I received another knitting birthday gift yesterday. It was from a knitting friend, Martha. This is a beautiful precious book. It is so much fun to look through. There are many old pictures of people knitting. The articles are great. This book will give me many hours of pleasure! Thanks Martha!!
Today is my birthday! When I came downstairs this morning to get some coffee, Mr. McGuyver left some gifts for me before he went to work. I'm very excited to get the sweater wizard. Since I have to adjust patterns this will be a big help. My niece sent me a gift certificate from Patternworks. It came with their spring update catalog. I spent some time at the lake this weekend looking through it thinking of what I'll get. I will spend it wisely!
I'm just finishing up Samantha's scarf. I just have to finish the border and put on the fringe. This will be a surprise for her. In January, I made her brother a cable scarf that he wanted to take to a skating party. He sent me a picture of himself wearing the scarf. He looked very cute! 
This beautiful stitch marker was given to me by Liz, a knitting friend at the Thursday night group. She made it from sterling silver and a bead that looks just like rose quartz. I love pretty things. Whenever I use it I will think of her!
My second scarf completed this year was knitted from some wonderful merino wool. A co-worker, Josh, purchased this scarf from me to wear on business trips up north. I told him that when he wears it, to be prepared to be "touched". When people saw me knitting it, they would ask what kind of yarn I was using and if they could feel it! After his next business trip to NY, he came back to work and told me that as he was walking off the plane, a lady stopped him, asked about the scarf, and asked if she could touch it! Josh is a good looking, single guy. Good luck with the scarf Josh!!
This is the first scarf that I finished in 2006. I sent it to my friend in NY, who had back surgery in January. I purchased the silver heart pin from Clara at KR. She included the cat note card with my order. It matched the color of the scarf perfectly! Martie said she wears the scarf on chilly days when she takes her walks. I wish her a speedy recovery.
Once in a Blue Moon -- well it was more than once for me! Last month I went to the Madrona Fiber Arts Retreat in Tacoma and came back with several skeins of lucious Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock yarn. On the top is Ruby Slippers. Left to right is: Lovers Leap, Carbon Dating, Fire on the Mountain, Lagoon, Farmhouse, Spinel, Tanzanite, and Petrified Wood. I can't wait to get started on these socks. On my way from the SeaTac airport, I shared a limo with Toni Neil, owner of The Fold. She was on her way to the retreat to help with the Blue Moon booth at the marketplace. I had recently purchased some STR from her internet store and it was nice to get to meet her!
A friend at work, Phillip, recently took a trip to Argentina to visit his brother. (Take a look at his website. He has some great pictures of this trip.) When he returned, he gifted me with three lucious, yummy skeins of burgandy yarn. I want to make something special with this yarn -- maybe some beaded handwarmers!
Mr. MacGyver (husband -- you'll figure out why I call him that in future posts) and I went to Charlotte this weekend to the Log and Timberframe Home Show. The picture is of a hugh log home frame. (Check out the deer antler lamps on the table!) We are in search of the perfect (one that doesn't exist) floorplan for our timberframe lakehouse. After checking all the home plans out, we continued up to the Discovery Museum to see the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit. Unfortunately, since it's only been out for one week, all the tickets were sold out. We settled for the IMAX movie about a trip down the Nile River. It was excellent but not a trip I have on my travel schedule any time soon!
Today, while at work, I was really here -- at the lake! I have been sitting at my computer thinking of how peaceful it is there. Only a few more weeks and our boat will be back in the water and we will be ready for summer. I have missed our lake friends. It will be nice to see them again, see how the kids have grown over the winter and to sit in the sun down on the deck of the boathouse.
