Here is the stripy sock.  It's probably going to be stuck at this level for a wile since I have commission knitting.  The problem is that my only US size 2 is now stuck in the project.  I finished the orange socks.  I'll wash them with the blue socks and take a picture of them later.  I finished my nephew's hat.  I don't have a picture of that but later on this week I'll show you an "in progress" picture.  I do feel bad that I have so much left over but I think I will use that for a scarf to match the hat. It means I'll have a bunch of the other colors left too.  It took me about ten hours.  I'm a little disappointed because I was sure it would take me something more like three.  The decision now is if I should work on the next hat or the Totoro.  Joeli of Joeli's Kitchen is having a monster knit/crochet along.

I just listened to most of my podcasts yesterday.  I didn't get them all taken care of but over half.  Amy Beth (The Fat Squirrel Speaks) was funny as usual.  She had a terrible bug incident with her yarn.  If you aren't bothered by bugs you should listen to it.  She know how to tell a funny story.  When Joeli said she was having a knit along I asked if she meant crochet too.  I figured she did but I wanted to be specific.  I feel bad because she is so careful to say crochet now and I feel like she is afraid to be accused of being knitting biased. I din't mean to make her feel bad I was just trying to be clear.  If I have a chance I'll catch up on the rest of the podcasts today and tomorrow.

Today was so busy.  We were gone from 8:30 am till about 3 pm and then at 5:30 I had to go pick my husband up from work.  We got the rest of the school supplies (including the cleaning supplies), hair cuts for the kids, eye appointments for the kids, lunch, found a messenger bag for Amey for school ( those are harder to find than you would think), and went to the yarn store so I could get some dpns.  I'm tired now so I'm not sure I'll get much more done today. I'm not trying to complain or sound ungrateful, I'm just done for the day.  I think I'm going to go watch TV and knit so I'll see you next time.  Have a good day.

I couldn't find my camera so I used my daughter's.  The picture looks o.k. here but it's a bit blurry.  I blocked it a little too hard so if my secret sister ever washes it (I put a tag on it to hand wash cold and lay flat to dry) it should shrink a little.  I really would have liked it better if I could have added one more repeat to it.  I still have a bunch left over so I was kind of thinking of making again and alternating the blue and red and just keep going till I run out of yarn.  I want to make it in a worsted too and get a really big squishy shawl. I finished the hat and scarf as well.

Now that I have those two projects off the needles/hooks the next project that I plan is making six wash cloths or so.  The plan is to order some soap and lotion from Wolfe Farms and put it with the washcloths for teacher gifts.  I still have the the baby blanket to make for my husband's coworker but she has already gone on maternity leave and he probably won't see her till she gets back in a couple of months.  After that I still have my husband's never ending sweater.  I am out of baby mitten ideas (for now) so for my charity knitting so I am going to make a blanket.  I of course have other plans but I'll hold off on those till I get some of these done.

I listened to podcasts yesterday.  Amy Beth (The Fat Squirrel Speaks) was funny as usual.  I think I'm up to about episode 70 of Knit 1 Heart Too.  It's fun knitting or crocheting wile listening to other people talk about their projects.  Today I'm playing WOW and tomorrow I'll try and look for Personal Taste again.

It's been a busy week.  On Thursday I went to a meeting about what to expect when your child goes to middle school.  The parents tended to be emotional but the kids were just having fun with the combination lock they were given to practice on because next year they have them on their lockers.  When I went to get Amey up on Friday morning she had it in bed with her.  On Friday we went to a school art show, which was o.k. but would have been a touch more fun if one of my kids had been in it. Today was the secret sister reveal and that was fun too.  Next week looks calmer but it's a short one because of Memorial Day. Outside of planning for the summer I think we are done.  See you next time.