Silent Auction

I'm trying to fill a basket for the Friends of the Library's Silent Auction, May 3-5th, on the theme "One-Skein Wonders", asking everyone I know who knits or crochets to donate 1 skein of yarn...I'll buy one of the 'One-Skein Wonder' books. So far I've gotten 6 or 7 promises. Hope this keep going good!

Very Good Weekend

It was a very good weekend. Saturday was my 61st birthday and I was scheduled to work at the library. Not a good way to start, huh? But it turned out to be a good day. Jeff came up for supper and even cooked a killer chili! We had bought a large food dehydrator online and it was delivered Saturday. We had used a small round dehydrator for fruit and we were both looking forward to trying the larger one so after unpacking it, we went back down to the store and got $25 worth of fresh fruit...apples, pineapple, strawberries, bananas...and after supper we spend about 2 hours cutting up it all up. The dehydrator runs so quietly! Anyway, by Sunday morning we had 2 quarts of dried fruit. We all feel it was worth the $$$ to get it. After cutting everything up, we decided to watch tv...Stargate...SF...not my favorite genre but I'm getting to like it. (I've also discovered Bruce Willis movies...boy, can I sure knit fast watching those Die Hard movies!) Anyway, we didn't make it to the end of the show but it turned out to be a very good evening. Not a bad birthday at all.

The Shop

Yesterday Jeff and I went to Cooperstown to re-arrange my display. We were just suppose to put up a curtain rod so I can hang sweaters and other things on hangers but nothing is every that simple. Our building started life as a garage or stable and has been modified over the years. About 40 years ago, it was finished inside...if you call barn board on the walls as 'finished'. The shelf unit I use was built for someone else and another knitter used it in between us. Anyway, we took down a shelf and he put up the curtain rod fixtures...a couple of times. Seems nothing is exactly square or level and even tho he measured from the front edge of the shelf to the center the rod did not end up in the center. One end and the center holder were lined up but the other end was off by 1". Move that holder and the 1st end moved 1" in the other direction. Took several tries to get everything straight...sort of. Then the the pegs that held the shelves up had to be moved and either the holes broke or they were not lined up right, either. Finally got them up and if you don't breath hard on them, the shelves stay put. Jeff had a few things to say about women who don't know carpentry but think they do. The unit lasted all these years without a man's input so I think we'll be OK. The shop reopens a week from today and I've got to finish what's on my needles and get buttons sewed on and ends worked in by then.

April Fool!

The calendar says spring but the temperature is saying "April Fool"! We had snow this morning and while it's about gone, it is still very cold. Jeff's cataract procedure Tuesday went very well. Much less pain and discomfort...but more stomach upset. We even took a midnight...no, make that a 2:45am...ride to the ER coz he felt very light-headed and sick. Thought his bp or bloodsugar were playing games on him. Anyway, it was a nice night for a ride and everything checked out ok. His vision is pretty good, MD said no need for glasses to drive. Jeff's so excited! He's worn glasses since he was 5 years old. Yesterday he got a get well card from the OR team! Never heard of that before. Oh, and one of the OR nurses bought 2 pairs of my baby socks. She had seen what I was knitting during the lst procedure and I promised to bring some for sale at the 2nd one. Now I've got to replace them before the shop opens. Last night I finished 2 pullovers, a size 1 in a blue tweed, and a size 2 in a lavendar self-strip. Then I started 2 v-neck cardigans, both size 1. My sweaters tend to be ragalan from the neck down and 'grow' quickly. My display should be quite full when the shop reopens April 14th. Let's hope the customers are there, too.