Critters and Wagons

Kathleen-
The week at a glance:
Shepard's Harvest was this past weekend at the Lake Elmo fairgrounds. Aubree and Tracy and I went, and took Aubree's son Ben.

There were cute critters:





(Ben says this one looks like a cow)

and cute kids: (Ben and Aubree at lunch)

I was very restrained. I bought some GORGEOUS Como roving and unprocessed fleece from Riverwinds Farms, and an extra skein of yarn for the kilt hose I'm planning on knitting for Mikey. But it was lots of fun, and the weather held till after we'd left the festival.

In other news: This week MN celebrated its sesquicentennial. One of the many random events highlighting 150 years of statehood was a wagon train. So while driving down out street on Sunday, we saw these......





Let me tell you, covered wagons don't roll down my street every day!

This week I also have a FO (which will get its own post). I finally finished the Baby Soft Cardigan from the Knitter's Book of Yarn for K&B's daughter.

Blogiversary #2!

Kathleen-
Can you believe it? We missed our blogiversary! Yes, that's right. We started this humble blog 2 years ago this month. Not only that, but we're approaching our 400th post!

Who would have thought, 2 years ago when you were packing to move to Alabama, that we'd still be blogging 2 years later?

I'm working to redeem my blogging credentials by posting twice this week. Since my Central Park (non) Hoodie is not portable anymore, I've started taking Elizabeth's Baby Soft Cardigan everywhere, which does miracles for progress. It's also been a long time since I knitted baby stuff, and so it feels like it's going very fast. See?

I did extend the button band down to make it longer- we'll see if it pays off proportionally.

Also, there's quite a bit more spring in my garden:





Though to counteract those signs of spring, we're predicted to get an inch of snow tonight. Apparently, this winter is determined not to give up. We've also had quite a bit of rain the last few days, so everything is magically green all of a sudden.

But really, can you believe it's been 2 years?

Flan's Turn to Catch Up

Kathleen-
Apparently April isn't a good month for blogging for me, since I just checked, and I last posted in March! I've got no news as exciting as yours (an AUNTIE!), but here's a sampling of the past few weeks:

Lots of work...but when I wasn't working, I knitted:

• Central Park (non)Hoodie: Sleeves done, body done, button bands knit. 1 sleeve set in, the other partially set in. Collar (no hood for me!) stitches picked up, but I decided that I couldn't figure out the appropriate length of the collar till the sleeves were fully set in,
• Baby Soft Cardigan (times 2!). One for Harmony is cast on and I'm working on the first front. I'm about to cast on for a second one (for Elizabeth, the beautiful daughter of K&B), and I'm going to try knitting the body in one piece.
  
• Monkey Socks: ripped out! Wrong size! I haven't decided what to do next.
  
• All other projects: Untouched due to all the work.

So in the past month, we went to Iowa to see Mike's cousin play hockey:
And the mascot rode a unicycle on the ice:


We went to the Minnesota zoo, and saw the dolphin show:


And I got my picture taken with a (brass) tiger family:

And a brand new (less than a week old), baby camel:


And spring came to my garden!



I'm plotting my next adult sweater project- I'm thinking Sunrise Circle Jacket (which, for those who don't know, is a limited time free download from Interweave as one of the 5 Reader's Choice patterns), in some lovely Burgundy Cascade 220.

I'm also plotting Mike's kilt hose. I've swatched the stockinette, and now need to swatch the cable pattern....

I'm terribly behind on the ABCalong, since I still need D, E, F, G, H, and now I!