Finished: Sister's sweater

Finished Sister's Emerald Sweater:

Pattern: Emerald from Knitty.com

Yarn: Lamb's Pride Bulky, in the Ocean Waves colorway

Needle: size 10 US

Started: June 19, 2008

Finished: September 6, 2008

Modifications: Made size small on top, size medium on the bottom with extra darts to accommodate her boo-tay. Hmm. Seems to fit me pretty well too. That's me modeling it up there. Also, used three buttons toggle-style instead of one button as per the instructions.

Close up of buttons, sent by Sister this week:

Beer!

Today is Husband's birthday. Usually we don't exchange birthday and winter holiday gifts. We prefer to take trips, like the one to South Beach at the end of the month (woo hoo!).

But Husband is such a great guy (see yesterday's post) and so thoughtful, so I thought I should get him a good gift this year anyway.

So yesterday I got him a beer-making kit and equipment from Wine Craft. All that stuff pretty much filled up the trunk of my car. The first brew will be Dortmunder, a German beer. Husband's ethnically half German and worked in a German beer hall, so I thought that might be a good choice.

Well it was. Got a call from Husband. He loves the gift and is looking forward to getting started this weekend.