Quietish

The fam packed up and left a bit ago, so it’s back to real life for me. It always seems that while we’re on a trip or we have visitors it’s like we’re not living in the real world. I’m out of my routine and things just seem to suspend while I’m doing other things. This, of course, is an illusion so the to-do list just sits untouched and deadlines come closer. Thankfully I don’t currently have many actual deadlines, so I’m still in good shape.

The happy news is that my sister in law walked out of here today a new knitter! Last night Sarah found my copy of Mason Dixon Knitting on her own and parused. Today, she grabbed a ball of kitchen cotton and some needles and went to it. Her first knitting was the start of “just a square.”

She ripped it out before she left, but took some needles and my Stitch and Bitch book. Score! I didn’t even have to apply thumbscrews use my CraftBorgish influence.

In other knitterly news, Justin’s socks fit and he’s wearing them today. Certainly makes the miles of stockinette worth it. And because when life is pretty good bare needles are quite possibly the hardest thing to endure, I got a little something cast on.

Wont go too much into detail yet as its still an experiment, but I can show you that it’s lacy.

A previously knit swatch:

I don’t know how much knitting I’ll get done this week. I have a few non-crafty things I want to make sure I pay attention to and I also have an exciting little book craft to design and construct. Fun!