New book!

I think it was last week when I was talking to my mom on the phone she told me about a new knitting book she picked up: Juju's Loops by Juju Vail & Susan Cropper.  What do I do immediately while on the phone with her?  I start looking up the patterns on Ravelry.  The pattern that I came across first was the Cedar Shake fingerless gloves.  It was love at first sight!  After checking to see if my LYS had a copy of this book (they didn't), I asked my mom if she could have her LYS reserve a copy for me.  My mom then picked the book up on a Sunday, my dad mailed it out to me on a Monday and by Thursday of this past week I had the book in my possession. 

I've never seen a package say "carbon neutral shipment"

There are eleven patterns in the book consisting of mostly accessories (shawls, cowls, fingerless gloves, scarves) and a couple of garments - a child's cardigan and two adult cardigans - and one toy project.  There is also a section in the back that highlights some free patterns available on the blog for the shop where both women work.  The best way to locate those patterns is either via Ravelry, which has a link to the pattern on the site, or to go to the shop's blog and search for the pattern in the "search the blog" box on the left hand side.

I have the book!!!

Sadly, I didn't have time to cast-on for the fingerless gloves on Thursday, but found some time on Friday morning to get started.  I'm knitting these using some Madelinetosh Pashmina from my stash that was actually a present from Mr. SpiderKate for my birthday last year.  I'm knitting these using US 3 (3.25 mm) double pointed needles.  I didn't get a chance to knit much on them on Friday beyond casting on, but on Saturday I got through the first chart and am now on the second chart.

Progress as of Friday!