Progress

Whew; I had a super busy weekend on, and I did not have very much time to do much other than work. However, I did manage to finish the second Realm Walker’s book, Two Renegade Realms by Donita K. Paul, and I finished reading a book I’ve heard a lot about, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, which was a delightful read. I’m now reading The Hidden Oracle, first in the Trials of Apollo series. I am LOVING the projecting of ancient Greek gods and demigods into our world today; I can’t wait to see how it all pans out! And, as we read The Eagle of the Ninth in literature class, I am enjoying it even more then the kids. I totally fall in love with Marcus all over again every time I read that book, and I must have read it somewhere close to 6 times now.

In addition to enjoying some excellent literature, I have reached some exciting points in my knitting projects. On Sunday I finished the fourth wedge on my Crazy blanket, and have started the border.

I am rather anxious about having enough yarn for a decent boarder, but we’ll see how it goes. Also, I only have one set of size 7 interchangeable needle tips, and this is so massive that I need two circulars to accommodate it. So, I’m doing something wild and crazy; I have a size 7 and a size 8 needle tip on each cable; the larger on the left side and the smaller on the right. My reasoning is that the right tip is more important as that actually forms the stitch, so we’ll see if my brilliant “I live the middle of nowhere and can’t get another needle tip until December” solution actually pans out! Note to self—get a longer cable or two while I’m at it…

I also swatched for and started my “Tintern Abbey” socks with the “Shrewd Lady Mary” yarn from One Twisted Tree that I won in a Downton Abbey trivia contest last year. This yarn is LOVELY, and feels wonderful to work with. I have a strong feeling that more One Twisted Tree yarn needs to become mine…I’ve been eyeing her “Rare Woman Clair,” and her sock knitter profile bag is now one of my favorites. I decided to start this because I need a plain project, and as this is pretty simple up until the cuff it fits the bill. Plus, SO PRETTY! No picture yet as the toe is just barely started—afternoons off sadly still mean very little time for knitting, but hopefully next week I’ll have something to show you!

I didn’t get around to doing an entry last week, so I didn’t get to celebrate last week’s addition to Stash Dash—the first of the Pink Lemonade socks was finished! I started these in the plane on my way home in December, and I’m sort of saving the second one in hopes of plane knitting this December again. However, HO’s count, so I’ll take all the meters I can get!

Also, I have just over 40g left on my “Magrathea” scarf, so it isn’t too long till I do the edging (around 25g). This is particularly appropriate to pick back up again as I am listening to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe just now. It is read by Martin Freeman, and while he does a good job, I have to say that Steven Fry’s rendition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was absolutely amazing and I wish he had read all three. It is also fitting to finish this because it was started during last year’s stash dash.

So, that’s what I’m up to. This is my exam week so I likely won’t get much done, but I am getting excited about having a month off!

Parting shot: Sockwash Sunday!