boo!

Just a quick stop to say that I am alive and I know I did not post last week, but I have a really good reason. I was frantically knitting my first comi$$ioned piece and I was supposed to deliver it today, but alas, that did not happen.

I know my knitting time is going to be drastically cut for the next 16 weeks, but I am working toward a goal eight years in the making. I should be there soon, as long as I don't let me off the hook like I did last time. Bad me.

In a transparent attempt to distract you: Look! Knitting!
This is the Rugby Sweater I knit for a co-worker's baby last September. Details here. (if you are a Raveler...)

I'll post pictures of my comi$$ioned piece as soon as it is finished and has sat for its portrait.

Jury Duty

I had Jury Duty today and it was quite silly. We we're welcomed by a sitting Judge who thanked us for our service and told us how rewarding serving on a Jury could be. There was some "jury" joke about meeting your future spouse at Jury Duty, but we were warned not to tell our current spouses so as not to upset them. And then we were allowed to watch an uplifting video about the personal and self-esteem rewards of jury duty. Lame. All in all it was a wasted four hours, but I'm free from it for at least a year. Yay me.

On a fiber related note, my shrug is 100% knit and 75% sewn up. I just have to add the large lace border. (It's the 'Hug-Me-Tight' from Knit2Together, knit in Filatura di Crosa Adina Mix.)

I'll post pictures as soon as the camera is located again. It wandered off.

It Came!

My RSC 1.0 has arrived and it is beautiful. The colorway is "Monsoon" and an amazing blend of lime green, grey, and medium brown. Almost toffee brown, but not as warm. I also got a nifty binder, pattern, a keychain of "Emergency Sock Yarn" in the same colorway and a coupon for 10% off! I'm so ordering more of the STR yarn. It's superwash merino. It's surprisingly soft.

I can't wait to start my socks, but I need to go to the yarn store and get new needles. I don't have Size 0 DPN's.

On an unrelated note, the babies have a new toy:

That's Zeke on the top of the pagoda.


Homework time...

Sigh

My sock yarn has not arrived yet, so I tried to take pictures of my Christmas yarn only to find out the batteries die after 6 pictures. Brand new batteries. I hate my hand-me-down digital. So you get the only decent picture.

Alpaca Cloud in Iris from Knit Picks:



Sigh...

Update @ 6:00PM: Still no STR. :-(

It's coming!!!!

Rockin' Sock Club 2007 1.0 should be arriving any day! I'm giddy with anticipation!