I know! An FO! It’s been ages.
This project… started on May 28,2012, is now finished. It’s currently visiting the kitchen sink for a nice soak:
Glamour shots and more info tomorrow.
*Yesterday’s post didn’t happen thanks to a cat that was spewing like a geyser in my dining room. Poor thing – she is okay today.
You know what I’m talking about. That point in the year where you spontaneously decided you are sick of all of your projects and you must finish them because OMG I CANT STAND IT ANYMORE.
Yes, I have hit that point. I want to finish my color affection, blackberry cardigan, endpaper mitts, and watershed cardigan ASAP. Mormorio, which is another WIP can just hang out and be reward knitting – I have to have that done by the start of December for a KAL. (Thanks to Heather for correcting me on that!) There are so many more projects and so much more spinning fiber that is waiting to become yarn.
So project number one that I’m focusing on is my blackberry cardigan. I started this before Rhinebeck with the idea of finishing it so I could wear it during the festival, but I was sidelined with some cross-stitch nonsense. Anyway, the other night I cast off the back, so now only two fronts, two sleeves, and a button band to go!
Love hanging out with my fellow knitters – Jersey girls came together for a visit from Jen, aka PiddleLoop! We had a fantastic lunch at BRIO and then went to knit at the Barnes & Nobel in Cherry Hill!
It was great to spend the day with Hillary, Jen, Peggy, Sharon and Andrea 
I hope, at least, the Jersey girls get to do it again soon.
No, not really. Just see me from space colorway: Rockstar from BMFA.
I’m almost at the halfway point!
Cast on: 4/15/2012
Bind off: 5/8/2012
Needles: US 6 addi lace turbo, 32″
Yarn: Wollmeise 100% merion superwash, Der letzte Versuch colorway
mods: None.
Glamazon photoshoot:
Now to pack it up and mail it off to its new owner!
So what have I been up to?
Some Bruce:
Some BodyJam:
Some dyeing:
Some fundraising:
**This colorway: Fade Out Ovarian Cancer is available in the shop as a pre-order. There will be yarn too.
Some more Bruce:
Apologies for the crappy photo – Madison Square Garden is not as forgiving as the Wells Fargo Center. In other news, our next Bruce show is 9/2/2012 
Some kitty belly:
And some knitting:
How about you?
Sleeves have been separated on Effortless. I have another inch and a half until I start the waist shaping. I should really try this thing on… maybe at knitting group tonight.
The next two skeins are ready to go. I think I did a pretty good job of matching them up at WEBS. I’m still alternating between two skeins every 2 rows for a more mottled effect. It’s coming out nicely. At least I think so.
But some of you know that I don’t usually go to knitting on Wednesday evenings – I’m usually at the gym teaching BodyJam with Our Sharon. Well, this past Monday, I fell during BodyStep class and sprained my left ankle – I have to stay off of it for 2 weeks. I’m okay to walk on it normally because I was special and did a lateral sprain instead of the “normal” ankle sprain.
I spent yesterday with my foot up on my desk and today is very similar. So please, send some good ankle healing mojo to me so I can get back to dancing and preparing for the bodyjam launch weekend on April 21!
Okay since last time… I think I separated the sleeves on Effortless. Buttons are still not on Dark & Stormy as it needs to be re-blocked. Zipper is still not ordered for Oranje – I need to re-block, measure, and order the damn zipper; then install said zipper. We ended up not dyeing any fiber last weekend (maybe this weekend?).
Things that have happened:
BODYSTEP™ is the energizing step workout that makes you feel liberated and alive. Using a height-adjustable step and simple movements on, over and around the step you get huge motivation from sing-a-long music and approachable instructors. Cardio blocks push fat burning systems into high gear followed by muscle conditioning tracks that shape and tone your body. Like all the LES MILLS™ programs, a new BODYSTEP™ class is released every three months with new music and choreography.
Not much else is going on. I think I’ll do a WIP round up this weekend and hopefully get those sweaters re-blocked. I want an FO photo shoot for those ASAP.
I’m currently suffering from a shawl addiction.
I have knit two Phenomenally in the past 3 weeks, and am currently plowing through my first Juneberry Triangle. Love. Here are some progress shots for Juneberry:
I have 10 rows to go before the knit on edging. Maybe by the end of next week I’ll have a FO post lined up. I have some more of this yarn in the Wine colorway (yes, I bought the colorway that was used in the actual pattern) that will be the second shawl. Also lined up is Idlewood, a KAL I’m falling behind on with my knitting group, a pair of endpaper mitts, and another sample knit for the wonderful Heather. Thank goodness for 2 weeks off at the end of December!
