Ok I am still knitting like mad even though I haven't posted anything here in a dog's age (or longer......)
Currently on the needles is a pair of Leyburn socks which I beleieve I am knitting in Opal but I have lost the yarn tag and I'm just not sure......
I will try to blog some more about my knitting and crafting but no promises!

Knitting Tea Party

Today was a fabulous day for knitting! After running some errands for the family this A.M. and some baking 2 of my knitting students came over for the afternoon and we had a lovely time knitting and chatting. The above pic is from class a few weeks ago.

As I was getting ready for them (i.e. cleaning and stash and dashing!) G. said - Mom you're having a "Knitting Tea Party!" I think the name will stick and I'll try to host one once a month or so. Pat was working on her scarf and learned how to start a new skein of yarn. Mary was working on several projects as always! She's made it to the top edge of the Lucy Bag that she's making for her daughter - looks great, bound off her gorgeous alpaca scarf (I'm liusting after the yarn!) and we spent a bit of time trying to figure out what's what with her socks. We'll look at them again on Tuesday!

I of course continued to work on the Jaywalker socks...and they continue to drive me a tad crazy...David asked why I don't just give up on them....Silly Man! Well I can only figure out how to get the pic's at the top so look up there to see the pretty things are driving me whacko! At least I've gotten the heel turned and will work on the gusset until sleep overcomes me.....

Little Knitting Friday

Well not much knitting today - just a couple of rows on the Jaywalker Socks that are driving me crazy. The pattern isn't difficullt and the results are pretty but I HATE to do the double decrease that happens every other row - If I was working on larger needles it wouldn't bug me so much but it's a pain on the size 1.

Major crafting accomplishment of the day was learning to add the Flickr badge that now shows on the Blog! I'll have to modify the content on Flickr so that the photo's shown are more WIP's and FO's and less Stash. I'll also have to get more photos taken!

Rest of the day was spent in the usual Michelle ways - work, knitting at lunch, work, Passing R off to Girl Scout activity, buying b-day present for Sarah who's birthday is actually today! Poor Thing only has a b-day every 4 years! Getting ready for Girl Scout 80's dance which brought back tons of memories from the High School and College days - I actually wore one of the 1st sweaters I ever finished - a Teal Tunic with some cableing that I made from an old Rowan pattern - I never had the heart to "retire" it even though I haven't worn it since I was pregnant with G 10 years ago! - I'll try to get a pic that a friend took and you can all be scared of a 40 something rocking out to Walk Like and Egyptiam amd Walk This Way!

Came home to the sad news of the passing of Lollipop the mouse - G's dealing well with the news - of course now we'll have to bury her tomorrow in a snowstorm............

Looking forward to getting the house clean tomorrow, maybe getting to the garden show in Worcester and having some knitting friends over Sunday.