It's amazing, how easy it is to get out of the habit of posting. Has everyone given up on me by now? I wouldn't be too surprised if you have. I've been going through a *insert your favorite four letter word here* of a time at work over this past month, and it's really just sapped a lot of my emotional and creative energies. I'm not going to go into details, because I am sick and tired of thinking about it. However there is a light at the end of the tunnel...For all I know that light could be an oncoming freight train, but I don't care! It's a light!

I finally got ahold of the baby blanket that needs finishing:

From the looks of it there really isn't all that much that needs to be done on it, just finishing the last repeat of the design and nine rows of knitting for the border. According to the directions the blanket is suppose to be 32 inches long, and it's already past that, so it just needs a little finishing which shouldn't take long at all.

I've also been working on the sweater for another friend's Granddaughter, who is two.


This really hasn't taken all that long to do, and has been a pure joy to work on! I could very easily do this pattern again, because different yarns and weights would give each version such a different feel.

And if you're having a hard time visualizing what I've done here, remember that this pattern is worked from the end of each sleeve into the center of the sweater. I still need to do a three needle bind off to join the pieces together. It'll look more like this when I'm done:


On other fronts, Irina had her cast removed yesterday; which turned out to be way more of a trauma that it needed to be! In her desire to get away from the saw she nearly landed a violent kick on a certain part of the *male* nurses anatomy! I ended up practically sitting on her until it was over. Of course, once it was done she was fine! And she's taken her cast into school for show & tell today, so she's well over it. Don't ask how many times I apologized to the nurse! (He was cool about it. His comment was that it "wouldn't be the first time" Ouch!)

I've also been doing a ton more cleaning and organizing around here, pulling out a few abandoned projects in the process. The Hubby may actually get a sweater from me, eventually!