Washout

This week has been a mess...a total and complete wash. Monday, I had a professional conference, so I was out of the classroom. Tuesday, I was running a fever and had a sore throat (not strep, thankfully...one of the big teaching hazards). Wednesday (yesterday), I actually went in to work, and made it all of about an hour and a half before I got a call from the elementary school nurse that the middle son was running a fever. My district is so small that grades K-12 are all in one big building...so the boys are right there, which is nice in cases like this. Needless to say, I had to leave work and come home. This morning, the oldest son was running a fever so we all stayed home again today. Sheesh! Tomorrow, no matter what I have to get in to work. Those freshmen will be completely feral if they have a sub one more day!

W.I.P
This is the first of my new works in progress:

This is a basic garter stitch scarf made out of recycled sari silk. I bought two skeins of it on Ebay last year, and wound it (or attempted to anyway!) into balls last weekend. I am knitting it on US #10 bamboo needles and am alternating balls due to an obvious fluctuation in the colors in each ball. This will keep it from looking odd, hopefully. I am doing two rows from each ball and then switching off.

My second new W.I.P:

I am knitting some basic worsted weight socks. The pattern comes from the book Hip to Knit by Judith L. Swartz. My first pair. No fancy techniques...just four US #5 dpns and some really nice KnitPicks Wool of the Andes yarn in Chocolate. I am not doing the stripes that the picture in the book shows. I didn't want to have to think about that while I was attempting my first pair.

This is my first time using KnitPicks yarn and I have to say, I am impressed with this. It has a really pretty sheen to it. And, oh my goodness, how cheap! $1.97 for 110 yards! And so many colors! I will be buying more, I am sure of it.

me, wearing the sock on my hand to show how far I have gotten

So far, so good. But then again, I haven't gotten to the whole turning the heel business.

Well, I am off to Ebay...DH and I have a fancy, schmancy, formal dinner to go to on April 1st, and I have to find earrings to match my fancy, schmancy dress, also bought on Ebay:

I'm going to shorten it up to tea-length because I don't want to over-do it...and because that will better show off these:

I love these shoes!