Jeans and Sneakers

I really don’t have any huge plans for the weekend. Mostly I just want to be lazy and watch movies and get Rob to cuddle with me as much as possible.

But there are a few things going on. Tomorrow my friend Stephen is having a bbq, and we’ll probably stop by (yay for food you don’t have to cook!). Also, tonight I started Birch again, (count it. . .it’s cast on #5. I’m so glad I bought an extra ball of yarn. :[ ) and this time I'm pretty confident I've got the thing licked. Stitch markers and all I've figured out how the pattern works, and counted my stitches every step of the way so far. It's going to take me forever, but at least I've got it started. I probably won't touch it for the rest of the night. . .I'll just put it aside for my full attention again tomorrow.

I've been knitting here and there on the applejack jaywalker, but the pattern and my own craziness makes it slow going. I won't really let myself get all into it because I know I should be knitting that shawl. I can't wait until it's done.

Today the yarn for my dad's sweater came!! It's Cascade 220 Heathers, look!:

I can't wait to start playing with it, I love Cascade 220! I'm using the pattern from the Spring issue of Interweave, Cambridge Jacket.

I'm super excited about making a sweater for my dad. He's probably the sole person responsible for my love of sweaters. His hand-me-downs were amazing and comfortable. For me to make him a sweater is like coming full cicrle. I hope he loves it! (I hope it fits him! My dad is 6'6"!)

The pattern is made up in this bright orange color, but I think it'll look just as good in a mellow color, especially on my dad. He's not really an orange type of guy. I'm sure he'll like the blue color I did get. :]

I also got this:

Unfortunately, the place I got it from, WEBS, I think, didn’t show pics of the patterns in the

book, and the cover pattern is the only one I like. I’ll probably never even make it. Oh well, you never know, I just might.

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