Short post. Ok, items to find in the picture: cold shoulder cuff to aid rotator cuff repair, water bottle that was tossed due to BPA rating, nourishing healing food, pain pills, Mac, frustrated knitter.
All I have managed is to crochet a dishcloth.
Well, my sparse posts will become, possibly, more sparse as I am having shoulder surgery on June 26. Frantically, I have been using my arms, and knitting hands, to finish a few projects. How will I not knit for 6 weeks? Um, where there is a a will, there is a way . . . .
Here is Trellis (from knitty.com) 1. This was knit for an auction for a Allen Creek Preschool.
Size: 12 months
Yarn: Cascade Superwash
Needle: 8
Buttons: Beatrix Potter
Here is Trellis 2. This was knit for one of my husband's colleagues. I knit this hat to match. I call it the "tulip hat"
Size: 3 - 6 mos
Yarn: Samoa
Needle: 8
Buttons: Beatrix Potter
So that is what I have been up to. When I cannot knit, I'll be reading blogs living vicariously!
I am still working too much, knitting too little and now facing rotator cuff surgery on at least one shoulder. I am seriously thinking of bringing my blog to an end, but have not come to a firm decision as I hope to begin knitting more during the late summer. I hope to find time to take some photos and do a little more blogging and before the dreaded inconvenience of wearing my arm in a sling for several weeks. Possibly, I could knit to one side, kind of like the speed knitters do. Any ideas?
Right now I am frantically trying to finish Trellis for an auction to raise money for a preschool close to my heart. I am knitting the little cardigan with Samoa Color 056 purchased from my favorite Threadbears.
Off to NYC to give a paper and attend a conference. Hopefully, I will get some knitting done!
Have a good Spring . . . now that it has finally arrived.
Yes, I am Missing-in-Actions. I have not blogged in so long because life and vacations have interfered. Am I still knitting? Yes, barely. When will I knit more, probably after May when I am finished teaching. In the meantime I have been knitting socks, a scarf, finishing a couple of projects, and doing some needlepoint (much less thinking involved as all of my brain power is currently devoted to teaching)
Finally my two hobbies have been integrated into one effort. Take a look here, too.
I have been outed by my mother. She wrote, "I know you have been doing something since October 17th!!!!!! Keep us informed." I think she thinks I am a lazy blogger, or maybe that I am keeping something from her, or maybe that I died. Well, two out of the three accusations are true. I have been lazy in posting my new soft-as-silk natural sweater. Soon I will knit the collar and then the button band . . .button, button, who's got the button? I am hoping they will arrive soon so I can wear this sweater over the holidays. Well not in the Caribbean, but when I come home.
I have little time to knit lately, but I did start the Drops Apricot cardigan that gave some people some confusion--hoping to avoid too much confusion. Then I started swatching for a pair of socks to knit on my trip. Knitting socks on the beach while I listen to "I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman" by Nora Ephron and then Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up." Good times. Love those audiobooks for knitting and reading. Well, Mom I hope that satisfies your curiosity. No posting in a month. Woo, pretty sorry shape, I am in. Happy Thanksgiving everyone and yes, Eilene I know I owe a picture of the brown cardi, soon I promise. I just need one good hair day.
I knit this far when I discovered that this sweater will fit tighter than I would like.
Sooooo, I began knitting from the first sweater to a sweater that is knit one size larger. I am almost finished with sweater No. 2. I LOVE knitting with this yarn. It is soft, making it a pleasure to knit. It is all in the process, right? 
My posts may be few and far between these days as I am teaching, supervising, precepting, and practicing at my office, all of which make for a very busy week. Be assured--nearly every day I knit.
I have to get a picture of my Brown Cardi --it fits and looks GREAT. Last weekend I had the chance to wear it with the perfect top and a pair of jeans. Soon, I'll stop teasing and get the picture posted!
I am leaving you with a picture (not a very good one) of three swans swimming in our bay. A couple of weekends ago my husband and I said, "Goodbye" to another summer season at "the camp." Every Fall when we have to close the camp for the winter, we feel some melancholy over the passing of summer and the passing of years. We have had wonderful summers at the camp with our sons and families.
I have been fumbling around my stash, trying to find a project I could really fall in love with--you know that "I can't wait to knit all day feelin'" I am here to say, "I did not find it in my stash; I found it at Threadbear Fiber Arts." The yarn is Haiku, a mohair and silk blend, and Silk Purse from Alchemy Yarns , and yes it is as soft as soft can be. The Pattern is The Naturalist, I think quite fitting given the last post where I had a photo of a frog sitting on my toes.
My mother sewed me this great new knitting bag. How did she know I was going to buy a new project to put in it? Well, I guess mother's know things like that. See Shoulie on the bag? So cute. Shoulie "helps" me with my knitting and blogging.
I have been knitting, but I have been working more. Here is a quick post with some of the items I have knit over the past few weeks. This is not a very good photo of the moccasins. They were the same size, really. The baby bolero was easy and cute! There has been more knitting, but froggin' 
Speaking of froggin', I was trying to get close to this frog to get a photo--then he jumped on my foot.
I LOVE my new boots. My husband watched my admiring glances toward colorful rubber boots when we were visiting Cophenhagen this Spring . . . and then he surprised me with a pair of Marimekko boots. We saw paisley, flowered, camo, colorful rubber boots in many store windows--and now I have a pair. Aren't they cool?
On the knitting front, my goal for the summer was to finish projects that were started and, for some reason, put aside. Here is the first finished project. Of course, I have my seamin' partner helping me out. 
Here is a close up of the throw. 
I finally finished Drops 87-7. It fits perfectly. As soon as I block it and sew the flower on, I will model it. The color is closer to the color on the archived post. It is knitted with beautiful Bali GGH in chocolate brown with Colinette Zanzibar in peaches and cream edging. I really like the ribbing on the sleeves.
Here is a close up of the edging. 
Fifi is waving au revoir as she prepares to fly to Pennsylvania. Aren't her shoes cute? 
Fifi is having a Mojito made by Son D while she waits for her dress to be seamed.
Blogging has taken a backseat to my many and a sundry projects, and because I am 
the dial-up internet is a real deterient to blogging. 
I began Fifi. Fifi has found a home, so I have to get her knit quickly. 
I am sending her to the lovely Ronni Spoll, 2001 Knitter of the Year--Knitter's magazine, at chemocaps.com Take a look at her website, then knit up a chemocap and send it to her.
The cardi is almost finished, and lookin' good if I might say so myself. Then I knit more on the afghan. More pictures later.
You might remember reading about Rocky and Raquel who moved out (were kicked out) of Analyzing Knitter's "penthouse apartment" (attic). Apparently, is about to move out of the apartment on the "lower level" (read: under the deck) today. Wish her/him a fond farewell--no knitted gifts will be sent.
Time is flying by this summer. I have been knitting small mindless patterns. The project was from La Droguerie, a notion, bead and yarn store in Lyon, France where I bought a pattern genericallly titled, "Echarpe." Then I translated it into English and Voilà, a scarf knitted from 100% linen. I like translating patterns, especially easy ones like this. Then I knit three dish and washcloths so I could see how the yarn felt and washed up before I knit a top. Really I have the best dishcloths . . . somehow this has not increased my enjoyment in cleaning. Finally, I am finishing a project for a special someone while I read Deathly Hallows. 
During our trip to Lyon we visited Musée des Miniatures et décors de Cinéma a museum located in a beautiful house of the old Lyon: la Maison des Avocats. The museum displays the work of miniaturists from over the world, including Dan Ohlman's creations and his wonderful reproduction of unusual and secret places of Lyon (the Opera house, the Brasserie Georges...). The movie set of La Parfumer with Dustin Hoffman.
To keep this blog as a KNITTING blog, here are some photos of knitting, sewing, weaving, cross stitch and embroidery minatures I found. Keep in mind that each photo is a picture of a diorama of 1 ft. square so the knitting needles in the photo are smaller than matchsticks. It was AMAZING.
While in France I had the opportunity to meet up with two of my favorite knitters, Louise and Becky. Ok, so we are not knitting. Do we have to knit all of the time? Don't answer that. 
Louise took me to Carcassonne, a walled city in France. Here are a few photos from our trip. 
We had a wonderful time touring the castle and the town with some really cool shops.
At dinner with Becky, Hubby and Captain, I had the chance to spend a little quality time with my buddy. He and I have a lot in common. We like to eat pommes frites and chocolate ice cream, playing with hotwheels, and talking. Can't wait to visit again . . . which I plan to . . . soon.
My friends are the best. Thanks for a wonderful time!
Well, so far I have had a wonderful time in France.
Mission
1. Complete Adrienne Vitadeni top. (check) 
2. Visit with good friends. (check)
3. Shop, shop, shop, including some cute little sandels to match my new top. Louise inspired me to purchase them. (check)
I do love Lyon. Today, Worldwide Knit in Public Day, at Phildar I found these lovely ladies knitting. Joëlle and her companion were inviting others to knit with them. I am hoping this French translation is close to what I wrote in English.
J'aime Lyon. Aujourd'hui, tricotez dans le monde entier en jour public, chez Phildar que j'ai trouvé tricotage de ces le beau dames. Joëlle et son compagnon invitaient d'autres à tricoter avec elles.
A couple of the links to the stores in the previous posts did not work. However, I fixed them so you can visit these wonderful yarn stores in cyberspace.
