kitty: World Cup Food Update and a new yarn find

The Specs: Pattern: City Shawl - Stefanie Japel 2005 Yarn: 2 hanks banana silk from Pure Knits Needles: Size US 15 European Plastic Inox Modifications: Just ordered 2 more hanks to make it a little larger Time: 2 hours from the time the box was open yesterday

You know, there are those yarns that just make you want to sit down and knit when they arrive in the mail. Banana Silk would have to be one of those yarns. I couldn't even wait to take a picture of the hanks of yarn in there pretty bag with brown ribbon. (Thanks you so much, Yahaira) There is just something totally fascinating about the fact that you are knitting with banana fibers from tree stalks and leaves from Nepal. The yarn feels amazingly soft, nice sheen, and has the funky recycled fiber feel like the recycled silk yarn that was the rage a couple of years ago. I had bought the city shawl pattern when it first came out, and had never found the perfect yarn for it. Yahaira, made the suggestion on her site that it was a great yarn for the pattern and she was so right.

M and I have also been doing a World Cup Food adventure: Update July 5, 2006: So who is winning in the world food cup?     Kitty M Day 1 German Street Vendor Brats No. 4 Day 2 Earl Grey Strawberry Vanilla Tea, Crispy Potatoes, Open Patty Melt Beef Day 3 Argentina Flautas with Argentina Red Chili Chutney, Apple butter, avocado, and Chocolate Mint Ice Cream No. 4 Day 4 Spaghetti Day 5 Korean Food at our favorite Korean Restaurant in town Day 6 Spanish Onion Bread with avocado and chicken   Day 7 Fish and Chips - Whole Foods Deli   Day 8 Argentina Empanadas Brazilian Banana Split with Banana Bread, Pineapple, Vanilla, and Strawberry Ice cream   Day 9 Lunch: Italian Stuffed Green Peppers with Egg noodles, chicken, tomatoes, and herbs Dinner : Northern Italian Asparagus, zucchini, onion, mushroom, chicken Pizza American Krispy Kreme donuts, pineapple ice cream, and a bananas   Day 10 6/18 Lunch: French fruit Pancakes with a butter cream and apple sauce Dinner: Korean Stone Pot cooking in a hot iron place on a table eye - Beef, zucchinis, onions, mushrooms, korean spices and red sauce with amazing beef misso soup Japanese Black Sesame wafers coated with organic honey served over vanilla ice cream    Day 11 6/19 Arroz con Pollo No. 5 Day 12 6/20       Day 13 6/21       Day 14 6/22 Arroz con Pollo & Italian Stuffed Green Peppers with Egg noodles, chicken, tomatoes, and herbs     Day 15 6/23 Beef Bourguignon     Day 16 6/24 Fajita Burrito Bol & Pineapple, Tomatoes, Onions, honey, and sugar     Day 17 6/25 Norwegian Scrambled eggs (sorry no pictures, it was 5am when I finally got time to eat dinner)     Day 18 6/26 Ukrainian Holubtsi (Holub means dove) Drunken Vanilla Apricots      Day 19 6/27       Day 20 6/28       Day 21 6/29 Convention - No Entry     Day 22 6/30 Convention - No Entry     Day 23 7/1 Convention - No Entry     Day 24 7/2 Portugal Beef with Coconut and Tomato sauce Dinner No.7   Day 25 7/3 German Potatoes and Eggs with Brats Goodbye to England and Mexico Mexican Guacamole and UK Beef Carpacio with stuffed Mashed Potato Green Peppers Dinner No. 6   Day 26 7/4 Italian Victory Feast- Sun dried Tomato Pesto Bread, Italian Grilled Vegetables, Egg Noodles, and Fresh Grape and herb grilled Halibut No. 3 No. 3 Day 27 7/5 French Champagne Grilled Chicken and Vegetables - Poulet au Champagne (2nd view) No. 2 No. 2 Day 28 7/6       Day 29 7/8 Biermarinierten Huhn & Schwetzinger Spargelsalat No. 1 No. 1 Day 30 7/9