Great Gran’s Surprise:

Darling Sister (on the right)! See our dark circles? We stayed up Too Late.

My Mom and my sister Elizabeth came down from Atlanta! And the best part is that it was a complete surprise! For her birthday, Great Gran got a new VCR/DVD thing, a toaster, a set of Denise Interchangeable Needles (from M and me) and enough birthday cards to fill up the top of her chest of drawers. I think she had a great birthday.

While Mom was here, we started on scarves made from the chenille Becky sent me in a trade.

From right to left: the one Mom is making for me, the one I am making for Mom, the one Great Gran is making for Elizabeth

We are using the Jo Sharp pattern “Misty Garden” from Scarf Style. Since the yarn is hand painted, each one is unique. Mom says to tell you that she’s winning the knit-a-long. I’m not sure that I adequately explained what a knit-a-long is…but YAAAAAY, MOM!

Elizabeth brought her one Excessively Long Sock back with her since since she didn’t take any pictures. She claims that her camera will only take blurry pictures. Whatever. I’ve taken one:

The sock is Substantially Too Short. The current plan is for me to try to get a hold of the Haneke Yarn People (they are tough to get a hold of) and try to get another hank or two of yarn in the same lot so that I can add many more inches at the knee. If I can’t do that, we have decided not to start over with a whole ‘nother batch of yarn. Instead, I will either make two pairs of socks of ordinary length with diamonds on the back, or I will make her a pair of diamond knee socks. All of these options require me to frog most (or all) of the Excessive Sock. Sigh.

The BF socks are moving along slowly, I had to give up my Cat Free Zone so that Elizabeth could have a place to sleep. The right front of the Doppelganger Cardigan (Amanda is right, this is coming out WAY too close to the original to truly be Inferior) is almost finished. I should be able to block the remaining pieces tonight. Which is great because I really need to start practicing fair isle for the Olympics. I know NOTHING about fair isle.

*I would have told you all this yesterday but Elizabeth wanted to run to Daphne to go to just two stores. The plan was to be home by lunch. Then she said, “Hey, lets go to the outlets in Foley!” And the rest of my day was lost…