#Yarn Outlet Colorado Springs

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Wacky Weather

It isn’t even the middle of October and we had snow today.  It didn’t stick around very long but it did snow.  Certainly inspired me to stay inside!!!

Today was knit/crochet day in my building with only 3 people today.  Often a small group but usually 4 or 5 at least.  Guess some of them wanted to slog around in the slush - or - more likely had doctor appointments!!!  (It is a 55+ building.)

I worked on and completed another trellis yarn necklace and then worked on a simple beanie hat for the upcoming craft fair.  We only had an hour today for our knit group as there was an Activity Council meeting in the room at 2pm.  When I arrived a little before 1pm - maintenance was getting ready to shampoo the carpet in that room.  Fortunately I managed to convince them to wait until tomorrow morning.  The carpet will dry a lot better when it isn’t snowing outside anyway.  

The other crafty thing that I completed today was another yarn tassel.  I gave the others to the Yarn Outlet store in Colorado Springs so that she could use them for display.  What used to be ‘Knit in Public Day’ has a new name and she will be holding tassel making and pom pom making times on October 14th.  

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Clean Bill of Health

It seems like I have spent the last 2 weeks in the doctor’s office but I‘m glad to say that I‘ve finally gotten a clean bill of health and am allowed to start exercising again.  Now I just have to play catch-up from all the time away from home and daily activities.

I completed the Fair Isle hat for the shop model at the Yarn Outlet in Colorado Springs - great yarn shop with reasonable prices and lots of discontinued yarns.  They have the best needle supply in the area plus lots of patterns.  But I digress.  Here is a picture of the hat. 

A neighbor saw me making the hat and has ordered some for Christmas so I’m currently making more.

I’m discovering that the online Mah jongg game can be a huge time suck.  I’m getting better at picking hands and becoming a faster player but find it rather addictive.  As are the jigsaw puzzles that my DH keeps working.  I sit down for a minute to put in a couple of pieces and before I know it - an hour has passed.