It's been awhile!

There has been a lot going on since my last post in January. It was my time to return to the workforce part-time. Which means less time for me and a little more money in the family budget. It has been a learning curve for everyone in the family. Some of the chores around the house have not been done on a daily basis. It was cute to hear my little guy ask me why I need to pay bills when he'd like to talk about Pokemon or how come his pants that he wore two days ago are not washed. My oldest is reacting differently. He tries to help out more with chores...when he's in the mood or looking for something. He also, has been pushing our buttons and acting like he doesn't care about school. Hopefully, it's a phase and we'll live through it.


On the knitting front there has been some progress. Last month, I knitted mittens with Reynolds Andean Alpaca Regal. The thumbs are a little tight where they join the mittens. I'll have to leave more stitches for the thumb on the next pair.

This bag was felted using Patons wool. It's big enough to hold the items that were in my purse but, not big enough to hold a project.

This sweater is in limbo right now. Some time soon there will be time set aside to join the sleeves to the sweater, calculate the yoke and the repeats. Right now, there just isn't enough time in the day.


I'm hoping these sleeves are not really baggy. They look a lot wider compaired to the sleeves on my other sweaters. I'm hoping when the sweater is put together and finished the sleeves are not as wide as they look. Worst case...I reknit the yoke and sleeves over the summer or next fall.

These Regia Tweed socks are for DH. The pattern is Gentleman Socks by Kristi. Sock number one has about 6+ inches left of the foot. Sock number two right now has about 5" done of the cuff. The picture was taken over the weekend. It's interesting using the DPNs for socks. All the other socks I've knitted have been done using CT&H method using two circular needles toe up. The DPNs seem to work up faster but, I'm not sure if I like finishing the sock at the toe. When the cuff was done it was a let down because the cuff of all my other socks was the finish line.