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YOP: Week 15

     I finished the knitting on my Killer Queen Cowl before I left for my work trip.  I haven't done anymore with it since I returned.  It needs to be blocked and seamed.


I realized as I was nearing the end of this knit that I would need something to take with me on my trip.  Stitchnerd just published a new cowl pattern and at least three people in the Malabrigo Junkies group have already made it.  It only takes one skein of Rios and I had a nice variegated one already wound so I tossed everything in my bag to take with me.  I started this in my hotel room while I was on my trip.

That Nice Stitch Bandana Cowl

My trip went well.  The drive was just a little less than 5 hours down.  I took the "short" way down which involved a county route that goes around the old Erie canal locks.  I haven't taken that way in a long time, there was construction and then more construction in Utica when I needed to get on Interstate 90.  It was a pain in the butt, so when I returned I stayed on 90 'til I got to Syracuse and then took I-81 back.  It was the "longer" route but took me only 4 and 1/2 hours to complete.  The only slightly hairy portion of my journey was that I neared Albany at about 5:30 pm, so I encountered rush hour traffic around the capital region.  My stay was nice, I ate phenomenally well and I learned all about the new instrument.  But, I was ready to come back home by the end of the week.  I didn't think about it 'til the last day;  I was only about an hour north of New York City.  If I had planned on it, I could have gone into the city and visited Purl Soho.  Or there was a yarn shop right in Tarrytown about 15 minutes down the road from my training site I could have visited.  Ideas for next time, if there is a next time.

    Last summer when I retrieved flowers from my grandmother's estate I wasn't able to plant all of them in the front flower bed.  I left a bunch of bulbs in a big tote covered in soil and we stored it in our garden shed over the winter.  Yesterday we moved a couple things out of the basement and into that garden shed.  I checked on the bulbs while I was out there.  The bulbs were starting to sprout so I made a quick decision to start a new flower bed at the side of the garage.  I ended up digging four holes and planted all the bulbs from the bin.  The ones I planted last year have all come up and the other plants I transplanted last summer have all survived the winter and are starting to come up.  

    That's it for me for the past two weeks.  I need to finish up Killer Queen Cowl.  We have some more cold weather coming this week yet, so I may even have a chance to wear it this season.  Until later, happy crafting.

-Q


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  1. MaureenHDApril 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM

    What a shame to miss visiting some yarn shops. Next time. Glad the business trip went well.

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  2. nypeapodApril 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM

    I love the new cowl and the Killer Queen looks stunning. Glad the work trip went well.

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