DYING for this weekend to arrive!

Cuz I got into Scout's dying class! YAY! I'll be going over to Knit One One for a dying workshop on Saturday and Sunday-I hadn't heard about it until just last week and somehow was able to get in! I'm so thrilled and can hardly wait!

And look what I completed...
The Malabrigo Loafers, acorn tassels and all!!!

And I decided what to make with the Silky Malabrigo...

The 'quick' adverb got to me, despite IrishGirlie voting for the Cowl of Kindness! But as you may or not notice from the photo, this is merely 1/2 a cowl and just about a completly knit skein. I only purchased one. Doh! Hopefully Article Pract will have a second one for me so I can finish it!

And Lil' Emp decided he liked those loafers, so I am going to endeavor to create his-sized slippers. My first thought was to use my lightweight STR, doubled and on smaller needles, but he seems to really like the Malabrigo and this color. Being that I actually had over 3.5 oz left of the Malabrigo (3.5 oz per skein, folks! so these were actually a 1-skein project for this small size!), I should have enough to do a second pair for LE. Hopefully the re-sizing won't be too much of a PITA! Wish me luck!

And so I'm a thief!

Anything to be able to post my new WoolGirl sock club kit! I got this last week and Nartian and IrishGirlie have pics posted to their blog-I stole this one from Nartian...


And I am so anxious to show off my RibbyPulli scoop, that I took this crappy-A pic of me in it! Yeah, uck! And this, folks, is why I am a Weight Watcher! And no, I am not pregnant, thank you very much! And yes, a better pic will be forthcoming...hmmm...like maybe I need to have Nartian take a pic for me tomorrow...But-it is DONE! Fine! Ends woven in this very evening after work as I discussed certain LYS STR arrivals with Nartian!

I think I can disguise this one!

Look at the detailing on this lovely Malabrigo loafer! Cool, huh? The color is Vaa and man, am I in love with this Coco Knits loafer pattern! Quick knit with sophisticated detailing. Once you finish knitting the sole, you pick up around it and end up knitting, oh, maybe 15 or so more rows and you are DONE! Of course, I do plan on knitting the suggested trims for it-acorn tassels, to be exact! And yes, they look way-cooler on a foot!
And a side view to better show the sophisticated shaping!

And I've started the second loafer-no 'Second Loafer Syndrome' for me! Plus, I'm trying to finish this pair for a dear friend's birthday!

So I guess it is time for confessions? Yeah-the yellow stuffing in the loafer is Silkie Alpaca-there is one other skein I bought...And the Lorna's Laces sportweight (the blue on the right) is one of three I purchased. But (as always...) I can 'splain! One of my cousin's daughters just graduated and will be attending UC Berkeley, so I decided to make her some Brioche socks that she can wear around the dorms! Uh-huh! Justified purchase! Oh-yeah!

So I suppose I should point out the wound ball behind the Alpaca Silk label...it is some Malabrigo Silky Merino which (so long as it gets completed!) will be another justified purchase; it's for my dear friend's daughter who is graduating. I plan on making her a cowl or neckwarmer. If I can only decide on a pattern! Right now I'm thinking of either the Cowl of Kindness that Nartian just knit or maybe Tudora or maybe a Mistake Rib neckwarmer...

So that was a a showing of some of my most recent purchases...

Yeah, if I only show ONE skein of each color, cleverly hide one in a finished object, and show one wound, it really won't look like I got all that much yarn, right?

And as for the Ribby Pulli Scoop? Let's just say it is going much slower than it looked in the last picture! Fingers crossed it is done in the next couple of weeks, but with the Loafers now ahead and the Cowl needing to happen...well, you know...maybe I'll have it done in a month!

Can this be the same blog?!

More knitting! Less purchases! What's going on here?

Not to worry, I'm sure I will have some stash enhancements or other such knitterly purchases to share with you soon. But remember, I just can't knit fast enough to keep up with my stash-and I need to go back to camp next year! So what is a gal to do...?

Well, I actually haven't knit much, but at least this is starting to look like a top, don't you think?

I was so busy working on it, that I blew past a row of increases! By two rows! So I was a bit delayed in having to frog back a few rows, but I will perservere. All I want to know is-where the heck did the focus come from all of a sudden? But not to worry...2 projects are soooo close to being cast on! Hint: Malabrigo worsted and Malabrigo Silky Merino...

BTW, blogging is slower these days-lots of computer problems! Sucks, really...

Deep in the forest...

...is a canopy--but not of leaves! No, this one is knit of the finest of Ravens wings...the most rockin' wings that could ever be because this, my friends is the Rockin' Tlingit Canopy Shawl!

Here it is, blocking...not the best job, but I tried!

A close-up of the detailing...as always, it is difficult to capture the loveliness that are the Ravens...

And this, prior to blocking...

I'm sure it is no surprise to Nartian to see this posted! Only hours ago did I share with her how I was so close to being finished I could taste it! It was hard to put it down while I did my work, but alas, the work day ended!

Knitting and a bit o' retro!

Well, I'm going to have to call this finished!

I finished the little Shakti baby hat to match the Shakti baby sweater. I loved that neckline finish so much that I wanted to use it for the hat. I used the same lace leaf motif, only I added a half repeat of the lace to add a bit of symetry to it. I thought it would be fun to do more of a 'beret-style' and for the top, ended with an I-cord, shaping it into what I thought was a bit of an enlongated leaf, which I tacked down.




After consulting with Nartian as to whether I should pull it out and wrap the I-cord end inward to make the leaf center a bit 'chubbier' (and perhaps more leaf-shaped), I proceeded to attempt this. Unfortunately, I did such a good job sewing and shaping the leaf, that I couldn't undo it! DRAT! So instead, I tried to pull it tighter, forming a pudgier middle, and left it sticking out (sort of...)


And the latest Rockin' Sock Club kit came today!

The pattern, Cleopatra, by Yarnissima, a designer I learned of through (who else?) Nartian and whose patterns I admire...

The color is Incredible Shrinking Violet! When I think of "Shrinking Violet", it brings back memories of an old 70's doll with a pull string talking device. "I'm called Shrinking Violet..."

Ok, my memories are from the 70's, but apparently Shrinking Violet was a 60's doll by Mattel:
"RARE 1963 MATTEL WORKING
SHRINKIN VIOLETTE TALKING DOLL
She is one sought after by many RARE TO FIND MATTEL DOLL FROM THE 60'S
She is adorable and in working condition. Shrinkin Violette does talk ! She says things like "I have butterflies in my tummy", "I wish people wouldn't look at me", "I'm called Shrinking Violet", "I'm just afraid of everything", "People are all so big". Her mouth and right eye do move when she talks. She does have stitching around her neck, and at the crotch area. She is in played with loved condition . Shrinkin Violet is one tough doll to find in working condition or at all, only made for one year by Mattel in 1963."

The only pic I could find of her on the internet is at the same site where I got the above:
http://www.a2zdolls.com/mattel.html

You have to scroll past the cluster of witches and past the ballerina babies-two past Tippee Toes (which, btw, I happen to have had one of those-horse and all!)

I found this background on the doll to be interesting, too...What I never knew about this strange, pull string doll we had for ages. I'm sure my mom must have gotten her second-hand at a White Elephant sale, but as I see the picture of Shrinking Violet again and read over all her phrases, I realize that I had forgotten the many phrases she would repeat-and that I had memorized back then! I can recall her purple cotton dress with the lace on the sleeves...memories! Am I really that old?! (And, BTW, the Shrinking Violette doll is older than me, just for the record!)

I was unaware of DC comic's superhero that Tina refers to in her Dyer's notes, but upon Googling Shrinking Violet, I was interested to learn: "She decided to put aside her plans to become a psychotherapist or a detective to become a member of the Legion." Interesting...was our Depraved Dyer aware of Shrinking Violets prior plans of becoming a psychotherapist? Could this be the draw to the superhero by our former-therapist Depraved Dyer?...?

What? No Yarn?!

And yet, still KNITTING-RELATED!

Yes, I coudn't resist getting a new Rav t-shirt and today it came in the mail-as did my Camp Crow's Feet Special Edition hoodie! The hoodie is a bit big-I didn't dare get M and the XL was definitely too big. In the long-run, this L probably is a correct size since I have girth, Baby, and I may have been experiencing negative ease with a medium-especially with bulkier clothing underneath. Sucks to be short and squat!

As for the Rav shirt, I got a Large unisex. The sizing is a wee bit snug, which wouldn't be bad if the neckline were a tad lower and the sleeves a bit shorter. I am seriously considering cutting the neckline and maybe doing some fun embroidery on it, as well as the sleeves. We'll see, cuz I don't otherwise envision myself wearing it.

I am happy to report that my Ribby Pulli scoop is coming along. I have bound off at the armholes and need to being working the sleeves. So-what length should I go with? I'm thinking a tad shorter than the sample shown here, but not too short. Maybe about and inch or two above my elbows.



And Nell (fellow Bay-Area blogger and new nursing graduate!-congratulations, btw!) convinced me that yes, a matching hat is in order for the Shakti baby sweater. I opted to puff it out a bit after the band. Nartian agreed it was a cute option. We shall see how this comes along...
This is the base of the hat after a series of increases. I'm now going to knit it straight and then pull the top in.

And on the sock-knittng front, am I working on my Monkey Kaw Kaw? Well, er...it's coming along...but I, uh...cast on this Terry Ross "Slip Stitch Delight" sock pattern...
I found the pattern at Ravelry (for free!) and noticed she designs alot of her socks using Socks That Rock! This one calls for STR medium weight but, alas, this is not STR! This is the Spunky Ecclectic Super Sport I got on a whim when I decided I needed "Union color" socks! Truth be told, my union is a bit sucky these days, so this may just be my Fraternity socks since my business fraternity colors are "Old Gold" and "Royal Purple".

And then there's this sock I've been hiding from all of you...
It's the "first sock" and who knows when it will be completed or have a mate! This is Jeanie Townsend's "Lilac" pattern knit in Claudia Handpainted, "Eat Your Veggies" colorway. A person over at one of my Rav boards (The Solidarity League of Creative Women Distracted by Ooooh Shiny...) posted this, "do you ever feel guilty about starting a new project…so guilty that you don’t post it on ravelry until you are almost done with it…or at least halfway done with it?."-HA! I know about that!

And the real clincher? I cast on another shawl! This one is the Forest Canopy Shawl pattern I purchased a while back. It calls for 350 yards-much more than the 250 yards of Dream in Color Classy that I had thought I might use for it. So I dug around and found the STR Heavyweight that IrishGirlie had convinced me to purchase at Purlescence. It is the Raven colorway "Tlingit".
Much like my Malabrigo Chunky idea, I figured-350 yards? I can do that!

The Daily Chum

Samro went to sock camp with us this year and contacted me about having read my post on Ravelry, suggesting that, rather than frog something they were unsure of, to start from the other end before deciding to frog. So she asked to publish it over at her Lime & Violet Daily Chum . I was basically giving my lazy-don't-like-to-frog suggestion cuz I hate to frog unneccessarily!-lol! Not a 'genius' suggestion by any means, and apparently an 'univented thought' since I think someone commented having read the suggestion in a Barbara Walker book. I'm not claiming rights to it! (Just my bit of a disclaimer here...)

Not-Blogging

One thing is for sure-I was absolutely absorbed in completing the Baby Shakti Sweater and did not blog because there was no way I could put this down to blog! Not when I was soooo close to being complete! So here it is-complete! Except I kinda have a nagging vision of a matching baby hat. Especially given the amount of yarn left over and how clever the finish on the neckline looks!
SassyMan helped me choose the buttons from my (yeah, get this...) button stash! Not a bad pick, huh?

So while this is on my mind, I have to share that I am on the RU (Ravelry Underacheivers) group at Ravelry. I ought to start an eBlog Underachievers group so I can belong to that one, as well! I only now accidentally was able to load more than one pic at the same time-glory be! How'd that happen?! So feel free to leave any comments with additional time-saving blogging techniques-I need all the help I can get!-lol! BTW, any of you aware if pics can be rotated after being loaded? Just thought I'd ask...

And now, on to a meme...

Tan just tagged me on this meme and I read at the end, "Peeps I want to know more about...", and there I was on the list.

I guess I don't always write much about myself. Probably cuz there's not much to say. I mean, you all know about my knitting and yarn purchases. And how I have such a compulsive yarn shopping disorder that I am constantly trying to keep under control. But basically, I'm an ordinary, boring person who's life is about work, SassyMan, the kid (Lil' Emperor) and being obsessive in my crafting and mommy-ing.

I don't know that this would really offer anything profound about me, but should offer a bit more of a glimpse about me...

The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

1. What was I doing 10 years ago? Sadly, I don't even know *what* I was doing 10 years ago! OK...it was Pre-Lil' Emp... dating SassyMan, going on weekend get-aways with my friends and hanging at their house doing the singles/couples thing, wine-tasting in Napa, eating, cooking, quilting, rubberstamping...scrapbooking! As I recall, in 1998, it was probably the last time I had visited Italy, since up to about then I'd been going every couple of years to visit my sis in Cortona and have not been able to get back there post-Lil' Emp.

2. What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):

-stop being distracted from my housework
-laundry/dishes/cleaning
-declutter
-take a shower (sadly, I've not done that yet!)
-email relatives to solicit drawing ticket sales for LE's upcoming picnic drawing ($200 cash prize!)
(Obviously, the things I need to do first and foremost are at the bottom of the list, though the first item probably explains why!)

3) Snacks I enjoy: Of course, this says 'snacks' and me being ME, automatically think for FOODS I enjoy-like chocolate pudding/fudgie baked type things! I guess if I need to think in terms of 'snacks' being a small between-meal hunger-staver, I suppose it would be...Cozy Shack Chocolate Pudding (if it stopped tasting so 'weird'!), WW bars, salsa and chips. But truly, I do interpret 'snacks' as small items to munch on, in which case I love: baked goods, Kettle Chips, Rosemary Sea Salt Marcona Almonds (hmmm...maybe need to get Nartian hooked on these, huh?!), crispy seaweed sheets, ramen noodles (the chow-mein style ones that are super-bad for you!), icecream (especially vanilla with a super-good chocolate fudge sauce...), hurricane popcorn, wasabi pumpkin seeds (yeah, Nartian mentioned those and they are stuck in my brain!), and when I am being 'good', I like a really yummy blood orange, seedless grapes or tangerine, a sweet navel orange, crisp, tart apple. So here is where you will really get to see that I'm all about food! This is why I am participating in Weight Watchers and still struggling with my weight! Dang-as I have become aware of how much I should eat, I really realize how my 'favorite' snacks just can't be the 'real' snacks very often! But I'm just not there yet!

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:What wouldn't I do?! I just recently was telling some knitting friends how fun it would be to go to my sister's new Bed and Breakfast and have a knitting retreat! I then said, 'Yeah, if I hit the lottery..."--so there you have it: I'd have a knitting retreat with my best knitting buddies over in Cortona, Italy at my sis' Bed and Breakfast! I'd fly everyone there and we would knit, play with yarn, eat yummy food, drink good wine, visit fun places (bringing our knitting projects along with us!)...And I think we would need a masseuse as well!

Of course, I would pay off all my debt, buy a huge house with lots of rooms for my yarn, fabric, sewing machine, stamps and ink pads, papers, crafting/work areas, a huge kitchen, lots of entertaining space-and of course hire someone who would come in and clean! So yeah, after the 'big splurge party', I'd take care of home/family stuff-make sure everyone near and dear to me was comfortable and debt-free.

And having that much money, I would be able to donate so much more money and to so many more causes and various charities and maybe start some sort of foundation to work towards access and availability of quality education for all. This could be the beginning for global awareness and more minds working for solutions to many problems, issues, sicknesses that we face.

I forgot this one! 5) Places you have lived: San Franciso, CA and San Diego, CA. And if you count summer school for a few months, then I can add Honolulu, HI. But that's it!

6) Peeps I want to know more about:

Buried in Fibre
Socktopus
Convoluted String
Yin and Yarn
Shoeless Wonder
Lazy Chick

Of course, this is limited to those who I know have blogs and weren't mentioned already (that I'm aware of...)

Sharing a bit...

So yet I am posting again, right after blogging about today's yarny arrivals! I thought maybe I could fool you into not getting as bored of my blogging if I separated out this post!

OK, I feel like I can share a bit about one reason I was feeling a tad bit busier over these past couple of weeks.

As you all know, I am a PTA mom. Not just a PTA mom, but an officer of the PTA Board at Lil' Emp's school. Before leaving for camp, an on-going issue rose to a second threat of a lawsuit and upon my return from camp, we received a summons to Small Claims court. So...basically we had our court date tonight and up until this evening, I had been working on getting our information together to present. Bottom line: we were being brought to Small Claims for collection of a $76 royalty fee for a design we had been using for our school t-shirts and sweatshirts. The husband of one of the teachers created the design and this year decided he wanted to collect royalty fees for its use. This, we were informed of only after conducting our "Back to School Night" t-shirt sales. So now we wait 2-3 weeks for a judgement to be mailed to us.

I have to say that it was a wonderful thing being there and having several teachers, a past PTA officer, a retiree/volunteer and her husband, and Principal there tonight to support our Board. No matter what the outcome, we were well represented and supported and were doing what we felt was right.

Just when you thought I was behaving...

Attention! The content of this entry has Seven Deadly S(p)ins #2 Spoiler content!!!

But first,
I have to confess to this purchase from Little Knits that just arrived in the mail!

FlyDyed Monarch in "Petrol", above...Nartian had told me she had heard the yarn is quite similar to STR. I have to admit that it is the first sock yarn I've found thusfar that is quite similar. It is labeled a '3-ply sportweight', but feels like its thickness is between STR lightweight and medium weight. STR heavyweight is supposed to be 'sportweight', so who knows? It is tightly twisted like STR. This 4.5 oz skein has 370 yards. OK, I just checked Blue Moon Fiber Arts and their lightweight is also put-up at 4.5 oz per skeins, and is listed at 360 yds, so this one is a tad thinner, it would seem...

And here is the second skein of yarn I purchased (and wasn't I good to only buy TWO skeins?!) This is Wool in the Woods Cherub in "Amethyst Fairy Forest". To me, it feels like a chubbier, sturdier, smooshy. Its put-up is 100g and has 400 yds. It's got fluff, but seems to have more 'sproing' than Dream in Color Smooshy. You see, I feel like Dream in Color Smooshy is soooo smooshy, that you have to really knit it tight to get a firm fabric. This Cherub seems to have loft, but seems to have more strength and thickness where it would create a firm fabric without my having to go down to 00 needles!
So this purchase was within my rules: I didn't have either of these types/brand yarns yet, so I got one! (I allow myself to purchase a skein of sock yarn if I don't own that type yet...)

And now for the SEVEN DEADLY SPINS #2!!! Sorry if I'm "spoiling" for someone, but at least I'm trying to warn ahead of time these days...

I am always impressed at how nicely things are packed, that I have to get a picture of it before I open everything up!

And here it is all opened! A washcloth/soapsack pattern with some Pima Petite cotton yarn! The colorway is 'Peace' and is a very calming blue. The washcloth has an adorable sheep design on it, and the sack is adorable, too! Let's see...a chocolate sheep, tea bags, a sheep stitch marker, honey-scented beeswax candle, bath salts, mini sheep soaps (my FAV of the swag!), "Peace" of Mind Milk and Honey soap bar! Man, are we spoiled or what?
The Seven Deadly S(p)ins group at Ravelry had some members expressing a bit of disappointment over this 'spin' on "Wrath" whereby the theme was "Peace", the flip side of Wrath. I can see their point in that they were expecting the kits to be a bit more 'edgy', but all I can say is I am THRILLED with this package! I would have gotten a kick out of something more evil, but I think the creativity in turnig the Wrath into Peace is fun and the kit fit the bill perfectly! I'm kind of relieved to see a washcloth pattern, since sometimes I need a small, quick project to kick me into gear. With this kit, I can see myself not having the guilt I sometimes do when I get my sock kits and know there is no way I'll be getting the kit done anytime soon. And besides that, the sheep design on the washcloth is stinkin' cute!-the kinda design I would have picked out myself (vs. some of the ones that are less detailed and a bit more kitchy...) I don't know, maybe someone else would find this kitchy, but I think it looks great!

I think I need to show you some proof of knitting before I go on...I'm about to finish my Camp Crow's Feet segment and didn't want this to get lost in the camp pics! So I am now on one of the two sleeves for the baby sweater! I spent a good deal of today working on the RibbyPulli Scoop, only it was slow-going and I still have around 2" more to go on the body length...I have some guilt about not spending time picking up around the house, but Sassy Man was at work and Lil Emp with his grandparents-I was home alone and took advantage of the uninterrupted time! I still have guilt, but I'll get over it!

So by now, Camp Crow's Feet has been well-reported on in BlogLand. Stephen of HizKnits has a podcast up over at YKnit which I finally got around to listening to today (as I knit on the Ribby Pulli, of course!)

I had the most fun listening to Stephen's (hizKNITS) podcast (YKnit) on Camp Crows Feet! Entertaining but maybe more so for me, cuz I was there!

So the Last day of Camp...
Was one huge Stitch and Bitch, combined with Charity Knitting! We got to sit and visit with friends and knit away! Good thing, because we had so many projects we had started in our classes and so many things we wanted to be knitting and people (like Lisa) just kept on going with their monkeys! We were supposed to finish our sock puppets and monkeys for this evening's activities and well...do knitters ever run out of yarn or projects?

The Charity Knitting was the same type blankets we had started last year-oh!-which reminds me that I promised to email the start of it to a fellow camper/tribe member! Anyways, it was the blanket where four of us worked on it at a time, knitting on a square and growing it bigger and bigger. Two opposing ends would knit the mitered corners while the other two knit straight.


So it was all about knitting, visiting, chatting, playing, shopping, hanging monkeys from ears...

Edward (?) (WHOOPS! It's Ian! Duh, it's only got a name tag!) themonkey (who's dead inside) hangs from HotFlash's ear...

making anatomically correct monkeys...

Lisa's "Brokeback Monkey"-trust me, he really is anatomically correct...

putting final touches on our monkeys...

and did I say knitting?


and playing?...


So I finally look up after all our Charity Knitting and Stitching and Bitching and realize that...it was SNOWING! Realize, I am from San Francisco; we can access the snow, but we have to drive *to* it, and you don't necessarily hit the snow when it is actually snowing! YOWZA-it was awesome! Amazing! Enchanting! And such a weird thing to me to be at Camp Crow's Feet, on Orcas Island, in the Spring, while it was snowing! Besides, I think you all realize I kinda get easily amused...


And back up at my room...

...it continued to snow...!

The evening was our farewell banquet followed by: Cathy-Cate knitting while ballet dancing, Celia's yodel-singing, our sing-a-long to Stephen's adaption to 'Addicted to Love' (his version: Addicted to YARN, of course!),
and our puppet show follies! We had a big showing of monkeys, then pig-piled them up on Cockeyed.

It was a fablulous, rowdy event.You do all realize that Cat and Steph have quite a relationship...

And some photos from earlier...

I think it took IrishGirlie two days to realize that, yes, she really was at sock camp! All she could to was clap in glee that yes, she was at sock camp!
Me and the most-talented Lara-she's the one who made the beaded needle case! I got to meet her in person--I heart Lara! Lara...the one with the evil puppy... who made the monkey who's 'dead inside'...and who gifted me this awesome lace yarn in Motley Hue!

Stariel was in my tribe this year! (yeah, the pepperoni-knitting Stariel...)

The bartenders 2 who survived Camp Crow's Feet Campers!

My Monkey, Louis (Lou-ee), wearing his scarf tied in the 'oh-so-French' way...(Hey, I didn't know we'd have so much time to work on them, so I kept mine simple!)We all enjoyed a yummy buffet banquet-shrimp, crab, oysters, desserts--and each others' company...

Camp wouldn't be camp without the Sockateers: Etta Mae, Hotflash, Cockeyed and Tammy...

and reconnecting with old camp buddies from last year...

and making new friends at camp...

Cupcake Fairy and Elizabeth

And most fun of all was having my local knittng buds to share the experience with first-hand!Nartian, me and IrishGirlie

I must say that nothing is more heart-breaking than to get up reeeaaaally early to catch the first ferry...in the snow...
only to arrive as the ferry is departing! We had a good 3 hour wait for the next ferry!

The happy thing about this is that I got to say goodbye to some of my fellow Second Year campers!

KT, Lisa, Marti, and Sheila (she's the one who did the sound effects each year: crowing and monkey cries...)



And this, posted for Knitgolfer Marcy...(yours is the second from the left)

Knitters without Borders, Scaponia, mill end, Rare Gems-and no, this isn't all I got!And it didn't take long before Little Emperor had stripped Louis of his button hat and scarf! He was entertained for quite some time on the long car ride!