Here I am back at the computer! I feel pretty good outside of a little soreness. Yup – I had to have a small lump removed. I had my yearly mammogram and here I am on the other side three weeks later. It was a very small lump and has not gone anywhere else, so I can look forward to many more projects! It’s very surreal – I felt fine before and I feel just fine now – it’s really brought home how important those yearly scans are. So if you need to make your appointment – PICK UP THE PHONE RIGHT NOW!
I’m catching up on all the podcasts that are cluttering up my daughter’s IPOD 😉 and I have lots of time to knit!
My striped socks are coming along just fine. I finished the first one and have cast on for the second. It’s perfect TV knitting – plain knitting round and round. The first one feels yummy on, so I have some real incentive to complete number 2!
I received an email from a former aupair who lives in Sweden. She is pregnant, so of course I had to cast on for a small jacket. I’m doing the Debbie Bliss pattern from the new Vogue. I’m using some nondescript washable yarn but adding a strand of cream Kidsilk Haze for a little elegance. I think I’m going to be using this trick quite a lot!
And I’m still working on the Jaywalker socks. This is usually my work project, but I brought it home for this three week duration. Heaven forbid someone should take this from my drawer! I’m not quite sure what a “muggle” would make of this!
I had some fun last Thursday morning – I had surgery on Wednesday, so was just sitting back watching the Today show when lo and behold, the camera scanned Guido and a woman holding a Harlot sign! The knitters made it to the Today show in force! I yelled at my husband to come take a look – he could not believe it! He just walked away shaking his head in disbelief – there’s no stopping us now!
Thanks to the Rowing Cat for filling in for me! And thanks to all for your thoughts and good wishes! The weather is supposed to be dramatically improving this week, so I’m going to try to get some nice Saratoga pictures to post!