I’m still alive and very busy. My Google calendar is blocked solid almost every day with classes, meetings, work, practicum and other random things. This weekend is an action-packed one with fiber and stories. Saturday morning, I’ll be attending the Fiber Event in Indiana with my knitting friends. I can’t wait! And the annual Storytelling Festival is this weekend at school. In all of the craziness, I sat down at my wheel for half an hour this afternoon and spun some of the lovely silk hankies that I have from my silk-spinning class in February.

I have finished a few projects but haven’t taken the time to take or post the photos.

Do you ever finish a project and think, “Wow, who knit that!?” The Anniversary Socks by Nancy Bush from the Favorite Socks book was my first wow project, the first project that I actually thought that I created something absolutely beautiful. I realize I posted a photo after I finished the first sock but the pair together just has to be shared.

Anniversary Socks by Nancy Bush from Favorite Socks
yarn: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock (Natural)
needles: size 1 Knit Picks circular needles
sock 1: December 14-24, 2007
sock 2: January 30 - March 17, 2008

After things start to slow down a bit in the next few weeks with the end of the semester quickly upon us, I’ll post more photos. The Martha sweater is so close to being completed but I’ve been fighting with fitting the sleeves into the armholes and not having pointy shoulders, never a good look.

Finally, I can’t write a post without mentioning my beloved Jayhawks who won the NCAA National Basketball Championship on Monday night. It was a very sweet victory and it made me miss Lawrence so much. For those who don’t know, I did my undergraduate work at KU and loved Lawrence. I’ve been singing the Crimson and the Blue alma mater song to myself with a Rock Chalk chant thrown in all week.

It was bitterly cold the first week of January, then we had a lovely weekend a few days later, now the bitter cold is paying us a visit again. I wish it was the perfect weekend to knit but with school just starting a few days ago, I have plenty of reading to do instead.

For Christmas this year, I made my sister a sock. Yes, one sock, the second one isn’t finished yet. Do you ever have projects where you think, “wow, I never thought I could knit something that beautiful”? This is one of those projects. It’s the Anniversary Socks by Nancy Bush from the Favorite Socks book. After finishing the first sock in about 9 days on size 1 needles, my hands needed a break, hence the reason for the delay of the second sock. I now know why everyone raves about Nancy Bush sock patterns. They are amazing, she pays attention to every detail to make the socks perfect. The toe on this sock fits the rest of the sock so well and I’ve done this heel on other socks but it just fits this one so well.

This semester is starting off busy with lots of reading. I think it will be a great semester. My classes are Libraries, Information and Society; Media Literacy and Youth; and Reference. I also have a practicum at one of the local libraries with the Young Adult Librarian. I’ll be helping her plan the summer reading program while also learning the ropes at the library’s reference desk. I’m really excited for the practicum and the semester to come. It should be a good one.

I’m really excited about Lolly’s Project Spectrum this year. The Artist Trading Card swap sounds really great and I think it will be a great time to try out some new stuff. I may try my hand at some collages. As far as what I’ll be knitting with Project Spectrum, my first goal is to finish the Martha sweater. My Tweedy Vest is nearly done, it just needs a neckband and armhole bands.