It's just about time for school to start again...yaay! I can't wait to meet all of my new students.
On the knitting front:
- I'm almost finished my corset-t (ok, so it took several years to finish). I just need to tuck in the ends and sew on the buttons. One reason I've procrastinated on this is that I don't really think I like it that much now that it's done. Time will tell if I wear it a lot or not.
- I have finished my Soleil tank (yaay!) I love how it turned out. I did frog about 1/3 of it, then re-did it. I read the directions incorrectly and thought it would be fine...but it wasn't. Now that I've made it correctly...it looks great!
- I have started some new socks - Cookie A's BFF socks. I'm using Mini-Mochi yarn in a rainbow colorway. Mini-Mochi is a single-ply yarn. It's a bit like knitting with roving to me. I am using size 0 needles and it feels like I'm knitting with long toothpicks. I am going to carry socks and / or mitts to knit everywhere I go from now on. They're easy to keep in my purse and you never know when you'll catch a few minutes to work on them.
- I have started some new mitts to match the cowl I made in February. I was in an 8 hour meeting (blech!) this past Thursday. I cast on for one of the mitts at the beginning of the meeting. By meeting's end, I was done all but the thumb of that mitt! I finished it up the very next day and cast on the second mitt (which I've had to frog twice so far)
- My biggest knitting accomplishment this summer: I am now a continental knitter. I have been wanting to learn the continental method for a long time and this summer I watched youtube videos and practiced until I got it. It took 3 dishcloths to get anywhere near comfortable with it. My knitting is still not quite as even as it used to be, but I know that will come with more practice. I was considering going back to throwing so my knitting would be nice and even again. I started knitting something the "old" way and decided it's WAAAYYY too slow. I occasionally throw now, but I really think continental is much faster and has the potential (for me) to get even faster.
- Oh, I almost forgot: I finished my Monkey socks this summer, too! I should have gone down 2 needle sizes, so they're a bit too big, but they're fine for keeping my tooties warm at home.
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On the parenting front:
- DD (the oldest) is waiting to take her PTA boards
- DS (middle) just got a job offer (FINALLY!)...it's not the ideal job, but it's a job! Ideally, he want to be a Java programmer, but he's taking a help desk job for now. Hope this economy improves soon! A BA in Computer Science should be worth more than $12 an hour.
- DS (the youngest) had a TERRIBLE accident last month. He came around a blind curve, there was a deer in the road, he swerved to miss it, went up an embankment and rolled the car. Car is totaled. DS was wearing his seat belt. He came away with a couple of scratches. Next time: hit the darn deer! If you look at the car, you wonder how many people died in the accident...it was that bad. I am SOOOO thankful he wasn't hurt.
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On the chicken front:- The girls are getting big! Gracie, Hopper, and Ada are 17 weeks old and Annie and Dora are 15 weeks old. We should be getting eggs in the next month or so. Hopper's comb and waddle are getting much bigger and redder...that's a good sign that she'll be laying soon, I think.
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