Reflective Practice

Spring Break

During spring break, I finished this French Market Bag.

I have also worked in the garden, finished a book, and completely avoided the N word.  Oh, and I also watched "John Adams."  Perfect for getting me in the mood to teach about the Revolution come Monday.

Socktopus Success

Number 2 is done.  I like the face better on this one.

Next Socktopus

This one will be for Cade.  I like the rainbow sock best so far.  The body is Lamb's Pride Worsted.

Next Socktopus

This one will be for Cade.  I like the rainbow sock best so far.  The body is Brown Sheep Worsted.

Finished: Socktopus!

The socktopus I made for Paige.  It took much longer than I thought it would, but it's cute.  I don't like the face, but it was the best I could do.  I don't know anything about embroidery!

Finished: Cade's Hat

For this hat I used a 100% Extra Fine Merino Wool by Karabella that I can't remember the name of.  For the purple I used a scrap of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino I had.  The whole hat is very soft and not itchy at all.

Finished: Sweater Square

It's done.  Now what?

Very fun to knit.  I wish I could knit a real sweater this fast! I used Cascade 220 and it used almost exactly one whole skein.

Sweater Square

Since we've been snowed in over the last few days, I've finished a hat for Jackie (below) from the sunset beret pattern I downloaded a while ago from knitomatic.com. I made it out of Manos Silk Blend. I also made one for Paige's teacher out of some Auracania "Azapa", but forgot to take a picture of it!

Now I am working on the sweater square from The Great American Aran Afghan (which I am proud to say I did not buy from Amazon, but from my local yarn shop, Apple Yarns) shown in its infancy above and toddler stage below.  I am making it out of Cascade 220 which I put off using because it didn't seem nearly snobby enough for me but now I wonder why I put it off because it is really nice to work with.
But what I really want to be making is a socktopus. And what I am really putting off working on is my national board certification.  Because it is horrible!

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.--Erica Jong