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My in-laws have arrived from Germany and they brought with them my copy of the new Rebecca magazine! Woo hoo! (The website doesn't seem to have any pictures up yet. Be patient!) I enjoy the Rebecca magazine a great deal. Remember? Well, this is their Spring/Summer catalog and they've got a few really lovely tops that almost make me want to start knitting in cotton again. Almost! But seeing as we've pretty much had snow and below freezing temperatures every day since before Christmas, I'm thinking about just adapting some of the styles to increase the fabbiness factor of the wool sweaters I already have planned. There are some sexy scoop-neck/off-the-shoulder looks that are really calling to me.

Remember how I was knitting the mutssjaals together with Becky? Well, she's finished hers and it is sooo lovely. Go see! Seeing Becky's makes me I wish I'd had the patience to knit mine in the beautiful Lambswool that the pattern called for, but the bigger gauge of the Cascade 220 allowed me to complete my two in about the same time. And that has allowed me to get back to knitting the Dale sweater, which is a good thing. I'm well into the next row of bugs (photos coming when the server is working again).

And remember, say hi in the comments and let me know that my site is alive and well (despite my being unable to see it) and I promise to write back and/or come visit your site.

posted by alison at 12:02 am | in mutssjaals

Comments

Aloha, Alison. I'm enjoying your blog as always. :) Have fun at the sale and fondle some yarn for me.

Posted by: Darilyn at January 9, 2003 12:24 AM

Would really miss you if you couldn't post . Hope everything is back to normal soon. Have fun at the sale ;-] .

Posted by: Emma at January 9, 2003 5:20 AM

Happy Hunting at the Wild and Wooly sale! Glad you are still able to post despite the server problems.

Posted by: Melissa at January 9, 2003 6:39 AM

Luckily *i* can read your blog! Have fun at the sale!

Posted by: Theresa C. at January 9, 2003 9:30 AM

Hi Alison, I hope you enjoy your visit with the in-laws. I stumbled upon a knitting store in Newton last week that was simply divine. Knits & Pieces. The owner custom designs sweaters for you at no extra charge. Should you find yourself between projects and are looking to lavish yourself with something exquisite, you might look them up.

Have fun at W&W!

Posted by: Amy at January 9, 2003 9:49 AM

Hi Alison! Hope you finds lots of goodies at the sale!

Posted by: Teresa at January 9, 2003 9:50 AM

Looking Blue and happy as always!

Posted by: Julie at January 9, 2003 10:11 AM

Good morning, Alison. I'm at you site every day. So I'm really glad that you're able to keep posting in spite of the hassle.

I really want to go to a yarn sale somewhere, anywhere. But I'm not allowing myself to buy any more yarn for an indefinite period. I'm constantly tripping over stuff already so don't know where I'd be able to stash anything else. And I don't dare go to just look. Like, what's the point?

Posted by: Larry at January 9, 2003 12:17 PM

Hello everyone! Thanks so much for all your friendly and reassuring comments. I'm glad you could see me during the difficulty and I had fun visiting all your sites. Got to see some new stuff as well. Cool!

I am happy to say that I now have access to my site again. It was a little scary losing contact like that for over a day, but whatever it was seems to be gone now. Whew! Now that everything is back to normal, I can keep on bloggin'.

Posted by: alison at January 9, 2003 2:31 PM

Glad you here everything is up and running again. Hope your SEX (stash enhancement expedition) was enjoyable!

Posted by: Sheryl at January 9, 2003 4:50 PM

I can see your site just fine - I was able to see it yesterday morning as well and never had trouble viewing it.

Have fun with your in-laws visiting, and consider me officially envious at the idea of your having the new Rebecca :-) Can't wait to see what you make from it!

Posted by: Becky at January 10, 2003 3:42 AM