Rozee Knits

I got my final SP package today. My pal was Amy from Virginia. She sent me a nice letter telling me all about herself, and she even included an adorable picture of her and her boyfriend. There was also a cute little Buddha and a small pouch, which will be perfect for carrying my stitch markers and other small notions (I use the other one as my everyday wallet-type thing). There was also a lovely ball of Ironstone 50% mohair/50% acrylic in Herb Garden. It’s 233 yards of beautiful blue/green lusciousness. Thank you so much, Amy! You’ve been an absolutely wonderful spoiler, and I’m looking forward to being real pals now.

I wanted to use the Reynold’s Whiskey Amy sent me last month to make Brooke’s Column of Leaves Scarf, but all the yo’s and whatnot have me all confused. For example: ” k1, yo, p1″ just ends up as a regular k1p1 if all the yo’s are done knitwise, and that just doesn’t seem right to me. I think I’m going to ask for help in one of the LJ knitting communities, because I really want to knit that scarf with that yarn. I started using the Reynold’s to make Branching Out, but I think the Ironstone would be much better for BO. I’m only about a foot in, so it won’t be too horrible to frog it, but I want to figure out CoL first Nevermind, I figured it out! I’m retarded. :p

I do have some actual FO’s to share. We had a few rainy days last week, so I whipped together a simple cabled beanie while waiting for the new Battlestar Galactica to come on. It’s Patons Chunky Shetland Tweed in Ice-something. The purls right after the cables are really loose, but I’m hoping a light blocking will fix that a bit. If not, it’s okay, “winter” will be over soon. I might throw together a matching cabled scarf, if I ever get to it.

I also finished one of my Jaywalkers! I cast on for the second one immediately, but I’ve only gotten a couple of inches done so far. I got distracted by the semi-lace. I can’t wait to wear them!

I finally finished the socks for my SP. I got all my shopping done, and it will be sent off on Monday, I think. I’ve decided that I’m not going to reveal myself. It seems that she’s unhappy with her SP9 experience. She told our hostess that the last package “looked like it came from a dollar store.” Nice, eh? I know the package wasn’t fabulous, but I thought it was cute. I couldn’t afford anything big at that point, and I let her know that her next package would be much better, but I guess she was still upset. After I send out this last package, I don’t want anymore contact with my spoilee. I’m going to sign up for SP10, and I absolutely can’t wait. I’m starting a second job next week, which will give me quite a bit of extra money each month. My packages will be as lavish as the ones I received this round. Here’s all that I’m sending to my spoilee. I’d say it’s acceptable, wouldn’t you?