No big deal or anything, but I think I've gotten my knitting mojo back because of this:
I had kinda been feeling blah about my projects, but today it is snowing and I felt like swatching for this. It's even designed by a lady who teaches at my local yarn shop, who I've not met before in person, but I like her designs.
I am in LOVE with this yarn. The Highland Bulky is sooo different from the other Elann Peruvian Highland yarns. It is super soft and almost even fuzzy looking, one-ply instead of two, has great stitch definition, and is total immediate gratification wool. 3-4 stitches to the inch baayyybeee. I think it might even be the long sought Rowan Polar substitute, which is the Holy Grail of yarn searches for me.
And in other news, Jim finally said goodbye to an era. Specifically, the era of this 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII that he's been the one and only owner of since, well, 1993. The Beast was a good car, and 140,000 miles, one replaced air suspension system, and lots of Bob Marley Cds later, it saved us about 10 years of car payments. RIP!
It fetched the princely sum of a whole $100, which we promptly took with us to use for a great sushi dinner at Blu Coral last night.
Tomorrow, back with the program: Ushuaia, Argentina!
I might have to try that yarn for one of the patterns in Big City Knits.
That is great the car lasted so long! You have to love that. So what will Jim be driving now?
Posted by: Lara | March 27, 2008 at 01:43 PM
It finally died!! That was a long time coming! LOL YAY For mojo!!!!!!
Posted by: adrienne | March 27, 2008 at 02:31 PM
What a pretty vest! Are you going to knit the heart pattern the same as in the photo link?
Poor Jim. I really have to feel sympathy for him...guys and their cars. Chris had one of those beloved ones too.
Posted by: Debby | March 27, 2008 at 03:00 PM
Aw, poor Jim. Give him my condolences. But, yay for getting a good dinner out of it!
Posted by: Jenny | March 27, 2008 at 03:59 PM
I so want to do this vest too!!! :-)
Posted by: Steph | March 27, 2008 at 05:55 PM
A good car is fond memory forever. RIP~But no ripping on the new vest ;-)
Posted by: Carol | March 27, 2008 at 07:29 PM
NOT THE CAR! oh....sad. I appreciated the intellectual (and DIY) investment in the car.
he still has the harley, right? Still.
Kinda like my washing machine that my dad and I tried to fix for 8 years. and my dad is a washing machine repairman, can I say. finally I had to say, DAD! the father-daughter bonding can do better than this damn washing machine. Let's move on.
Doesn't it just tick him off a little bit that he couldn't figure it out? Just a LITTLE...
Posted by: Lisa | March 27, 2008 at 08:27 PM
Awww, farewell fond friend!
Posted by: Heather | March 27, 2008 at 09:43 PM
The yarn looks great to work with. I've got to sit down this weekend and read your trip reports. I've been saving the posts in my bloglines :)
Posted by: Robyn | March 27, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Ooh I am going to have to try that yarn!
Yah!! It was so worth the 10 years!! Can't wait to see the new one!
Posted by: Stacey_CrimsonPurl | March 28, 2008 at 06:59 AM
Oh man, I can totally feel Jim's pain. It is hard to let it go I'm sure! But then the pain of car pymts again will be hard too.
I'm getting a new jeep soon, so I'll be in the same boat as you soon - car pymts. YUCK.
Posted by: lisa | March 28, 2008 at 08:32 AM
yay for the return of the knitting mojo!
I wish my hubby owuld keep a car for say even half that long!
Posted by: Michelle | March 28, 2008 at 09:50 AM
I am not really a vest person, but that one looks really nice. Will you be using the same colors for the pattern.
Posted by: Tina | March 28, 2008 at 10:18 AM
So glad the knitting mojo is back! "The Beast" sounds like it was a great car and I'm glad that it did so well for you guys all those years :) Hope the sushi dinner was amazing!
Posted by: knittymuggins | March 28, 2008 at 04:59 PM