knitting catch-up

So, they bumped up my surgery to the 18th (two and a half weeks away!!!!). Which is good and all, pain's going away, thats a good thing, but now I can't go to Rhinebeck! Sad!

I finished Baby Blanket of Doom and am WIP-less... or I was... Then I signed up for Secret of the Stole. My first KAL, aside from the HP-KAL, which never really left the ground. But Secret of the Stole looks fun. I have the yarn, bought beads and made my swatch:

Secret of the Stole swatch

I also cast on another shawl, thats also beaded, and really pretty, but the beads stressed the yarn and it broke, so I'm going to try fix that and will try adding them on with a crochet hook from now on. I'll try to add a picture later.

I have also been doing a lot of spinning lately, here's my proof of that:

handspun

handspun

geez, I've been busy

Well not super busy, but internet-busy! I started the Harry Potter Read/Knit-Along! Its coming along slowly, but still I've gotten some interest. So, all of my internetting has been setting that up and doing some PR.

I've been re-listening to HP5, I've already seen it twice, seriously, twice. Loved it, even if the book is ten thousand times better.

I've also done a lot of knitting and spinning. This is my favorite handspun yet:

I also am working on my Horcrux socks, they are really coming along. I just turned the heel of the first sock tonight! I hate turning heels. I'm still not very good at it.

What I did today:

8 oz of yumminess:



I also did some laundry and this is what happened while I was flipping my matress:



Now I'm gonna go watch My Fair Lady and work on a baby blanket.