Just kidding, really. It’s been a whole month since I blogged, and I’ve tried, really, I have. I sat down, started thinking about what I needed pictures of, got up, tried to take said pictures, and the camera battery was dead. And the charger was missing. I finally had to order a new one, and I am keeping it hidden! I finally got to take some pictures, but that ate up my blogging time. Then, there was the matter of the new buttons I wanted to put up in the sidebar – that takes time. Sure, probably more for me than anyone else, but I think I finally have it the way I want it for now. Plus I had to Photoshop my name into the cute little Ravelry button, and my resident PS expert is not here, so I had to wing it. Then there’s that pesky knitting – I would so rather be knitting than taking pictures or formatting them (whoops – still have to do that part!) or typing. There’s also grocery shopping and cooking – the darned people in this house insist upon eating. I’m not sure what their problem is. I have discovered what they do when I’m not looking though:

I was wondering what all the noise was, but I wasn’t about to go look.

We have gotten completely back in to crazy, busy life, and I can tell that I’m burning the candle at both ends again – my body is complaining and not cooperating with me. I need to baby it a bit, but I doubt that will happen! Here’s a picture of the ottoman at my “knitting nest” – it will give you an idea of the insanity that is my life.

I got a belated birthday/Christmas package from the Queen, which of course contained yarn, but it also contained a cute felted purse, and it had 2 awfully cute critters to add to my collection – a Navajo sheep, and a qiviut musk ox from Alaska!

I did manage 3 pair of socks in January – one for me, from the Lime & Coconut Bubble Tea in the City Online (yes, that’s really the name),

and matching socks for Kim and Vanna for their birthdays in Aracaunia Ranco – Sweetpea socks for Kim, and similar non-lace for Vanna. I had taken these pics of the socks both naked and in their sock sleeves:

but those just could not hold a candle to the finished socks on their happy recipients:

As Kim is known to frequently say, “Too stinkin’ cute!”

We went on our annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day yarn expedition – this year to Davidson and Matthews, where we visited the Needlework Center and Peace of Yarn. At POY, we had a celebrity-spotting:

Alison’s book! I asked if it was okay to take a picture in the store – the employee wasn’t sure, so Sarah told her, “She knows the author!” and I was allowed to snap the picture. It was very cool to see it in the wild.

Though I certainly didn’t need any yarn, these expeditions as well as my package from Tricia made my January and February acquisition pile look like this:

Out of that, I started a pair of socks with another ball of Ranco, but they quickly became the perfect example of pooling. There was a wide light stripe that would just not move, even after 2″ of sock, so I gave up and ripped it out.

Other current projects include brown socks for Mark, purple/pink Trekking socks for ???, fingerless gloves for Mark, the SeaSilk Michelle shawl for the auction, and a pair of socks for someone visiting next month.

OK, I think that’s nearly everything. I’m off to get the last few drips of hot water (oh, a house full of girls!) and then on to a family shindig.

P.S. – I found a better picture of the Lorna’s Laces sweater. Of course, I didn’t pose for a picture, so it’s not horrible!

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