Today was a much better day than yesterday. Yesterday was one of those days when I couldn't believe that some of the people I work with could really be behaving so badly. By 11:30 I was ready to go home. When I got home, I turned to some knitting therapy to help even out my extremely ugly mood. I found knitting up my Opal sock to be very therapeutic. I never though I would like working in such a tiny gauge, but I do.

I got some wonderful things in the mail today. First thing this morning I made a stop at the post office to pick up a delivery from Amazon: Knitting Fair Isle Mittens and Gloves. Perfect timing, since I needed to pick out a project for my Fair Isle class. I am going to work on a pair of fingerless gloves. When I got home before my class, my order from ThreadBear was waiting for me! Here's a shot of the Beezle making sure that the Silk Garden is up to his standards (he's very picky!)

As it turns out, the Beez very much likes Noro Silk Garden #71 and thinks it would be okay if I do my next sweater with it. Here's a closeup of it (it has very rich purples and greens) with a special treat that Matt and Rob threw in.

I wish I could have gotten a better shot of the stitch marker -- it's absolutely beautiful. I will certainly be putting it to work soon! I have to say also, that it was a real pleasure to purchase from the guys at ThreadBear. I got help with color selection along with a lot of friendly emails. Its good to know that there is at least one other 2nd/3rd generation Lithuanian in my knitting "community" here on the Internet. I can't wait until I need more yarn for my next felting project or for socks or more Noro...

Julie and I went to our second Fair Isle class today. I think my practicing was worth it, because the two handed knitting thing didn't seem so bad tonight. I need to learn to pay better attention to my charts, but I don't think that will be a problem when I don't have great company like Julie to spend my knitting time with. I decided that I am going to try to apply my socks on two circs knowledge to my fingerless gloves -- I will go to almost any length to avoid double points (especially tiny size 1 double points). So now I am looking forward to getting the wrist ribbing out of the way so that I can get to the good part! There is always some new fun knitting thing to learn!