Today I will have many people in my day. I start with a private knitting lesson… where my friend Yarnfairy sent my student, OfficiallyaKnitter, a package of knitting goodies. I got to open the package and they are truly goodies. That should be fun.

Then I go to Foster Center and the CityKidz will dye yarn with Kool-Aid or other food dye. And the yarn they are dyeing came from Cyndy, bless her heart. I just don’t usually get animal-fiber yarn donations, but Cyndy knew I needed it for this project and if it were not for her I think I would not have been able to do it. Thanks, Cyndy.

Then I go to Habibi Dancers practice. We are gearing up for the big spring show, which will be held April 9 (two Saturdays from now) at Hannah Auditorium in East Lansing.

Then home for dinner, and then Fabulous Heftones rehearsal in our living room. We’re polishing up for our Sunday performance (that is, this upcoming Sunday, April 3), in Ann Arbor.

I’m excited about this performance for many reasons. I adore Ann Arbor, and they have paired us with Gerald Ross, who is well known, respected and loved in ukulele/Hawaiian music circles. The AACTMAD group that is sponsoring this concert, has done “Dawn Dances” for years, and Brian’s band, Scarlet Runner String Band, has played for those dances for many years. It’s a well-known organization and we will be able to play for folks who have never heard us play before. I’m very excited about that.

It feels good that now we have such a good list of songs we can choose from, to perform. A year ago we did two concerts in early May, when our first CD came out, and it was really a stretch for us to play two hour gigs at Altus at that point. Now we get home from a performance at Altus and say “Gee, we forgot we could play this or that song.” I’m grateful for a full year of playing out and learning more tunes.

Oh, and I did it again. There is a thread now on the Knitlist, asking what inspires people to choose their next knitting project. For me, it’s about color… or more specifically, about yarn. Yarn just follows me home like a puppy!

So yesterday I went to Yarn for Ewe to show off my cute Strawberry hat and footies. Ruth was there, and since she’s a new grandmother she really enjoyed my strawberries! She suggested a little tie at the ankle, to hold them on when the baby squirms, so I’ll probably do that.

But then I got in big trouble. I’m already about seven projects behind, and no time to knit for Lynn. So this Noro Kujaku yarn screamed at me. I got two skeins of color 5 (turquoise/cool tones) and one skein of color 18 (pink/burgundy/green), and some Plymouth Galway as accent. I’m not 100% happy with the color of the Galway with the pink in the Noro, so I’ll go stash-diving before I start in. But wowie, is this stuff pretty. I’m thinking bag, but maybe not. I may knit a swatch with the most brown of the burgundy yarn and see how it felts, and if it looks good that way I may do a Watercolor Bag. If not, we’ll see what happens. I’ll think of something!

Sigh… like I needed another project? Ack. Maybe I can blame Ruth? I wish.