Summer Heat

Those horrible socks for mom's associate are done. I hated making them. Here's a pic of them when they were halfway done. I didn't care enough to take a FO pic. I'm bad I know, but they caused me so much trouble.







On a good note, here are some socks for DS.




And some gloves for her BF.




Finally, a pic of my new baby:




Another term has started, and I should be writing for my class, but I had to get in some blogging. Mom and BF have convinced me to start a LYS. It will be a while still, but I'll soon start some research on overhead, rent, business plans, etc, etc, etc.

I'm already exhausted, and I haven't started anything yet!
We'll see how it goes.

Rain and Errands

There is nothing like a good morning rain to clear the senses. It rained this morning, just after the full moon. I always have the best of intentions to lie awake and listen, but I always fall asleep. It is so calming and peaceful, and I awake feeling refreshed.

My new love is Ravelry. I have joined so many groups I'm afraid that I won't be able to keep up with them all. There is a group or ten for everyone.

Today though, I'll be sitting trying to finish a pair of socks for an associate of my mom's. After a trip to the grocery store to get some items I can't get in my new town, it will be a lazy Friday compared to last Friday. I was trying to write eight pages of a twelve page paper. Whew!
I still don't know what I got on that paper.

Scarborough Faire

I love the smell of a ren fest: all dirt and air and sweat and smoke and wood. I went aone this year, but I still had a good time doing so. I made a pair of socks for Trese McKay of rhagdolls (see June 2007). I think that she liked the socks; they were soft and cozy in a lovely green-Huron colorway by Lorna's Laces. I still have some left over: I'm making an mp3 player holder for myself.

Here is a pic of Trese with her new socks and my new doll. She makes these wonderful dolls by hand and gives them such charming names and personalities.

I'm in the process of knitting my first big lace project: swallowtail shawl from a booklet from Knitting Daily. I already about halfway done with it. I'm using Be Sweet yarn-it has just a slight boucle, and the color is a lovely denim.

I finished some lacey gloves for me; a copy of those I made for my sister. Made with Louet sock yarn.

Lynn

new things

Many new things:

I'm on ravelry: stitchtwister

I'm moving in with my boyfriend

I won the Adjunct Faculty member of the year award at my school

I'm three classes closer to my master's degree, and I hope to graduate in June of next year.

Here are some new completed projects:

Lacy fingerless gloves for my sister made with Trekking wool/bamboo blend. My own variation on a feather and fan pattern:

Baby blanket for my bf's sister's baby: started from the center with Cotton Tots yarn. Pattern from Vogue baby blankets:

More things too, but nothing spectacular. I'm making a commitment to write more frequently.