The Polls are Closed
Wow! Thanks to everyone who took a second to vote in the poll. It was really interesting to watch the front-runner change over the course of the last couple of days, but 26% of you felt strongly enough to push STR Mustang Sally into the winning spot. Fair enough - I can totally live with that choice.
I think I've even picked out a pattern for it with the help of Margaret, who is knitting in a parellel universe to mine.
The other great news is one of my readers, Mia, mentioned that she really loved the bright pink Fleece Artist seacell/merino yarn, and since I had no specific plans for it, and she promised to give it a good home, it's on its way to her on the east coast, and she's going to pick something more "me" and swap me for that skein of yarn. Sa-weet!
Otherwise, I am now taking a well-deserved break from about 6 hours of dyeing this morning to plop down and do some knitting. Since I am under the weather again (airplane plus 2 young nephews + craptastic immune system on my part = another damn-it-all cold), I took it sort of easy yesterday and took Diggs to my Bhen lesson. Jerry didn't care - a horse is a horse to him - and I don't have to post on Diggs, so instead, we worked on my seat (I rode most of the lesson without stirrups) and we practiced some rollbacks (please note that's a You Tube link - and it's neither Digger nor myself in the video!). And I stopped a lot to blow my nose and cough. (TMI?) We had a nice mellow morning together, and then I ran errands until barn-chore time yesterday, so today was my day to get caught up on all my dye orders. Having accomplished that and having a couple of chick flicks, I'm gonna turn on the fire and work on my Spey Valley socks for a bit this afternoon.
All for now....
I, too, can live with that yarn. If my choice couldn't win then that's the one I'd pick! Rest up and feel better. I hate to say this, but I think that the northeast is the germ culprit. We've all had the same cold up here for months!
Posted by:Sheepish Annie | February 10, 2008 at 01:50 PM
Oh, do feel better soon! I had one of those endless colds last winter and thought I was dying. You are just dyeing, heh! Now, I didn't vote, but would have chosen Mustang Sally just on the basis of the name, even if I didn't love the color!
Posted by:Marcia Cooke | February 10, 2008 at 02:49 PM
OMG! Nephews are the worst germ factories! Every time I visited mine when they were little I came home sick as a dog. Feel better soon!
Posted by:Margaret | February 10, 2008 at 03:36 PM
It all sounds good except your cold!! It's such a bad year for respretory problems, according to my doctor. Take care!!!
Posted by:margene | February 10, 2008 at 05:47 PM
As my cousin (and also best friend) once said... "Ah, kids... they're cute little pestilence carriers!"
Posted by:Anne | February 10, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Three cheers for Mustang Sally! Let me guess, Mia will send you something, well, shall we say "blue"? I'll be waiting for that Google satellite photo of your blue/purple stash...
Posted by:Cheryl S. | February 10, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Yay Mustang Sally! I think it is a good choice, given your Youtube video link today. Hope you are feeling a bit better. We just had a lecture on kids and anesthesia: they have an average of 6 colds per year (big skew in the higher direction, too).
Posted by:Laurie | February 11, 2008 at 05:49 AM
I hope your afternoon with knitting, chic flicks, and a fire was cozy and productive. Mustang Sally wasn't the color I voted for, but it's definitely one that I like, as I've considered buying it more than once.
I'm glad Diggs got to go to the lesson on Saturday morning. I hope he was a good boy!
Posted by:Nicole | February 11, 2008 at 08:37 AM
The raspberry arrived this morning. I love the color of the yarn. I have the yarn for you narrowed down to 2 different skeins. The final decision will be tonight. I can't wait to see what you create with the Mustang Sally since I have that color in my stash as well.
Posted by:Mia | February 11, 2008 at 12:21 PM