Birthday Celebration
It's not often that I get a 50 degree sunny day for my birthday, but this year, the Chicago weather delivered me a wonderful present which was icing on the cake of a truly wonderful day for me.
As if the beautiful yarn from my friends at ThreadBear wasn't enough (it's a beautiful combination of Cascade 220 and Mountain Colors 4/8 Wool -- more on what it's for in a bit), John also surprised me by telling me we would be taking a trip to upgrade my iPod. This 40 GB wonder will now house all my music plus any audio books I want to put onto it.
My mom and dad added to my sheep collection. The lovely lady sitting on top of my basket was made by Lee Anne Racine of Wool Outback Farms of Dexter, Michigan (she actually lives not too far away from my parents). Like the sheep I showed off after Christmas, this Knitting Sheep is entirely made of wool and wool products from Wool Outback Farms.
She's definitely worth a closeup! Gotta love a sheep taking advantange of her own natural attributes. Especially a sheep who was created specially for me (though the design is apparently one that she created in 1984). This time, I have contact information for anyone who might want a sheep of their own. Click here for contact info for Wool Outback Farms.
So what is the Cascade and Mountain Colors for? I recently bought myself a copy of this great book:
Julie and I first spotted it when on a short road trip to Ruhama's in the fall. Because I've been getting more and more interested in adding some knitted decoration to my house, this book really caught my attention. Paging through it, I found more than one design that I thought would go well in my house. John worked with Rob and Matt so that I could have some gorgeous yarn for my first project from the book (its the spiral rug in the bottom left corner). As soon as I get Sigil completed the rug is going to move up on deck.
Also, since I've heard rumors about Colinette's Ab Fab Afghan kit being discontinued, I bought myself a little present as well. John helped me pick the colors since I promised him it would end up in a place where he could enjoy it. It was fun to pull out my color card to help us visualize the colors in the final product.
Happy Birthday ! I love the knitting sheep. It is very cute !
Ab Fab is going to discontinued in UK but not sure about US. After it has been discontinued, you may only find it in ebay with sky high price. Go and get it before sold out ! I am going to make my second Af Fab in purple and blue.
Happy birthday!! What fabulous goodies.
Happy Birthday!
your wooly sheep is so cute. I also have the knitted rugs book which i haven't made anything in it yet. The spiral rug is one that i like too and i can't wait to see you start on that. I've also just finished my colinette abfab stole in the English Garden colorway. I think Antique color would look fabulous too.
Long time lurker here posting for the first time to say thank you for the link to that book. I took one look at the pictures you linked to and ran straight off to Amazon to get a copy for myself. I can't wait! Thanks again.
Happy Birthday! That knitting sheep is sooo cute
Happy happy birthday! Lovey prezzies!
*H*A*P*P*Y* *B*I*R*T*H*D*A*Y* !
Have the happiest of birthdays,dear Theresa.
What lovely presents you have.should keep you amused for a while.
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Happy Birthday! Thanks for showing off your goodies. :)
Happy Birthday! Looks like you had a great day. Love the sheep.
Happy, Happy Birthday!!!! The sheep is adorable :-)
Happy Birthday! I love the idea of a rug, and that Mountain Colors yarn....total yum factor!
Happy Birthday! OK, when I first saw the sheep, I thought it was a bunch of fleece to spin. Then, of course, I remembered that Theresa doesn't spin....
Oooooo....a 40 G iPod.
Happy Birthday! I hope the rest of your day is filled with lots of woolly goodness. :)
Happy belated birthday! It looks like you got some really nice gifts. Thanks for the link to the neat book. I've always liked the knitted rugs in the Sundance catalogs but have been too lazy to figure out how to copy them.
Happy Birthday! How cool, we share the same birthday! I love the sheep, he's adorable. My present to myself was also an Ab Fab kit - Wow!
Sigil is looking fabulous, can't wait to see the finished product.
Happy Birthday! Glad you treat yourself (and others treated you) well!!
What a cute sheep!! I hope you had a wonderful birthday! We have to get together to celebrate :)
Happy birthday! You got some great gifts. I love the sheep, but the iPod is my favorite! Well, the yarn and the new book is great too. I've already been to Knitpicks to spy the patterns. I may have to get it.
Happy Birthday Theresa! Lovely gifts for a lovely girl.
40 G hard drive. Wow. I think that might be bigger than my desktop. Colour me impressed!
A quick call to my dealer, the US Colinette distributor, tells me that AbFab will NOT be discontinued (here in The States).
Colinette in the UK will no longer package the kits, but the kit is a US creation that will continue in North America, but will no longer be offered in the UK. If you saw anything about them being discontinued, it was on the Colinette (UK) site. Does that make sense?
Also, we have TONS of kits on hand!
Happy Birthday! Your gifts are great, and the little sheepy just too cute. And order some of that nice weather for us, will 'ya? We're headed to Chicago the end of next week (hee hee)
Happy Birthday! Fab presents! V jealous of your 40gig ipod. I have the 20 gig version but it's always nice to have more space!
LOVE the sheep!!!!
Happy Birthday! Glad to hear the weather was fine.
Lovely presents (Ipod upgrade already, I'm so behind the times).
Hope you had a great day.
Looks and sounds like you had a wonderful day - Happy Birthday!!
Happy, happy Birthday!!! Hope you had a great one!
Where did you get your blocking board with the measurements on it? I would love to find one just like that!
well happy birthday to you!!! it was not sunny out here in the west burbs. definitely a gloomy day. but hey, we share a bday!! you are 21, just like me, right? ;)
happy birthday! enjoy that Ipod and yarn to the fullest :)
Happy belated birthday. You got quite the haul this year! Hope it was a great day. :)