This is a free washcloth pattern Easy Crocheted Dishcloth by Cheri Mancini.  It's more of a recipe than a pattern.  I really like it because the fabric turns out thinner.  Most patterns I have seen seem thick to me.  It makes me wonder how this would turn out in a maybe a dk or sport weight and a cotton/acrylic blend.  I'll have to keep my eye out for that.

I feel like I really made progress on my husband's sweater.  It's about 15" now so it's almost time for the armhole shaping.  It still feels like I'm behind but it's getting better.  On Skein after Skein, Michele said she was going to knit her sleeves two at a time and I though that was a great sounding idea.  When I get to that point I think I will try it.  I'm still working a row or two on my next dishcloth before I go to bed.  I realized that I haven't worked any pattern repeats on my daughter's sock so that's next on the list.  It probably won't happen today though.

Yesterday was a podcast day.  I said I listened to Skein after Skein but I also listened to Knitabulls, The Fat Squirrel Speaks and old episodes of Knitting in Circles.  I was really sad when I head Diane (Knitabulls) is also going to the Knitting Pipeline Retreat.  That makes Steve (Dramatic Knits), Amy Beth (The Fat Squirrel Speaks), and Diane are all going and I can't, not this year anyway.  I'm just about a year behind on Knitting in Circles so I should catch up soon and be able to start another one.  Today I'll play WOW but that means I won't get much crafting done.  

My phone is driving me nuts, first world problems I know.  I have to find out if it's the phone or the service but I miss calls.  My son was supposed to have an appointment yesterday and I never got the reminder call.  Technically they could have called when I was out doing laundry or something but my phone didn't list a missed call or that I had a voice mail message.  It's done this before and so far it's just been inconvenient not serious but that might happen.  I'm just extra irritated because this is one of those places that if you miss two appointments they kick you out and I would never have missed on purpose.  O.k. enough complaining.

Today I'm supposed to drive my neighbor around once my husband comes home.  It is sometimes exhausting but today she may be buying a sewing machine.  I'm so excited to teach her how to use it.  She feels intimidated but I think once she starts using it she will really enjoy it.  I have a plan to teach her starting with just naming the parts and talking about the functions.  I'll have her put the needle in and work on just "sewing" paper to get the feel. After that I'll teach her how to thread it and have her sew some scraps.  Eventually I want to have her make a simple skirt for her daughter.  Brett Bara has a really simple tutorial that I think she can do.  This seems like it will be fun.

Tomorrow is the first so hopefully we can get a picture if the weather isn't too bad.  It shouldn't be colder than it was in January but I feel cold because I'm so tired of it.  I'll try and remember to post tomorrow and let you know.