The formatting for that last post sucked. I only know enough about this blogging stuff to do the most basic things. I also don’t really want to know more. It works for me, most of the time. However, when things don’t work or when I do something and I don’t like how it looks, I don’t know how to fix it. This was evidenced by that post. I should have just started over, but I’m also lazy.
I have been knitting quite a bit. I finised the Merino Lace Socks in DIC Some Summer Sky. I’ve started on the Hopscotch pattern that came with my Chewy Spaghetti Blue Plate Special. I’m used the yarn that came with it, too. It’s very nice. I’ve hit a snag in the pattern, but Khris is looking into it for me. How sweet!
My big knitting news is that I’ve been knitting this. I’ve joined the Dream in Color KAL (knit along) that Sheri from The Loopy Ewe started. For the KAL, I got 20% off my order of DIC when I bought it from The Loopy Ewe. I had a couple of colors picked out, but they sold out before I could make up my mind. I ended up choosing Black Parade, which is so beautiful. It’s not a flat black at all. It has hints of dark greens and blues. It’s impossible to describe. I really love the Mr. Greenjeans pattern, too. My sweater will be more form fitting than the one pictured on the pattern page. I am almost finished with the body of the sweater and I’m getting set on picking up for the ribbing. That may be tricky, with the dark yarn.
We have a busy next few months at our house. Well, it’ll be busy for us, since we don’t get out much. In a couple of weeks my parents (mom and stepdad) are coming for a visit and Josh and I will get to go away for a couple of nights. LouLa will stay here with her grandparents. Then it’s LouLa’s birthday with her first “real” party. In the past we’ve invited family. Not many have shown up, since my family lives far away and Josh’s family is lame. This year we’re inviting kids from her daycare. Then I’ll be gone for a weekend for a National Board workshop that I’ve been part of the planning team for. I had planned on running in Bloomsday and my dad and his crew had planned on coming for that weekend, but it looks like that’s the same weekend as my National Board thing. Crap.
