First of all, I finished the mittens over the weekend. I like them much more than I thought I was going to.

My mom doesn’t want them. My sister has neither commented on the blog, answered her phone, neither does she have an answering machine. So I don’t know WHAT is going to happen to the mittens. I won’t mind if they stick around for awhile. I have the materials to make another pair, but making the exact same thing twice really bores me. It’s remarkable enough that I made the second mitten, or when I make a second sock in a pair.

I’m back on mom’s sweater. The next row is where I put the neck stitches on a holder and divide the shoulders. I’m looking forward to finishing this one.

Saturday, I’m going yarn shopping with my sister-in-law, Mari. She wants a poncho before moving to Virginia next month, so there will be a new project soon, and it’ll be wool!

And finally, I totally scored on Friday. Martingale & Company had a two day warehouse sale where all books were $3. They mostly publish quilting books, but they had a knitting section, and I came away with fourteen books! $450 in knitting books for about $40. I’m stoked. Three of them I had seen in stores and knew I wanted. Three more I had never seen, but would have bought if I had. The remaining eight I wouldn’t have paid full price for, but each of them have one to three patterns I like, and are therefore well worth the $3 I paid. I’d say it was a great weekend!

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