreme Court thing reminding anyone else of a West Wing episode from two seasons ago? The fictional Chief Justice was very ill but hanging in there, when another seat opened up. They ended up convincing the Chief Justice to step down and nominated a very liberal AND a very conservative judge for the two open seats. Now, in the real world, we’ve got Sandra Day O’Connor retiring, and an ill Chief Justice . . . sounds awfully familiar to me! I loved that solution on the TV show, wouldn’t it be cool for it to happen in real life? (Not that it will, and frankly I’m a little concerned about Pres. Bush getting to fill two seats–I think the Court works best when it’s fairly evenly balanced. And that’s enough politics for this blog! I just wanted to draw the parallel to the TV show because I thought it was interesting.)
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HA–even though you’re ahead of me in terms of time zones, we’re going to the Harry Potter party tomorrow night, so will have our copy by 12:30 a.m. CST!
Then I will have a glass of wine at 12:45 and be asleep by 1 a.m.
I’m watching my HP book being tracked by UPS. How cool that you can subscribe to that on Bloglines?!?!
Your FBS is gorgeous. I love those colors.
I’m watching my UPS package sit in Secaucus. Oh so close but doubtful that it will arrive until Monday. I would be very surprised if it was sent Saturday delivery. I’m a tad annoyed, but will console myself with knitting until it arrives.
I too am concerned regarding the president’s potential appointees to the high court. I wouldn’t count on him coming anywhere near the solution achieved on the West Wing. I do hold out hope though as some history has shown that a great number of appointees surprise the heck out of their presidents once they get there. Abe Fortas was a notable example of that.
The FBS looks beautiful. I’m eagerly awaiting my book too. Very eagerly. But Deb, I don’t read as fast as you, so no spoilers for about a week, ok? ;P