ok, so I’ve been home a few days now, and I’m a bit of a slacker when it comes to updating here. possibly cuz I’m overwhelming myself. at any rate, a recap of the last week or so…

I took the beginning Aran Knitting class at Irish Fest Summer School. Our teacher was Shirly Grade (pronounced Grah-dee) and a number of teachers from her shop which is The Yarn House out in Elm Grove, WI (a Milwaukee suburb). It’s quite cute - it’s an old house crammed full of yarn and books. So during the class, I chose to make a hat with Aran patterning - panels of trinity stitch & a claw type cable alternating around. I think I used some sort of wool (it was a bit scratchy) in a purple sort of color (if you looked close you could see the red & blue fibers). I ended up giving it to my friend Ginny cuz I’m not really a hat person. I did take pics - I’ll post them soon.

My sister had her baby just before I left (I want to say on the 9th, but I could be wrong). She named him Eli. awww. I didn’t get to see him as he was still in the hospital when I was visiting her - aside from a bit of preemie jaundice, he was doing good. I haven’t heard any news, so I’m hoping/assuming he’s still doing ok. Mom sent me some pics though, so I might post one.

I worked on the legwarmer a bit more - I’m sort of playing with where to add the increases as I go, so I’m taking a break from it for now. back to working on the HP/UofM scarf for dh (since it is almost winter here. well, almost autumn at any rate - which doesn’t really last very long.)

oh, and just before I left I received some lovely purple stitch markers from one of my Stitch Marker Swap pals. and I received 3 hanks of recycled sari silk in a swap with honeybee from the knittyboard. it’s gorgeous. I haven’t decided what to make with it yet, though I’m leaning towards some of these recycled silk bag patterns (the sunburst one or the ones in the ‘beautiful bags’ patterns)