Where am I?

Sweater Grrrl
Well, I have been slacking. The reason being, of course, that I have not had time to knit much. But I do have some interesting news!

First of all, there is going to be an article in Get Out! which is a separate magazine-style section of the Fresno Bee. Evidently, it’s targeted at the 15-25 age group (although my interviewer kindly widened it slightly to 30, presumably for my benefit.) So that’s coming out- I think in February. There should be snippets of an interview with me, and I know he took some photographs of Meg’s shop. They are also including Stitch N’ Bitch on the calendar within the publication.

So, I am pretty excited! I wish I had more info about when the article will be coming out. I plan to scan it and post it on the website when it does come out, so you might want to keep an eye out.

I am all finished with the dog sweater and the fringey pink scarf- Photographs should be forthcoming. I am hoping to get one of the dog actually wearing my creation. I am actually wearing Fringey, the Pink Scarf today- and I am relatively satisfied with her, despite some issues with static cling.

New project- Sister-In-Law Scarf, Baby Hats, and a sweater for me! I found the sweater in knitty magazine- it’s inspired by an Edwardian tea gown, and it is beautiful. I am using a really beautiful mohair, which hopefully not end up making me look like a hairy beast.

So far, I have learned Crocus stitch and am getting more adept with my stitch markers. There are some weird ribbon roses on the original pattern that look (to my admittedly warped mind) like really ugly pasties. So those will not be making the transition to my sweater.

The Sister-in-Law scarf is in progress- I love having those projects I can just go on auto-pilot for- and the baby hats will be done on my knitting machine.

Why have I been so busy? I finally bit the bullet, and have decided to go back to WW and get back into shape with a combo of dog walking, exercise videos, and hitting the gym 3 days a week.

So between shopping for healthy food, trying to find a sports bra that actually works, exercising every day, and cooking the healthy food- well, my blogging time has been severely curtailed, and I am literally falling asleep over my knitting. Hopefully my body will adjust soon, because this sweater is just not going to knit itself.