I can’t  believe I let more than a month go by without a post!  I battled a major case of startitis, which I am still grappling with, truth be told. I juggled my various projects with the following and in no particular order:  A Lenten resolution to exercise every day ( I don’t know what I was thinking, really, yet I am doing it and am the better for it) A Contractually Unmentionable, middle school multicultural fair, various and sundry volunteer commitments too numerous to mention, graduate program application ( again!? Didn’t I just do this 15 years ago?), sick kids, playdates, oh yeah, more sick kids.  Every morning my son gets a glass of Airborne on his way out the door just in case. The Neti pots are working overtime, and so far no one has had to go to urgent care.

But I digress…Knitting!  Did I mention? I finished a few things:

My Leyburns in STR Lightweight, Knitters Without Borders colorway, aka the Bane Of My Existence. I ripped at least 4 times, all for stupid reasons. It’s not that hard of a pattern.  The knitting muses were not with me on this one, yet I did managed to finish them. They feel great, and I ‘m sure my shoes hide all the times I forgot to knit a row before slipping all those godforsaken stitches.

The Muse returned for this one…My February Lady!

As Pumpkin would say, “I don’t like it… I LOVE it!” I used almost 4 skeins of Cascade 220. I took the advice of the thousands of knitters on Ravelry who have knit this pattern and went for a size smaller, and it fits perfectly.

I couldn’t rest on my laurels, my knitting basket just looked too empty:

Generic vest for DH from Ann Budd’s book

Staghorn Cable Tunic

Here’s the one I am most excited about:

Hmm…what could she be talking about? More on this one later…