Cast on lots of things, an arch, and a cool pin

Since arriving back at the little school in the bush, I have not been idle! Yes, I slept in all last week, but I have been sorting, cleaning, and clandestinely burning a lot of trash as I continue to work towards moving on at the end of the year. Man, burning trash by night is way more cathartic than it probably aught to be! When I got back I found a gift from a co-worker including this charming ceramic brooch from the Harray Potters of Orkney—all the better as I just finished reading Harry Potter through for the second time!

I assembled the garden arch I have owned for 9 years and had shipped out to me, but couldn’t assemble because I didn’t have the screws. (The perils of buying clearance from Michael’s…) My dad helped me find the right screws and I paid at least as much for them as I had for the arch in the first place. Once I started to assemble the arch things were going great…until I realized I was missing 6 pieces, and had two of the wrong ones. So, I pondered and managed to create a Gothic instead of a Romanesque arch which I put beside the rose bush I rooted last year and has been growing like crazy lately. Success!

As I had finished most of my knitting projects before Christmas, when I got back it made total sense for me to cast on a pair of baby booties, a baby sweater, and a cowl, right?

I have since finished that pair of booties—Bows before Bros (otherwise known as death by cute) and started another pair of Cutest Booties,

and this is how far I have got on my third Baby Vertebra.

I ended up ripping the Noble Cowl back and restarting it as I decided it wasn’t going to be big enough, but it isn’t looking too interesting yet so I’ll wait for a picture.

Well, I need to do a little more ‘teachery’ stuff before I can hobble to bed; spending an afternoon painting and climbing up and down a ladder did a number on my tendonitis. I hope to knock out these baby projects so I can get back to sweaters; I’m still on a high from finishing my first ever success sweater—and in less than a year at that! Hitofude and Bluebell, here I come!