Well, the mail-lady certainly did well by me today–look at all the nifty stuff I got.

From Red Bird Knits, a bag of Cormo roving (that’s the white blur on the right), two Fleece Artist mohair rovings (meant, ideally, to be spun with the wool for sock yarn), and a skein of Jaggerspun wool/silk (4/14) in fingering weight.

I admit I’m a trifle disappointed in the yarn–it’s lovely, and a nice color, but it’s finer than I expected for “fingering” weight and looks like it might be kind of tedious to knit up as socks. But still! And really, I had no business buying the roving–especially the Cormo–since I’m still working on the same bobbin of singles I started in November, but . . . (whining) they were having a sale, and I couldn’t help myself!

Then, there was the box from Amazon.

Gaudy Night (recommended by Cate). Mrs. Hudson and the Malabar Rose because Martin Davies Conjurer’s Bird was so good, and who doesn’t like a Sherlock Holmes story (see, Norma?), Longitudes and Attitudes, because it looked fascinating, and then Above Hallowed Ground–a coffee table book filled with never-before-seen pictures from 9/11/06, as taken by the NYPD, including shots from the air from the Police helicopters, which are truly amazing. Scary, but amazing.

(And, speaking of books, there’s another one coming soon . . . so many talented blog writers! Stephanie, Wendy, Kay and Ann . . . I’m jealous. I should have written a knitting book instead of a novel, then maybe I could get it published…. (grin).)

Then there was this box.

  Which opened up on these pieces.

Which, put together, make this. My very own wooly board.

Now, I do agree with the Halcyon site, that this is a little wobbly. Obviously, I won’t be able to use it on carpeting, but does that really matter?? (grin) Considering this was less than half the price of the one on their “regular” site, I figured a little wobble wouldn’t hurt anything.

Hmm . . . I wonder if any of my recent sweaters would like to be blocked again? You know, just for kicks?

One other thing. I’ve had two people (you know who you are) who commented that the idea of knitting lace panels for my windows was crazy. What I want to point out to you–and I’m not saying I’m going to rush out to do it, either–but what I want to point out is that, for an idea of size? When I finished my Lotus Blossom shawl at couple weeks ago, I draped it at the window to get a good photo of the lace. The part hanging in front of the window is about the same size as the lace panel that’s already there–and that doesn’t include the part draped down the side, or bunched over the curtain rod, holding the whole thing in place. So the amount of knitting isn’t insane, it’s the boredom of doing the same thing three times, but . . . who says all three panels have to be exactly the same?

Last thing–Risa got some bad news yesterday and could use some cheer, if you want to head over there….

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