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December 07, 2004

Number 14 on my list

Here's the yarn I bought on Saturday:

The white stuff is Bouton d'or Dandy (70% wool, 30% silk) which is going to become a sweater. I've already started swatching and the swatch is quickly becoming scarf-like. There's one ball of the "butter" DB cashmerino aran just in case (yes, I know. I never did anything with the stash of it I already have. The sad thing is my capelet pattern is already written. It's just not knit and correct me if I'm wrong, but I get the feeling that everyone is a little capelet and poncho-ed out.) And there's a bunch of rowan wool cotton to make Laura for a boy. Yeah. I know it's called "Laura" but it could be for a boy, you know! Maybe I should change the name to Lauren... or Laurence (which is a girl's name in French) or... Pat. Of course, I made the sweater for Laura and changing the name would screw up the whole I-name-my-knits-after-the-people-who-receive-them thing. OK, OK, you caught me! I'm a liar! I made the sweater for Laura's daughter, but I can't remember her name for the life of me and we're no longer in touch.

I've decided that mulled cider is my new, favorite morning beverage. OK, I'm a liar. There is no cider in France. Correction: There is hard cider (yuck). There is no cider like us Western New Yorkers know and Frog is incapable of distinguishing between juice and cider. I use "BioPom" apple juice which is actually kind of cidery and just heat it with some cinamon, cloves and sugar. Et voila! Lazy mulled apple cider to make my sore throat happy.

Posted by kate at December 7, 2004 09:57 AM