the shawl and birthday party preparations

this morning morgana and i wrapped up the shawl for her ballet school. i didn't have time to take nice pictures of it, but it is recorded. it came out really nice . . 71 inches long and 19 wide. i used three skeins of rowan kidsilk haze in "liqueur." this is the third one that i've made, and i feel wonderfully satisfied with it. for the prior two i only used two skeins and it wasn't enough. this will be auctioned off at their silent auction. i put the value at $300, with a minimum bid of $125. it'll be interesting to see how it goes. i figure they'll be lucky to get two bids. people don't snap up handknitted items like they do coach bags (i've donated to enough silent auctions to know . .)

i sat in billy bakery and listened to oldie songs again, while having a cup of coffee and finishing a pencil case for the party. chanda took one of the older girl ballet classes at 11 am since her afternoon classes had finished (but the day classes were still being held). at night, our friend clyde stopped by. he's in town for the summer. it was wonderful to see him. then greg went shopping at the coop for birthday party items, while i met morgana at our friend carol's house to get paper for the bookbinding project. carol often has paper from the paper store above her apartment. she gave us 60 sheets which will fufill 16 books. i'm so glad since paper is very expensive!!! we'll add water color paper as stiff covers to slip into the tapestry bookcases. chanda and i picked out beautiful fabrics today at p and s next to her ballet school.