Finishing Mom's Sweater

Yesterday I finally sat at the Wool Cabin & learned how to do the picot edge that is the final step in finishing the sweater I made my mother for Mother's Day, and now her December birthday. Today I will finish it up & assemble & plan to get it in the mail tomorrow so while it probably won't reach her on her birthday, I'll send flowers & she'll get the sweater shortly after. I will post pictures later this evening (hoping this will hold me accountable!!!). I also scrapped the Alpaca beanie I was knitting for my son in MSP. I'm used to knitting such items out of worsted weight yarn, and I couldn't get the stitch count right...first too small, then it looked enormous. Sooooo, while at the LYS yesterday, I just picked up the trusty Cascade 220 and the free beanie pattern and it's just about done. He just needs something to keep the cold away while walking to/from the bus stop in the brutal Minnesota wind & cold. I loved the Alpaca because it was a beautifully muted variegated colorway, but he'll be perfectly happy with the plain old stockinette charcoal grey. At least I could knit in the dark through part of the movie last night! Having spent the afternoon yesterday knitting, I planned to Christmas shop today, but given the continuing snowfall, and that we have not yet been plowed out, I don't know if that will happen. Andrew will not be home for Christmas, so it occurred to me that I would load up his Christmas stocking & ship it overnight so he'd have it Christmas morning. Soooo......must get out later today. Last week Susan,Cheryl, Miriam & her husband met for dinner pre SnB at a great Asian restaurant on State Street: Mi La-Cai. So good in fact that Bob & I ate dinner last night before the movies and he liked it as much as I knew he would. Yummm. I have to add that the service was outstanding. Truly. It has been a long time since we've had nicely attentive wait staff. And, Bob asked for some extra cilantro and the waiter brought him and entire bunch out on a plate! Very surprising service, because there was a large party next to us, so I figured the kitchen would be backed up. Uh uh. Our food came out promptly (and I noticed so did theirs). Oh - and it feels really clean. Not even dust on the window sill! So much for my little restaurant review. Thanks, Susan for introducing us to this new favorite restaurant.