Déjà vu

"It's like déjà vu all over again."
- Yogi Berra

Just about this time last year, I put the blog on hiatus while we wrapped up living in Georgia and moved to New York, and I am putting it back on hiatus again, albeit for a shorter period of time. We are scheduled to close on our new (to us) home in B'ville on Tuesday afternoon and the movers will deliver our household goods on Wednesday. That strange noise you may hear on Wednesday morning will be me expressing my great joy at being reunited with the bulk of our furniture and kitchen items!

Between getting everything in place and then moving out of our apartment, there is not going to be any spare time in my life to post. There is also going to be about a four day period of no Internet access; despite Verizon assuring us several weeks ago that it would be no problem to schedule connection at the new address within a week, it turns out that is not the case when it actually comes time to set the appointment. So why didn't we schedule the appointment weeks ago? Because we did not know until Friday morning the date of our closing, and therefore our move-in date. So unless I can piggyback on someone else's signal or I go sit in the library, the blog will be dark for a while. I am sure we will all survive.

We are excited about having our own place again, about not sharing walls or a parking area with other tenants, about having more than 800 square feet! When I return to the blog, I promise photos and details about the house. Until then, ciao!

Knitting bits

In the spring, I made a gorgeous Sweet Eleanor cabled hat and donated it to the auction for The Thacher School, which my friend Kelli's daughter attends. Kelli attended the auction and bid on the hat, but did not win it. I decided that I would knit a hat from the same pattern for Kelli's birthday in October.

I chose Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend and my oh my, the 70% Merino and 30% silk blend feels fabulous. Kelli likes earth tones and I think the colorway integrated beautifully many different earthy colors:


Here is a close-up of the crown, which has an interesting pattern that almost resembles a flower, or a star:


Kelli received the hat the day before her birthday and sent me a happy thank you text message. She lives in South Carolina, so it may be a while before she has the need for a hat.

This week I finished a quick little knit for me. I bought the yarn and pattern at the Old Forge Hardware and it was my first time to knit with Noro Silk Garden. Honestly, I was not impressed. It seemed very rough for yarn that is 45% silk (along with 45% Mohair and 10% wool) but it did soften a bit after it was soaked in Eucalan. It is more a decorative scarf, as in I will wear it indoors as an accessory rather than to keep warm outside:

I like the scarf just fine, but I definitely have the need to knit Noro out of my system.

Note: I used my neighbor Cindy's fence to photograph it - thank you, Cindy!