YARN
Fall is here and it has pumped up two parts of me: my appetite (bad thing) and my desire to knit (good thing). I am busily cranking out Christmas presents. So far two Noro Silk Garden scarves (one the Jared Flood stripes which is amazing, and one the Queen Anne’s lace). I am also working on socks in String Theory Caper Sock in the Mardi Gras colorway. String Theory Caper Sock is amazing. Very spongy and exquisitely soft (has cashmere in it). The physical String Theory is located in Blue Hill Maine. It is owned and operated by two nurses. The shop sells all kinds of yarn – even their own hand dyes. Karen and Tanis have great “hands” for yarn and great “eyes” for color. I found them on Ravelry and bought my first String Theory yarn at the Maine Fiber Frolic this spring. You can find their yarn in Blue Hill, on their web site www.stringtheoryyarn.com or at the Loopy Ewe.
Last week I took a Fair Isle knitting class at Purl Diva . The class was taught by Mary Jane Mucklestone – who is very well known in the knitting world and is a fellow Mainer. I learned I am not very adventurous when it comes to color and that I knit very loosely. These are two good things to know. I also learned that Mary Jane is very funny and totally fearless when it comes to knitting. She designs as she is knitting! I, on the other hand, ruminate for days or weeks. I get out the colored pencils and graph paper (knitting graph paper of course) and carefully chart all the possibilities before I ever even start looking for the yarn. I am thinking that may inhibit the process and that I will try to be less calculating and more spontaneous (which will probably be bad for my budget but good for my stash and my local yarn stores 
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As for the Facehugger – check out this cartoon my daughter found on Deviant Art: Epic Fail!
