New Things

Things in other areas of my life are getting out of control. I have decided to add new sections to help get some things started.

WIPS

1. The problem with starting the 2^nd sock of the Mablesock pattern is that the Hermione sock is on the needle that I need for this sock. I have order another needle from my LYS, since it is a popular one with me, but it has not come in yet.
2. I finished one preemie hats from my leftover Madeline Tosh Sock and started the 2^nd one. I may have enough to do three total.
3. I have added the belly patch, beak, and eyes to the bird. I had to place it in time out when I tried to add the brows. I am not very happy with this one. I can’t get the bird to look right.
4. I am finally onto the gusset of the Hermione’s Everyday sock. I am not sure what it is about the heel flap that I don’t want to do. Maybe it is that it seems to take forever. Of course it will when I only do one or two rows at a time.

Purchases

1. I received my Loopy Ewe order. I purchased 2 skeins of Malabrigo sock (eggplant and black) for the Daybreak shawl and I purchased a skein of Madeline Tosh Sock in Saffron and a skein of Caper Sock by String Theory in Spice color. I don’t remember if I realized that Caper Sock is another MCN when I purchased it, but I hope it works out. This yarn is so soft and yummy.

Queued

1. I realized that I was using the favorites and the queue wrong, so this week I moved most of the items marked as favorite to my queue and removed them from my favorites. I then organized my queue better and added folders to help find items.

FOs

1. I finally weaved in the ends and blocked the Holden Shawlette. I really liked this shawl, it was my first and it is a nice size. This was the first time that I actually blocked an item. I used blocking wires and T pins.
2. I finished the Summer Mystery Shawlette and I even blocked it. I am a little disappointed in the size, it is very small, I guess that is why it is called a shawlette, but so is the Holden. However I used one size larger needles on the Holden, so that probably helped. I blocked it again because I didn’t like how small it was and now it is more reasonable.
3. I finished the Betiko as well, making this week the week of blocking and the week parade of finished shawls. I still don’t like the yarn, it is too itchy.

Events

1. Estes Park Wool Festival is coming 06/11/2011. I need to stop spending money before I go!
2. For Camp Loopy I have decided to do the Daybreak in Malabrigo Sock. I have decided on Black and Eggplant. The colors are wonderful!

Healthy Steps

1. My goals this week are to take my lunch at least 3 times per week and to exercise 10 minutes a day.

2. I started Spark People. Not sure how that will turn out. My goal is to get a C25K program going, but I will try the 10 minutes of exercise a day first to get started.

Spanish Lessons

1. I am working on learning Spanish. I have already completed Level I of the Pimsleur Spanish Lessons. I found the Level II discs at my local library. I have the first half of the discs, but it is going much slower than the first level. I am stumbling over the words now and find that the lessons are going too fast. But, I am trying to persevere. I am on lesson 8 of Level II.