...if I disappear from blogland for a little while. Back-to-school madness has begun, and things won't *really* calm down until next June. :-) We had our staff retreat from Sunday to Wednesday last week, so I came home exhausted from that. However, I did find some lovely goodies in my mail when I came home:
These were the goodies I received from Kirsty as part of the Angel Yarns Forum Dishcloth swap. You may notice that there were 3 kinds of chocolate, as well as some stitch markers and that great kitchen towel. When the sun came back out this morning, I took a better picture of the towel so you can see the colours:
The retreat, while very busy and a little stressful, was also a nice time with co-workers (I really do work with some very lovely people!), and a great chance to get lots of knitting done, as predicted. So an update on the current WIPs:
Green Gable in Columbine Cotton Fleece. I'm about a dozen rows from taking the sleeves off, which is when it starts to actually resemble an article of clothing! :-)
August Sockamania socks in PY Emily. They are a pretty quick knit, so I am holding out hope that I *might* finish by the end of the month. We're on our family vacation to Michigan this week, though, so not sure if I'll have a chance to post photos to the blog by Friday night to qualify as a finisher. Still, I'm enjoying them! The Emily is scrummy, I will definitely have to buy some more someday.
Yes, I finally did start MS3. I'm a bit under 60 rows in, so just at the beginning of Chart B. This could be a very long project, as it does require focused knitting. Not good for working on during a staff meeting or when I'm really tired--and most of my knitting during the school year occurs during one of those 2 states. :-)
So that's all the knitting for now. We leave on our vacation tomorrow, and when we get back it's Labour Day weekend and time to really get ready for school (I spent Thursday & Friday this week doing up my classroom, meeting with other teachers about scheduling issues, etc., and then I worked on lesson plans yesterday--but I'll never really feel ready!). Hopefully I'll have some more FOs in the upcoming weeks, and will sneak in a blog entry to show them off--but no promises. I'm also expecting my invite to Ravelry to come in the next few weeks, so that will distract me way too much, I'm afraid. ;-)
These were the goodies I received from Kirsty as part of the Angel Yarns Forum Dishcloth swap. You may notice that there were 3 kinds of chocolate, as well as some stitch markers and that great kitchen towel. When the sun came back out this morning, I took a better picture of the towel so you can see the colours:
The retreat, while very busy and a little stressful, was also a nice time with co-workers (I really do work with some very lovely people!), and a great chance to get lots of knitting done, as predicted. So an update on the current WIPs:
Green Gable in Columbine Cotton Fleece. I'm about a dozen rows from taking the sleeves off, which is when it starts to actually resemble an article of clothing! :-)
August Sockamania socks in PY Emily. They are a pretty quick knit, so I am holding out hope that I *might* finish by the end of the month. We're on our family vacation to Michigan this week, though, so not sure if I'll have a chance to post photos to the blog by Friday night to qualify as a finisher. Still, I'm enjoying them! The Emily is scrummy, I will definitely have to buy some more someday.
Yes, I finally did start MS3. I'm a bit under 60 rows in, so just at the beginning of Chart B. This could be a very long project, as it does require focused knitting. Not good for working on during a staff meeting or when I'm really tired--and most of my knitting during the school year occurs during one of those 2 states. :-)
So that's all the knitting for now. We leave on our vacation tomorrow, and when we get back it's Labour Day weekend and time to really get ready for school (I spent Thursday & Friday this week doing up my classroom, meeting with other teachers about scheduling issues, etc., and then I worked on lesson plans yesterday--but I'll never really feel ready!). Hopefully I'll have some more FOs in the upcoming weeks, and will sneak in a blog entry to show them off--but no promises. I'm also expecting my invite to Ravelry to come in the next few weeks, so that will distract me way too much, I'm afraid. ;-)
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The stole is looking good and the GG is fabulous! I'm on clue 4 and I haven't got much further... ah well. :)
Enjoy being back at school.. :)