Can someone give me a whoot whoot?

Firstly, yes it is a stuffed panda modeling the cartridge stitch cowl.  I am not going to subject you to my ugly mug!  Yes,...my dear Watson, it is done 3 mos later, washed, and now I just have to get it to the post office.  It is Martha Stewarts eucalyptus and its a very nice light mint green type of color.  Had gotten some more geranium in of martha yarn but you know....guess what.....

I decided to try something different and decided to plunk down the $3.60 for the Hitchhiker shawl.  I am test driving it on miscelaneous acrylic yarn that I am trying to get rid of.  I am 27 points in and have gone through blue, red, and now on peachy pink.  I thought what the heck.  With looking at other peoples finsihed products, variegated yarn seems to make it look better..... So I can probably get some of my scrap acrylic variegated out of my drawers.  Seems like a fun pattern so far....  Was worried at the beginning that I was never going to get it wide enough but I see now that I am not going to have to sweat it!  Well, ta ta....Want to get to 30 points by the end of the night, not guaranteeing it but gonna try.    If you haven't seen a vidcast or heard it on a podcast, it's the Hitchhiker by Martina Behm and is pretty cheap.  If you go through paypal, it converts the currency so you don't have to worry.  

I am Soooo Over Martha

After breaking down and buying a 4th skein of Martha Stewarts extra soft wool blend green eucalyptus, lady you need to check on the quality control from Lion Brand. The three skeins I had gotten on sale from Michaels, I wound up with all three having knots in the skeins and wound up into two cakes.  Got a 4th through Amazon-think the company was Fabric.com-and it was knotless and made a whole cake.  Now I know not to count on sale skeins of Martha Stewart yarn via Michaels or it was a freak thing.    But 3 skeins of it?  I am now wondering about the two skeins of Martha Stewarts extra soft wool blend gerbera daisy I bought with the eucalyptus.  Hmmm... Will see. Maybe I will get this cowl down before my step mother goes on holiday with my father in Barvaria on the 15th.