Happy Valentine's Day!

This week was half-term which meant that we had Monday and Tuesday off from school. It was nice to get caught up on my marking, to work on a few other projects that I had been putting off, and to get some rest. Oh did I need it! I got some good knitting time in on my variety of projects; here are some updates:

The TARDIS’s are appearing and I am utterly charmed! The decision to use beads for the light instead of making a bobble was a good one, and I am thrilled that my crazy use of two very different needles and adding some stitches to the pattern repeats seems to be working out well. I had to pick up 367 stitches for the bottom part—not for the faint of heart! Depending on how long this is after the TARDIS section I might add some length to the ribbing while I’m at it too. We shall see…

Beth and I have set ourselves the goal of finishing the first (of four) knot charts on our knit-a-long stole by the end of the month. While not always the best thing to be knitting while watching Once Upon a Time, I managed to make some more progress this week. You can see the knot now!

Not very much has happened on the sock front this week, so there isn’t anything of note to take a picture of. I was an idiot and had to rip out a good chuck of one of the Weeping Angel socks, but I’ve mostly got it knit back up now. I also played with these adorable little knit hearts for some Valentine’s Day cards. So addictive—I could make 3+ in one episode of a show!

I got the news this week that a dear friend is expect a little blessing in a few months, so I reacted by joyously casting on some baby projects! Here is start of the Serenity baby blanket—my first center out/square knitting project. I’m loving this pattern; I love cables, I love the plain whiteness of the yarn, and I love that it is a subtle tribute to Firefly. This baby has a nerdy mother, so I’m taking full advantage of the fun! Besides, you’ve got to start them young…

Valentine’s Day is pretty much a non-deal out here, and since it is board meeting I won’t be able to celebrate as I would like to, but some cherry brownies and a new MP3 album will be good for me. Oh—my dishes will be done tomorrow too! Also, I got a few of my boxes from the container today--yay fun! Too bad there isn’t a Starbucks in the country… Oh well, if I DID have a Valentine, this is what I’d be sending him: