Finally!

Well you guessed it school is back in session so I've been neglecting this blog...sad! So I figured I would post about what I've been up to in the past two months.

September began with a wonderful weekend in the inner harbor of Baltimore.

School began a week later with over 40 students in my studio, some from past years and some new. All of them are a lot of fun to work with present exciting new challenges.

The knitting has continued but most of my projects are top secret until Christmas time. This year I've actually planned my Christmas gift knitting far enough in advance that I may finish it all in time...we'll see though. In the midst of that I did manage to finish these gloves that I started a year ago from my sisters own hand spun yarn. Aren't they pretty!!

October has come with colder weather and a lot of rain. My 5 year reunion from college was in October and I got to see a lot of people I haven't seen in a long time included these folks.

I also got to get some exciting new purchases from IKEA, the greatest store EVER. I feel that it brings me closer to my Scandinavian Heritage to shop there.

I have some exciting events coming up including but not limited to going to the OPERA with Matt!
I hope to blog more often to include pictures of these events.

Summer FO's

As everyone else is going back to school I'm in the middle of my summer break. I have just 2 weeks left, then I will be back to a busy teaching schedule. Until then I have been knitting, practicing and trying to spend as much time with family and friends as possible. Here are the knitting projects from the summer.


This sweater is my favorite from the summer projects. I started working on it during my beach vacation in June. It feels great and looks pretty great too. This one was definitely worth the time and money spent on this beautiful sweater.


With my recent experimentations in difficult lace projects I got this shawl. This skein had so much yarn in it that I had enough for one large and one small shawl. This is the smaller shawl.


These socks were meant to be entered in the Goshen Country Fair, however after some sizing issues it was clear that they would not be finished in time. Well there is always next year and I still got a nice pair of socks out of it.


I'm only half way done with this project but the matching sock is coming along. I had some cotton yarn hanging around and how perfect are these socks for summer and early fall.

Well in 2 weeks my knitting will have to slow down as other things begin to pick up.

Best Intentions...

So I wanted to post more than once in July and I have 30 minutes left to make that happen.

This summer is going by way to quickly as I'm sure everyone can relate too. It was just a month ago that I was in New England with my parents. We took a quick trip up there to do the "Charles Ives" Tour and to see Cape Cod. I enjoyed seeing Cape Cod, however the beach was a bit of a let down after the hot sunny beaches of North Carolina that I experienced the week before. I was very surprised to see these hearty New Englanders sunbathing in foggy 60 degree weather as I sat on the beach in my jeans and sweater.





My summer has been filled with teaching and spending as much time with friends and family outside of teaching. I am almost finished with my Kindermusik Camp "Zoo Train" where every class is spent visiting and exploring different animals at the zoo. Summer lessons have been fun and challenging to teach as I have been subbing for a teacher that is away for the summer.

My weekends have been filled with trips home to celebrate my sisters completion of her Masters Degree, as well as spending time with Matt riding around in his new Ford Mustang Convertible.

As July draws to a close I will try to soak up what is left of summer and hope that time slows a little before things start up in full swing in September.

Summer Days...

It has been a beautiful summer the past couple of weeks, minus the rainy days I spent in New England. Matt and I had a wonderful trip to the Outerbanks!

I even got some knitting time in at the pool we had at the house we rented. It was far to risky to take my knitting to the beach.


I'm working on the Decimal in the this beautiful Soy yarn. Its coming along nicely, but I've had a lot of other things going on, so I hope to finish before Fall. I'm also working on a couple of other projects...shh, can't mention them here.


Matt and I had wonderful week with our friends and I can't wait for the next adventure we take.


After my trip down south I took a trip up north with my parents. I think that deserves a different post for a different day. I hope to post more than once this month!

Hello Summer

This summer shawlette is the knitting project that is bringing in summer for me. This project was meant to be one I could take to the beach with me, but I finished it before we even left...go figure. Luckily, I have a couple of other projects in mind. This yarn has some silver flecks in it so when it catches the light just right there is some shine to it. I hope that I will get some wear out of this beautiful FO.

So last week was kind of a rough week for me just because the year is winding down and I am definitely ready for summer. The week was made rougher by the fact that I had to pick up friends from the airport at 1am on Wednesday! Well to express their gratitude that gave me this bottle of wine.

Who knew there was wine with sheep on the label. Its FANTASTIC!

So next week I will be at the beach and I plan to take a lot of pictures to post on here when I get back!

I hope everyone enjoys the first official weekend of summer.

In the busy busy month of May

As May draws to a close in the next hour I thought I would try and do a quick post to sum up the past month.

Most of the month I have been working on this...
It is by far the most difficult thing I have accomplished and I am quite pleased with it. I have now moved on to a top secret project that I can't post here, but hopefully I will be starting a more public project soon!

My piano students recital was this month along with the last Kindermusik class of my first Kindermusik semester. Now after a few days off for Memorial Day week, I have just 3 little weeks left before the end of the school year and my vacation.

This has been a busy month but I'm looking forward to some much needed time off soon.

Finally...

So I am finally posting about my purchases for MDS&W. Being on a tight budget I was not able to make many purchases but this is what I came home to play with!

This is a hand-dyed brilliant blue mohair blend. Really soft!


This is from Brooks Farm, I can't resist that place. This is their Duet Yarn, I figured after buying Primero at the last two festivals I went to, I should branch out and try something new. I think I'm attracted to Mohair...oh and Blue.


This last yarn was purchased for me by my wonderful boyfriend and chauffeur for the day. It is hand spun with flecks of silver in it.

I have no idea what I am going to make with any of this, I have some larger projects I need to put a dent in. Suggestions for this yarn will be taken, thanks!