I had a fantabulous weekend! First, we got a contract on our house! We are probably going to start looking for a new house here this weekend and we should hopefully be moved in to something within 4 to 6 weeks! I am so excited at the prospect of getting all of our stuff back and getting into a place with a little more breathing room than the small apartment we are in now. Its not that it is a bad apartment--we are just all used to a little more space--especially in the kitchen!
Second, I went to the Dallas Knit Out and met some of the locals. I had a great time but I wish I could have stayed longer--Munch and Mr. Fruitychick came with me and wandered about the giant half price books but Munch could only last so long. I did meet some lovely ladies there and I'm still trying to track them all down on Ravelry!
Speaking of Ravelry--I've been spending a heck of a lot of my free time obsessing over Ravelry. Since a lot of my stuff is (sadly) still in storage from the move (but we did get a contract on the house over the weekend--yay!!), I dont have access to the complete stash for photos. I did go through Picassa and see what projects I already had photos for and I've added a lot of them to my projects there. I've been finding tons of new patterns I'd like to try out! Its amazing how many great patterns were out there that I just never knew about!
Like this:
Its the Baby Girl Viking Hat from Bella Knitting. Its adorable. I'd never worked with Karabella Aurora 8 before and I must say, I really love it. Its nice and soft and amazingly squishy. The pattern is well written though I should have trusted it more. I was suspect of the 15.5 inch finished diameter of the hat since Munch's head is 17.5 inches around. I made my modifications only to find that the pattern was indeed better--my modifications stretched to fit my head!
I ripped out the version I was knitting and restarted--its a quick knit so I'm thinking I'll be done in the next few days!
I've also been spinning a bit--after seen so many fabulous photos of great spinning on flickr, I'm determined to improve the eveness of my singles and finished yarn. I've been playing with different ratios and tensions and I've produced some truly ugly yarn but I'm learning a lot!
I'm still awaiting my yarn for the Secret of the Stole along that starts in a few days! At first I ordered some Helen's lace but then I realized my swift and ball winder are still in storage. Sigh...I'm not about to hand-wind 1400 yards of laceweight, so I ordered a cone of alpaca laceweight from webs.
I've also been cooking a bit...I revamped one of our favorite recipes--breaded zucchini slices. This version is significantly faster to make and is just as tasty as the original. Its a frequent side dish at our house and I'd highly recommend it to anyone who likes zucchini!
recipe in the description over on flickr!
