Earlier in the week, I was sitting on the couch knitting (see pic below). Kevin was over at the computer playing a game, looked over and said "nice yarn ball." I had started a hand towel from "Mason Dixon Knitting" after reading all of your great comments and suggestions for the Squares Blanket and deciding that I don't feel like dealing with it right now, and that when the blanket is in use, the curling isn't noticeable. So I started the towel, but I didn't have size 5 needles (well, I have one, but the other is broken), so I tried size 6. Unfortunately after about 3 inches it was very clear that the size 6s were too big, so I ripped it out carefully and piled the yarn on top of the ball I had previously wound.
The next night I started over with size 4s (and am much happier with the result). I was only a few rows in when Kevin commented about my yarn ball. I told him to take a picture if it was that interesting. I didn't realize he also took this picture of me. As you can see, I'm using the Squares Blanket and have the "Mason-Dixon" book on my lap. I was trying to figure out if I wanted to do the chevron pattern or not (I decided to do 1 repeat). The other important nearby items in this picture are the laptop and Playstation controller (we just got Burnout 3 and have been crashing a lot of cars). Gilmore Girls season 4 is on the table behind me, but since I'm not watching it on the laptop, we must have been watching the Mets.
Of course I don't have a picture of the towel in progress and it is now about 7 inches big. I want to get a picture in the sun (which has been off and on recently) because the eggplant color is hard to get pictured well. In other knitting news, Kevin's lovely Regia sock is no more. I was about halfway up the leg and decided, let's have Kevin try this on. Well, it wouldn't go on. I started with too few stitches at the toe and never made up for it. So the sock is now a ball. This way, when I decide to start it up again, I can knit both at the same time.
This gorgeous yarn is from Heather. Heather and I came up with a little exchange. I picked up some fleece for her at MDS&W and she sent me some of her beautiful handpainted sock yarn. Scroll down to see all of her pretty colors, I lust after all of them.
Kevin and I went to a Greek festival today. Even though the weather was crappy, they had tents set up and yummy delicious food. We both had gyros (partly because it was the only food word we recognized!) and they were wonderful. We bought a bunch of sweet stuff and ate some of that when we got home. I think I have a decent sized sweet tooth, but Kevin and I split half the baklava and split the diple (honey ripple) and I felt a bit ill. It was good, but sooooooo sweet. I wanted to get some spanikopita (which I haven't had since college at a time when I was extremely anti-spinach), but there was a lot of people and a lot of confusion about how food was obtained. But overall it was fun and there was a lot of interesting people around.
Tomorrow, Mets vs Yankees!