Mikknit

It’s been lots of fun reading your stories! Lots of “Aww”, lots of “Oh good heavens, I can’t believe that happened!” Remember, you’ve got until midnight CDT Friday to get your stories in!

I’m currently stalled out on both of my sock projects (Baudelaire and some toe-up socks in *my* yarn from Northwoods Dyeworks), I finished knitting the felted pirate hat from Moth Heaven on Monday and have been farting around since then. Finished up the Baby Surprise Jacket during my 5-ish hours hanging out at Borealis yesterday but haven’t gotten the (incredibly, painfully cute!) buttons sewn on yet. Still not wanting to touch either sock. So instead of casting on a new project, what to do?

It’s been cool here lately, so I’m thinking about fall and winter. Oh yes, Grace has outgrown all of her sweaters - she has her papa’s long torso, so while they “technically” still fit, they’re far too short to keep her warm. I dug out the Wonderful Wallaby I’d started for her back in March or April but had put away out of sheer boredom and also because of warm weather. I’ve been cruising along on it, finished the pouch today and have the body up to the armpits if I follow the measurements in the pattern. I’m going to measure her in the morning and will undoubtedly lengthen the torso by an inch or two. For now, I’ve started on the sleeve and I’m being reminded just how noisy metal DPNs are. Oy. One more inch and I can switch over to my nice quite bamboo size 7s.

I’ll do my best to break out the camera tomorrow and get some pictures. I’ve been dragging lately and for some reason it’s just too much work to actually take pictures of stuff and put them onto the computer.

We’re off to the State Fair on Friday - I’m hoping to get into the Creative Activities building this time so I can get a good look at all of the great knitted items entered in the fair. I know *so* many people who entered things in the fair this year! I wish I’d gotten around to it… Next year, I will do it for sure.