What’s this? More yarn? Well, yeah . . .

First, there’s the sock yarn from One Planet Yarn & Fiber that arrived in today’s mail. One skein of Yarn Botanika’s superwash wool/nylon in color "Pumpkin Spice"–all autumny oranges and browns–and one skein of Lanas Punas’s merino in Night Sky–beautiful gray with hints of blue and rose.

Do I get credit for resisting the Black Pearl Cashmere? Although, speaking of cashmere, let me direct you to this site, where they sell 100% cashmere yarn at pretty decent yardage and pretty decent prices . . . although I haven’t seen their yarn in person to be able to verify its quality, so . . . you know . . . it’s your gamble.

Speaking of cashmere . . . remember last week, when I bought two skeins of Punta del Este Mericash yarn? Well, it really IS delectable . . . So, today, I bought these. Three skeins in . . . I know it looks red in the picture . . . a beautiful, warm, reddish brown. I’m not sure what, exactly they’ll be, but I’m thinking lace of some kind . . .

But then, there’s this–the point of having gone back to a yarn shop again so quickly after last week. For Mom’s birthday, I promised her a pair of handmade socks. Since Modern Yarn doesn’t have as much of a sock-yarn selection (especially the reinforced kind of sock yarn), we went to Stix-n-Stitches, which has a really nice selection to choose from, and this is what Mom picked out. Regia Bamboo. That’s 45% bamboo, 40% wool, and 15% polymide for strength. The colors are lovely, the yarn feels like it will be a pleasure to work with, and Mom likes it better than the yarns in my stash. So, all’s good right?

Well, it gets better? While we were at the checkout, we saw a sign mentioning a discount if you came on your birthday, and we said, "Oh, we missed that by three days," but the girl ringing us up was nice enough to give us the discount anyway–especially since the yarn was specifically FOR the birthday. And the added plus? It was Monica from Calling on Kahlo. We’ve been reading each other’s blogs for a while, but hadn’t met . . . and I’d forgotten that she works at the store . . . so that was a really nice surprise. It’s so great to meet bloggers face to face, you know? (Oh, and Monica? We drove past Yarnware on our way home, but as predicted, they were closed. What kind of yarn shop is closed on Saturday?? I can see they won’t be getting much of this working girl’s business, because, well, WHEN??)

When we got home, after stopping at the grocery store, we took Chappy for a quick walk. After which, I gave him a bath so he’ll be nice and fluffy tomorrow. Then I started dessert for tomorrow’s family dinner. It’s pretty much the same as we had last year. Little, individual ice cream cakes–except this year, I baked the cakes right in the serving dishes. (Last year, I baked "regular" cake and then crumbled it into place.) Hopefully, that won’t make these harder to eat! But, yes, I baked the cake and then scooped out the centers–so there’ll be more room for ice cream–and then topped each one with Knott’s blackberry syrup.

Then each one was topped with vanilla ice cream and some sprinkles for color . . . and, voila! Individual ice cream cakes.

The best part? When I started making these, I’d make full-size ones in a springform pan–a thin layer of cake, topped with a gallon of ice cream–but they were so hard to SLICE. These little ones are sooo much easier.

I did try to capture a Saturday Sky picture for you, but left it until kind of late in the day . . .

Mom sent me this link today–a little gizmo to keep coffee from splashing out of those drinkable-lids on disposable cups. Thought it was interesting….

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