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You Go Girl!

Little do they know that this is actually basically happening in blogland already.

Go figure.

And now for some updates.

Knitting update:  I've got a sleeve and a half of Autumn Rose.  I love the thing more every day, and no longer worry that it won't look good on my non-waifish body because Anne looks positively smokin' in hers.  There's lots of detail on my ravelry project page that I will reproduce here when I have some photos to share.  I'm in that project-love phase where none of my other projects matter.  MS3 might get UFO'd.  I love it, but don't want to knit the wing, and knitting the same part over and grafting doesn't make me all excited anymore.  Dunno.  We'll see.  The shetland triangle is the only one that has a chance with me right now.  Well, there are always socks.

Vacation update: What do you call a vacation with cold weather, a blown transmission halfway there, republican in-laws, and a bed in a damp basement?  Yeah, me either.  On the upside, we did have one and a half nice hot days at the lake (the other half of that day we had to drive 4 hours, oops), a fun day at Story Land, and some good knitting/reading time.  I'll try not to whine too loudly.  Being back isn't as brutal as I feared, so that's a relief.  Next vacation: December.  With in-laws.  Then another in February...also with in-laws.  (I do love them, but hmmm...)

Erm, my lunch hour is almost over and I haven't gotten any food, so this is me signing off...I do have this idea for tessellated fish and some kauni and a kid sweater.  I just have to figure out what I did with my charting software.

Revived

A kidless sunny weekend day in a breezy musical courtyard full of wool and friends.
Revival indeed.

New Obsession

I saw this a while back and had to have it.

It was a long wait, but it's out now.  My box arrived today.

I've already cast on for a sleeve swatch.  It's love.

Speaking of love, I got my Ravelry invite yesterday (I know, I know, I just kept telling myself I didn't have time for it...until I decided that didn't matter any more than it did for any of the other things I don't have time for).  I've set up a nice little camp over there already, and I'm not nearly done. 

When I photograph the entire stash and put it on Ravelry, that's when you can send the white coat people (which you'll probably do when you see the stash anyway).  For now I'm totally grooving on browsing projects, checking in on friends, and cataloging my favorites.

Life, as usual, is hectic.  I have, however, reserved a seat in the Marcy-mobile for some sort of fibery happening this weekend.  It will be a perfect kick-off to a long-awaited weeklong vacation in what has turned out to be a very busy summer.

Can't wait.  Hope to see you there.  For now, here is a kid pic--it has been a while.  If Robin looks familiar, that's because he is.  Sara was here for a week and the superheroes made the upstairs safe for humanity.  Thank goodness.