Mummy's the Word

Our wee poodle would like to announce that we are now into the wonderful month of Sherloctober, when on cold mornings he enjoys lying on the hearth in front of the warm fireplace.

It's the season when everyone gets back to work; the kids start to school; the school buses block traffic and you suddenly realize that another whole year has passed. Those big kids climbing into the bus were the little kids standing with their parents last year watching their siblings climb on.

It's also the time of year when little Ernie Malpervides likes to sit in the big maple tree in back of Happy Holler and shake it so that all of the propellors will land on our deck, take root and sprout into little maple trees that we will have to deal with next spring.

Our little patient is getting better, but just wanted to show you what she calls her Me-Owie:

Yesterday, Sullivan O'Donovan was the first to report in the Woolyumsburg "Gazette" the biggest find ever in this neck of the woods. An ancient religion which some say may be undergoing a modern revival has long been rumored to have built its largest temple many thousands of years ago deep in the caverns beneath Happy Holler.

Archeologists (inexplicably large-eared archeologists) have spent years excavating carefully underneath the Parlor, and finally made a breakthrough last week with an unprecedented find-- what they think may be the mummy of the High Priestess Aheerya of the Order of the Listening Ear!!

Laid to rest in a bed of flowers, her ears were ornately decorated by the loving hands of her fellow Listeners. One reporter asked, "how do you know it's a priestess and not a priest?" An expert on the ancient religion quickly assured him that only female faces were wrapped with soft fiber.

I paid a visit to Skeins Ltd, the other day and was so glad to see that they had rearranged their stock so that all colors of the same yarn are now back together. It was pretty when it was all by color, but it was so difficult to find anything. This time, however, it was way too easy to find the new Vittadini yarn, and even easier to grab a few balls of Natasha (alpaca/wool) in a pretty light green with which to make this lace-paneled sweater.

The entire yoke, front and back, will be lace, and the lace will also grace the top half of the sleeves. At 4 stitches to the inch, this is knitting up quickly.

The Melodious Cloak is also progressing, and I have a couple of options for the edging. One is a ball of pink Koigu (upper left). The other is a hank of tweed Cascade 220 (bottom). At this point either of them looks good, so we'll just see what happens.

Posted by Sheila at October 4, 2004 08:00 AM Posted to Ginger | Melodic Caper | Natasha Pullover | Sherlock | Stories | Texture: Project Gray | TrackBack