Monday, October 08, 2007

it's a great pumpkin, Charlie Brown

I have been knitting up a storm lately, but I can't really show you pictures yet, as it's not really fit to be seen. I'm desperately trying to finish a shrug that I'm hoping to wear to a wedding this coming Saturday. It's been an adventure--first I screwed up the increases on the first sleeve, so after I finished the second one I had to go back and frog half of the first and re-knit it. And then yesterday involved two hours of knitting, tinking, re-knitting, and tinking again on one line of the lace pattern. Catherine was my saviour on this part, as I was getting increasingly frustrated and things were going from bad to worse, and she did a fair amount of tinking for me. But I've gotten past that part at least and it continues to move along. Pictures when it's done, I promise!

What else have I been up to?

On Thursday I met Ben and Jerry, as in the Ben and the Jerry of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream.

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And there was even free ice cream. And a real cow wandering around (which they didn't bring, other crazy people got the cow).

And on Saturday I went to the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch at MIT. I had never been before and didn't realize quite what a huge deal it was. People got there at 7 am for a sale that started at 10 am. It was kind of crazy. But the pumpkins were fabulous, and I took lots of pictures.

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And this one came home with me.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! Wish I were there... Ben and Jerry's was a romantic thing with me and my last boyfriend. And the pumpkins... my friend makes some of those. :) I've only seen one (coincidentally, at the home of my ex-boyfriend). It sure would be neat to see a whole "field" of them made by different people. Although, it's probably a good thing, since I might trip and swipe my credit card. ;)

Anyways, news on your socks: I'm nearly done the feet on both socks. :)

Amanda said...

OH. MY. GAWD. I WANT a pumpkin!!! Can you buy them anywhere? Order online? *sniff*
They are so beautiful!

And YAY for Ben & Jerry!!! What a cool pic!

Susanne said...

The pumpkins are awesome! I wish I'd known about that event (except I was out of town anyway, so it wouldn't have mattered). Next year!