Celebrations

Yesterday was Joe’s Birthday, I knitted him some socks:

Knitted presents

The pair you see here is still not finished but I promised him I will not knit anything else until I finish this pair, it is Regia Jaquard color, I enjoy the smooth knitting and the automatic pattern result although I prefer the touch of the hand painted sock yarns. The other two pairs are hidden in those soft packages near the sad unfinished one:

Which one should I wear? he asks

As you can see, Joe had a problem deciding which one to wear and if you ask me, I think he likes them if he wears them in July in Arizona, even inside. You will never see me wearing any socks, not to mention wooly ones here at this time of the year!

The black one was started for last year’s birthday and got stuck in the one sock state for almost a year, the brown is the freckled yarn of Carol that made me so happy when I knitted it. They both fit nicely.

And another celebration: Harry Arrived:

Harry is here at long last

Ever since we bought the second book in Israel and then the third one in London (same trip, it took the wicked girl awhile to decide she likes these books,,,) she wants to read the original British edition so she waits and this time the wait was very profitable as you can see:

Oh Lucky Girl

I guess the online store where I ordered it shipped out a LOT of books that first day or maybe they decided we are such a nice customer we deserve the 2 for 1 deal ,,,
You should have seen the look of horror on the girl face when I suggested giving one as a present or something, I tell you, she is one of the last true book collectors this girl! And I like it.

Knitting Under Pressure

I just returned from an outsourced Application Support Center where my fingerprints were taken as part of the processing of my application for citizenship and I wonder:

  1. What does it tell us about the situation in a country when the process of becoming its citizen makes one feels afraid and or like a criminal?
  2. If my fingerprints were taken some 4 years ago at the same center and with the seemingly same computerized system, how come they need to do it again?
    Is it just pure inefficiency? or does someone make profit from the processing fee?

And if it makes you wonder why I applied (sometimes I wonder too, especially while watching Sicko recently)?
The answer is: I want to vote in 2008!

And while I did knit a little when I was waiting in line in the outside waiting room, after encountering the official that called some of us into the inside waiting area who barked at us to sit there or we may loose our place in line, I hurriedly finished the few stitches hanging on one dpn and hid my knitting in my little Crown Royal pouch, I was afraid she will notice me and declare my lovely dpns a weapon of mass destruction and confiscate them, and who can give up a lovely favorite set of Rosewood Lantern Moon dpns for the pleasure of some knitting? not I for sure.

Oh I am so lucky

Awhile ago I won a contest, I was Margene’s 29,000 commenter and today the package was dropped (loudly) at our doorstep, oh what a treat!

Margene is so generous and the treat started with the first cut of the tape with the first whiff of the content, it smells really lovely and looks even better:

Margene’s Generosity

The star is of course Iggy Pop and I must tell you this yarn is even better in person than in its photos, I am so lucky. It has beautiful colours and is oh so soft, a real pleasure, I will have to knit it soon I think!

The soft beautiful Iggy Pop

I was coveting The Woolen Rabbit Yarns for a long time now, but managed to be good and stick to my yarn diet (unlike my real diet, oooysh).

The source of the nice whiff is a bar of soap of Blessed Juno that smells delicious and the other treats are a nice lip balm and cuticle bar. A pattern for Whisper Rib and Shepherd’s Lace Socks of Anne Carroll that I will have to knit soon, Some good looking slightly sinful (as the label declares it) Wild Huckleberry Jam from the Utah Shakespearean Festival – I think I am lucky I commented that fortunate comment just before Margene went to that festival in the south of Utah! and last but not least a Clover Yarn Cutter Pendant!

Thank you Margene you are very generous and your blog is a treat!