Bella must have an amigurumi Bela. I also don’t think she can live without a Banshee. Does anyone out there have experience making these? Christy?

Squares are flying off my needles. I’m already on number seven. I have an update for square drop offs:

I’m thinking of mailing the squares on Saturday, May 26th to make sure they get there by the end of the month. Does that deadline work for everyone?

It’s been awhile, and I’ve already thanked Yvonne in person,* but I just have to flash what a great knitting buddy she is. I can’t wait to use the alpaca to knit the teddy bear pattern for Mirabella—it’s so soft! I’ve already made a few dishes out of the Indian cookbook and they’ve been fabulous. The shower creams are nice and different scents than you would normally find in the states. Orange and fig are my favorites so far. Thanks, Yvonne!

*ok, I thanked her via email, but when compared to a blog post, it’s almost like “in person”

I’m sure most of you have at least some black or white yarn in your stash for the Hokie Healing squares, but for those who need maroon and burnt orange, Sue Quambusch from Yarn for All is planning to do a group order from Brown Sheep:

Autumn Harvest: orange
Medieval Red: maroon
Onyx: black
White Frost: white

All colors come in both worsted weight (190 yds, needle size 8) and bulky weight (125 yds, needle size 10 1/2). Contact Sue by email or 402-483-1227 by Thursday, 10 am to get in on the group order.

Mosaic Yarn Shop in Blacksburg, VA is collecting 8 x 8 inch squares to assemble into blankets for the families of the fallen Hokies. The squares can be knitted or crocheted in maroon, burnt orange, white or black out of the nicest, softest yarn you can afford. For you advanced knitters out there, Talk is Sheep is putting together an intarsia Hokie pattern.

I am going to coordinate a shipment of squares at the end of May for anyone locally who wants to contribute. You can drop squares off to me at the following events:

If you can’t make one of those events, let me know in the comments and we’ll make other drop off plans. I’ll be posting reminders throughout the month of May. Let’s make sure the Hokie Nation knows that they are in our thoughts!

Ok, enough is enough. I ordered replacement needles for you last Friday. The game is over. You won. There’s no need for you to wait for your replacements to actually be delivered. Seriously. You can come out now.

When people ask me what Mirabella needs these days, my first answer is always, “No more stuffed animals or dolls!” However, I’m her mom, and I haven’t really bought her much of anything, so the rule doesn’t apply to me. Yesterday I had to buy some yarn from Knit Picks to finish a project that is on the needles and I was below the minimum for free shipping. I decided to get the yarn I need to make Lulu. I’ve been planning to knit her for awhile, but I really needed a reason to spend the money. Running out of yarn for my current project was just the gentle push I needed. I also bought replacement size six needles for the ones I lost a few months ago. I predict I will find those little buggers in the next few days.

The house is quiet. T went to bed early and M was already asleep when I got home from knitting group. I stayed up and watched my DVR’d episodes of Knitty Gritty. It’s the new season and there’s a new episode every day. I was already three episodes behind! After finishing the third episode, I have to say that I’m totally in love with Cookie’s lace socks. They are probably too advanced for me, but Wow! they are beautiful. I never really understood Amy’s passion for Cookie’s socks. Now I’m going through the archives on knitty.com to check them all out. (Amy knit an amazing pair of Baudelaires.) I think once I get some of my current projects finished up, I am going to pick a pattern to try. They’re all so fabulous. It will be hard to decide which one to knit first.

My Today Show post is getting quite a few comments. Well, not a lot by some blog standards, but a lot for the lincolnblog! Thank you to the knitters who offered a ride or carpool to one of the nearby Harlot appearances. If any of the events were on the weekend, I might consider it, but during the week it’s just too crazy around here to go off and get all wooly.

It’s a funny thing about those comments; I read the Harlot’s blog entry and didn’t even notice she had linked to me. I just zoomed by the link thinking “Yeah, whatever. I already saw the knitters on the Today Show. How was the rest of the day?” It wasn’t until Christy left me a comment that I realized it. (Yes, a teething baby is kind of like having a newborn again: up all night and really fuzzy during the day.)

Even though I won’t be attending a Harlot appearance, I am very excited about another upcoming knitting event: World Wide Knit in Public Day. The Lincoln Knitters will be celebrating with a spot at the Farmer’s Market in Haymarket on June 9th from 8-12. Nebraska knitters — and those from nearby states — mark your calendars and come join us!

They were outside of the Today Show. In fact, they are all over NYC today as part of Yarn Harlot’s Represent Event. I so wish I could be there. All those knitters in one place! All the yarn crawls! I guess I will have to settle for the book. I doubt Nebraska will ever make it as a stop on the tour.