So the folks arrived safely last night, and we met Amanda (her J was golfing), JMac and Mary Beth at DuClaw for the Twisted Kilt release. I’m pretty sure that by the end of the evening, all three of them were thinking, “Oh! THAT’s where she gets it from.” :D

After dinner, Kris and Dad wanted to poke around Best Buy (because they’re boys), so Mom and I were wandering through the dvd section when she FINALLY commented on the nosering. She was actually surprisingly calm about it. I have to wonder if maybe she has accepted that I’m a loon, and there isn’t really much she can do about it any more. So, crisis averted!

Anyway, we’re looking at the new releases, and I spy something I hadn’t known was coming out - Season Three of Fraggle Rock! Yay! I of course grabbed it, and we went to find the boys. They continued drooling over laptops while Mom and I went to check out (she was getting cases for their phones). As we were standing in line, Mom comments to me that the police officer we had seen outside as we came in was now in line buying something. I look over, and I realize exactly what he was buying. A Nintendo Wii. As in, the incredibly hard-to-find system that Kris and I have been wanting to pick up since January. I sent Kris a quick text message, and he went to look. He didn’t see any on the shelves, so I suggested he ask someone. The first guy he found (using the “Look for a blue shirt and tackle” method) was actually from a different section of the store, but he found the game guy, who confirmed that yes, they did have them. And now we have one, along with a copy of “Carnival Games”, because we’re dorks like that. We laughed a lot last night as Kris was getting the hang of the controller and learning to play Wii Sports (which comes with the system) and the Carnival Games (Virtual Skee-Ball! What’s not to love?). He says he’s sore this morning. :D

Anyway, on to the pr0n. Amanda and I were chatting on Google a while ago when she asked me if I liked the Little Bunny Foo Foo colorway of STR. She had ordered it for herself, but it wasn’t as pink as she’d hoped, so she asked if I wanted it. Never one to say no to free STR (Momma didn’t raise no fools!), and being, in fact, rather fond of the color, I said sure! She brought it to dinner last night.

Pretty, innit?And like every other knitter this past week, I’ve been drooling over the new Knit Picks Harmony Needles. I was lucky enough to see them in person in Philly, because Amyknitty was testing a set. So, I’ve been stalking the website to see when they were released, and I pounced immediately (because I remember what happened when the nickel Options came out and they were out of stock for a while).

I got the interchangeable set and the DPN set, and then I caved and ordered the small circulars and the cable needles (yeah, I cable without a needle. They’re just so PRETTY!).

Here are the interchangeable tips (minus the 10.5’s which are in use already)

And the cable needles.

The one concern I’ve seen voiced from a few people is that the colors on the website looked pretty obnoxiously bright. Now, I’m not one to complain about bright colors (Hello, big red streak in my hair), so it didn’t worry me, but I also don’t think those pictures were quite accurate. The colors are definitely more mellow on my needles than in the pictures on their site. I think they are beautiful. The tips are lovely and pointy like the nickel ones, and the finish is really smooth - much smoother than any other wooden or bamboo needles I’ve tried, although still grippier than the nickel.  LOVE.

Speaking of love, have you seen the new Fall Knitty?   There are some really lovely patterns in it.  Lots of lace and texture details that are right up my alley. Yay!