Elka Knits: Hey I'm back!

March 21, 2005

Hey I'm back!

Ahhhhhh vacation was so nice. Came back all refreshed and ready to knit ;^> Actually before I left I went to the local nail place and had a manicure. While I was there I noticed a gal getting a parafin treatment. She said it makes your hands soooooo soft so I sprung for one. Being eczema prone I figured any little help I could get you know. Knitters pay attention: that parafin treatment relaxes your hands so much! Any sore achey fingers from overknitting will disappear. Remember that come Holiday Knitting time why don't you. My place offers the treatment with or without a manicure and I know where I plan on being when trade show deadlines have my hands all cramped up. Best $5 you can spend for your knitting. Trust Elka.

Here is the 9-Scarf Vest all sewn up. I actually finished knitting her a week and a half ago but the mere thought of all those seams and ends had me quaking in my sheepie slippers. In the end it wasn't too bad. Just a few hours for finishing. I sure wish I had just done it instead of putting it off. Another project late out the door.

I've gotten tons of yarn in the mail lately via trades and I will show you later in the week. For now let me talk about my visit to Memphis. We ate, we slept, we putzed around. Great time. I also visited with a fellow blogger~ Jessica I have been corresponding with Jessica for a little while and I think she is too kewl. My intuition proved correct... she is too kewl. Lurv her! And, as usual, my feelings that any semblence of social graces that I may have at one time possessed are totally gone was confirmed. Yep Miss Ditz[that's me] kept wandering off to the car while poor Miss Jessica was speaking. And I twirled my hair and acted all femme when my husband pointed this out. Gah. Anyway my husband and I met her and her children for burgers and then I dragged Jessica to a LYS. Why is it that knitters always get together to visit yarn stores? I realize its a safe form of entertainment for out of towners but still... Anyway I purchased yarn!

Two hanks of Bearfoot sock yarn because we all know I am a sock knitting fiend. Well I cannot think of a local shop that carries it and Miss Liz has mentioned her love of Anne sock yarn, also not carried locally to my knowledge, which has the same fiber composition. I am of the mind that hand dyed yarns often come from the same source but I could be wrong about weight. Fiber content check/weight ??? And how could I possibly resist that Mountain Twilight colorway? The Wild Raspberry was pure indulgence. Not often I manage to talk my husband into a yarn store crawl. Actually the first time in a decade of marriage. Score one for Elka!

OK toodles~ great yarny day and knitterly evening to you alls....

Posted by Elka at March 21, 2005 08:51 AM

Comments

Oh that yarn looks gorgeous! Can't wait to see it knitted up-- I've never used the Bearfoot yarn either, but it looks delicious.

Posted by: Lisa at March 21, 2005 02:41 PM

I knit a pair of socks out of bearfoot for my husband. they were wonderful to knit.

Posted by: marti at March 21, 2005 05:31 PM

Elka love,

My physical therapist used parafin treatments during my time of major hand pain. I thought they were heaven (unlike the rest of physical therapy - which I am SOOOOOO familiar with)

Posted by: Lizzy at March 21, 2005 06:49 PM

So where was this parafin location? That sounds wonderful.

And I must admit although definitely not my taste, the 9 scarf vest looks better then I imagineed.

Posted by: Rebekah at March 22, 2005 10:37 AM

Hi Elka, I recently bought a bunch of Classic Elite Maya that I shouldn't have. (You may remember me: I asked your opinion of it on KBTH). Anyway, I have 19 skeins of a gorgeous dark forest green (definitely on the blue side, not the olive). I'm offering it for $70 US, which is what I paid for it. If you're interested, I can send you a photo. Thanks, Denise

Posted by: Denise Furukawa at March 22, 2005 06:42 PM