Bryan’s dad is doing quite well. His ticker is moving right along with the new valve in place. He’s been up walking around the last two days. He looks quite healthy right now, especially for someone who had major heart surgery this past Monday. Thank you to all of your for your kind thoughts and prayers.

I’m a bit behind on my blogging, we’ve been seeing Bryan’s dad everyday after work lately.

Saturday, Bryan and I went to his sister’s house to visit his sister, our niece Paige and nephew Michael.

I gave the kids their bunnies and they liked them. Paige was so cute with her bunny. She was holding on to it when I first gave it to her.

This is a photo that I took without the flash and at first thought it would be a mess-up photo, but I really like the way it came out.

Michael was very proud of his bunny. (He’s also very proud of his adult teeth coming in. The story around the house is that Michael’s lost teeth are going to Paige, who is teething.)

Saturday evening, I finished my Leaf Cravat scarf (from Interweave Knits Winter 2002). I wore it for the first time today and got so many compliments on it.

I managed to use nearly one ball of yarn. Unfortunately, with about 1/2 an inch to go, I had to use the second ball of yarn that I had bought as a just in case. So I ended up using probably two yards of the second ball of yarn. Which means I have almost an entire ball of the alpaca. So I called up my sister and asked her if she would like the same scarf out of the same yarn. She said she loved the scarf and would like to have one. I told her it would probably be next fall before I finished it and she was fine with that.

I’m working to finish the Bonkers sock. As soon as I finish it, I have permission to start “A Good Bias” lace shrug for my sister. I am about 25 rows from the end of the second sock. Woowoo! Another pair of socks done. I only have 9 more pairs to go before I’ve completely used up my sock yarn stash.

On Monday while waiting for Bryan’s dad’s surgery to finish, I knit several rows on the Bonkers sock, but I knit a lot more on Hobo. I don’t remember the last time I was able to knit nearly 2 inches on Hobo in less than two hours. It’s on size 3 needles and normally takes an hour or so to knit at least 3/4 of an inch. I was afraid that all of my stitches would be really tight and uneven but they look like all of the other stitches. I don’t remember the last time I was able to knit so fast.

I joined the “A Good Bias” KAL. My second KAL in a month. I’ll be using the Rowan DK Soft that I have had in my stash for more than three years. M loves the color and loves the yarn, so it’s a perfect match, especially since I haven’t been able to figure out what sweater to make with it. I have two different dyelots since I bought it on clearance, so I’ll have to be sure to knit every other row with a different dyelot’s ball so that it’s not obvious that there are two different dyelots.

I just saw the Flash Your Stash thing today, but of course I rushed home took photos of my stash and am posting them as I write this.

You can view my stash on my yarn stash page. I didn’t think I had THAT much yarn until I started taking photos of it. When I deal with it in small batches I don’t feel like I have that much. I have an idea of what yarn I know I will never use and will probably end up selling before we move to our new place. The Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride stash is a bit large - oh, all of those felted bags that I was going to make for friends and family. Unfortunately, they were never made. I’m sure the yarn will get used some time in the future. Lamb’s Pride is such a great basic yarn to have around though. And without a stash, I wouldn’t be able to make “A Good Bias” lace shrug for M.

This weekend, I plan on finishing the Bonkers sock and start “A Good Bias” lace shrug for M.