I’m starting work on a baby sweater. No, not for you! ;-). Baby’s due in April and we don’t know what it is. I am going to make this little sweater and if it’s a girl I will put some pink buttons. I am on a flight to. California on Monday; hope to get it done fast! What are you knitting?

I’m following up on our phone call today, sleepyhead. We pledge to blog! I even set up Wordpress on my iPhone so it might be easier. Let’s see your pledge, and some knitting!

Kinda.. it’s coming, anyhow.  I promise to be a better blogger, I promise to be a better blogger.. then again, don’t we all?

Things here have been quiet, mostly.  Work is horrible, but I’m looking, and still holding out hope that a company that wants me gets approval for the position after some internal confusion.  Seriously - I’m at a spot now where I swear I’d leave to work at Starbucks or something.  It’s just miserable, after a massive internal reorganization. I have a new ‘boss’ who mostly either ignores me or laughs at things I say outright in meetings, so that’s always fun.

There’s been knitting!  First, the new one - this is a shawl I’m working on FOR ME. Yup, you read that right. I’m going to KNIT FOR MYSELF!!!!

The pattern is from Lily Chin - it’s simple enough even for me, and I really do like the style of it. That’s just slightly blocked out a bit, I imagine it’ll stretch even more.  It’s called “Charlottes Easy Lace Shawl” and it definitely is - and is the first triangle shaped shawl I’ve ever done, so we’ll see how that goes.

I finished up the blankets for everyone - I’m started on another… I think that may actually cover all of the folks I am late on and who are due any second now.  Finally.  Now maybe I can get started on Christmas knitting!!  My fingers are itching to make a dishcloth.. all the finished blankies are below:

One of the dearest ladies ever left work Friday - and I had lunch with a good friend, her hubby and their gorgeous baby - here’s a few shots of me for the family

I’ll post again soon and show of my Mini - ohhhh how I love it!  I also got a really great bag I may send you mom - when I got it I didn’t realize it’d actually be too small for carrying the mini while it was in the neoprene case I got, and the bag’s just too cute not to show off more often than I will.

There’s been some knitting.. there’s been some reorganization at work.. there’s been some really crappy weeks, and some alright ones.  I suppose I just needed a break, or got too busy, or had a little combination of the two.  So, I shall catch up on some of the WIPS I have, and share them with you, and then promise to be a better blogger :D  I’m also on Facebook now - the folks at work got me sucked into that because of a game they play; I’ll often make one line comments there.

Just about everything I’ve been working on is still of the baby-flavored variety. I have started a shawl, but I’ll take some pictures of that tomorrow. In the meantime, I give you a bunch of baby blanket shots! (Thrilling, ain’t it?)

And then there’s this.. tragedy really.  This is MOST of the baby dress in 101 Designer One Skein Wonders.  And I have very little more than what you see done.  I HATE the top of this dress.  HATE IT.  It 100% seems like they were attempting to finish off the top of it within the 1 skein of yarn they had, and it just irks the heck out of me how it’s knitting up on top - it’s like having two little strings over!  I was going to finish it anyhow, but I’d not want to gift it, so chances are, it’s getting frogged and I’ll seek out another pattern for a little jumper where the top actually seems ‘done’ to me.

I have a few other blankets to add, I think - I’ve made it my goal this weekend to get them finished up - all that really remains is weaving in ends and blocking up a bit.  Now that some of the recipients are even back from maternity leave, I’m more than a little behind and feeling guilty.

What about you? What are you knitting sis?  Mom?  Whatcha been crocheting?

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Hey sis!

I am at a Google Earth institute in Fairbanks, AK, trying to learn all about kml. Needless to say, my head is about to explode all over my computer screen. Sheesh. Imagine me trying to teach teachers to do this. Yeah…don’t think so.

So of course I have had to come up with something to distract me. Kirk has been blogging from CA, where he and Jake are at the Regionals tournament. Here’s a pic of Jake during their first game. If you want to see what Jake and his team are up to, you can visit their blog at http://nlsparta.blogspot.com