FINALLY!

The Principles of Knitting, 2nd edition, has arrived!  The first edition of this book has sold on eBay for years at a range of $150 to $400 - the new edition is a steal at only $45.  I have 3 copies on hand, but can get more, if needed.

Also new - One + One, by Iris Schreier of Artyarns fame.  This book is filled with small projects that take only two skeins of Artyarns.  Iris's designs, as usual, are stunning.

For the crocheters - The Happy Hooker is also in!  I am told by some of my crocheters that this is an excellent reference book (I don't crochet, so I cannot offer an opinion).

I am pleased to say I have also received more copies of One Skein Wonders and Sock Yarn One Skein Wonders.  These two books are very useful, especially when you have one skein left from a project and cannot face making another scarf.

Happy Thursday!

Purls of wisdom: you can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.

River Park Day!

Tomorrow is River Park Day!  We will have the "Ping Pong Ball Discounts" - after your order is totaled you draw a ping pong ball with the discount you receive written on it.  Discounts range from 5% to 30%!  (You may not add to your purchase after drawing - additional purchases require a separate drawing.  Already discounted items are not included in the ping pong ball discount.)

ALSO - we have some great door prizes this year!  Door prizes will be drawn at 11 AM, noon, 1 and 2 PM.  We have tickets for the Firefighters' Blues Fest on 28 July 2012 - two for couples and one for a family - and one ticket to Stitches Midwest 2012!

Purls of wisdom: some days it doesn't pay to chew through the leather restraints.

Don't miss out!

On the HPKY trunk show!  Today from 5 - 8 and tomorrow from 9 - 2!  Kits & yarns for knitters & weavers, and fiber for spinners!  Freshly baked snickerdoodles, too!

TODAY ONLY

TODAY ONLY!!!!  25% off ALL yarns, patterns, and books!  Does not apply to already discounted items, spinning wheels, or needles.

Reminder

This Friday night from 5 - 8 and Saturday from 9 - 2 is the HPKY Trunk show!  There will be lots of wonderful yarns and kits, including kits for weavers and fiber for spinners!  Refreshments will also be served!

Purls of wisdom: illegitimati non carborundum.

Me again....

Greetings, knitterati!  This week I have received both MadelineTosh Sport and Pagewood Chugiak (sock yarn).  The colors of both are delicious, as usual, and they are selling like hotcakes, so if you want some I urge you not to dawdle.

I also got in more of Pagewood's Melange, a collection of fibers and fabric scraps for spinning and other fiber art activities.  This stuff is like a new box of crayons - I just want to play with it in a corner until my tuna sandwich is ready.

Last week I got some new, mostly one-of-a-kind dichroic glass buttons.  These buttons are the perfect finishing touch for a special knitted article, be it a sweater, wrap or even a hat.

I seem to have hit a plateau in the healing process, which by all accounts is normal.  I am trying to strike a balance between using my arm enough to get it working 100% again, and trying not to overdo it.  Sometimes I lose my balance.  Typical, I must say.

On days when the weather is like today I ache from my neck to my fingers, like an abscessed tooth.  I hope I'm not going to end up with a large barometer on the left side of my body for the rest of my life.  I can imagine my husband poking my shoulder on Tuesday to see what the weather will be like on Wednesday....


Purls of wisdom: an investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Purls from the crypt

Greetings!  It is I, Arv the Missing!  I had surgery on my left shoulder 02 April, hence my silence.  I must say it went better than I had thought, as there turned out to be no need to cut tendons and re-attach them with screws, but it still is a bit painful.  My surgeon was good enough to give me a CD with before & after photos of the inside of my shoulder, but I'm not sure these are worthy of going on my Christmas cards.  I have a fearsome tendency to bruise, and I currently am black and blue and several other colors from my neck to my left elbow.  I look like an art class cleaned their paint brushes on me.

One thing about this kind of surgery - you get serious pain medications.  I am told that some people can function almost normally on these pharmaceuticals.  Not this little black duck, no siree.  Usually the pain meds just put me to sleep, but sometimes they provide entertainment, and not just for my husband (who finds me hysterically funny when under the influence).  Lately the nice folks of the pharmaceutical industry apparently slipped Roger Miller into one of my pills, because I keep hearing his songs in my head.  "Chug-a-Lug", "The Streak"...  Sometimes Roger takes a break and Ray Stevens fills in for him.  I have spent a lot of time listening to "Guitarzan" and other Stevens' hits.  And all in the privacy of my mind....better living through chemistry.

Nonetheless, I am healing physically, although I tend to wonder about the long-term psychological effects of Miller and Stevens as my personal background music.  (Thank heaven it's not Madonna.)  I am doing my exercises regularly, to the great enjoyment of my cats, who like to "assist".  I am going to try being back at the shop next week, limited range of motion and all.  I have tried knitting, but it still is uncomfortable after about 10 minutes.  I will persist, however.

Well, I hear Jerry Reed calling me..."When You're Hot, You're Hot....."  see you next week!