TOO TIRED and NO TIME TO KNIT!!!

I haven’t had any time to knit!  I’ve been teaching my winter intersession class and I get home around 10:45 pm and I’m TOO TIRED TO KNIT!!!  On Friday night I had a few hours that I could have knit but I was TOO TIRED!  Now THAT is really unusual for me.  Knitting has always been my favorite way to unwind after working all day, so the fact that I sat on the couch and didn’t knit was amazing!

However – today is Sunday and I’ve been knitting just a little bit on Reynold’s socks.  I’m going to take a picture in the next day or two to document my progress.  It’s such a beautiful day outside – perfect for knitting on the deck in the lounge chair.  I’m so happy I live in sunny southern CA and I don’t have to deal with freezing temperatures anymore!

Last day of freedom!

I finished my scarf today!

Today is my last day of freedom.  Winter intersession starts tomorrow night and I’m going to be very busy.  I’ve already postponed writing a syllabus and planning lessons so I could knit!  At least I accomplished a lot of knitting during my break.

I just finished my scarf.  Of course, I absolutely have to pick up my knitting needles right now, so the next thing I’m going to finish is Reynold’s socks.  I’m almost ready to do the heel.

Here’s what they look like right now:

Reynold's socks

Great colorway for socks! This is Kaffe Regia Mirage.

Organized at last!!!

I’m so proud of myself!  Yesterday I finally organized all of my knitting needles.  Sounds like it shouldn’t be such a big deal, right?  Well, check out the pictures below and you’ll see all the needles I have.  (Who on earth needs so many needles?!!!!)

All of my circular and dpn needles are in this cool little case.

Here are all of my straight needles

Rockin’ rollin’ knitting day!

Wow!  I can hardly believe I’ve finished so many projects during my vacation!  Here’s are some pictures.  I finished Rod’s scarf  last night.  Of course, I couldn’t let my knitting needles rest so I had to wind the yarn I got for Christmas so I could start a scarf for myself.  I absolutely LOVE the color of my Christmas yarn.  What a great gift!!!!  I did some research on Ravelry and found the perfect pattern using the dropped leaf stitch.  I really like how it’s turning out.  It’s  not only beautiful yarn to look at, but delightful yarn to knit with.  I  will be so sad when I have to return to work and can’t spend a lot of time knitting like I have been!

My "Christmas yarn" scarf

Closeup of "dropped leaf stitch"

Rod's scarf

Happy New Year’s!

The shrug is done!

Here are some pictures of the shrug! I actually finished most of it last night – about 15 minutes before leaving for the party. All I had to do today was sew up the side seams and voila! It’s DONE! Yippee!!  On to my next project . . .  Rod’s scarf.  Pictures to come!

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