1. Baby Ethan born at the end of September
2. Baby Emma coming in January
3. Twins A & B due in January, expected in December
4. Daniel's cousin's baby due in March
5. Baby Aubrey (my cousin's baby) due in February
6. Daniel's co-worker's baby due in January

I wanted to make a quick project for several of these babies, so I picked up my copy of Vogue Knitting Spring 2007 and have already cranked out several of EZ's Baby Surplice Jackets. 

The first was made of Queensland Collection Rustic Wool and used all of 3 balls (I had to shorten the sleeves because that was all I had).  I used size 7's and it probably would've been better on 8's.

I made two more out of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Worsted for the twin boys.  These were done on size 9's which was a much better size.

The blue/green is the limited-edition Franklin's Panopticon colorway...

and the red/gold is Maple Grove...

I had enough yarn on those to put cuffs on the sleeves, which I like because they can be folded up when the baby is little and then unfolded as the baby's arms grow, which goes along well with the fact that the buttons at the bottom can be moved along the holes to make the sweater wider as the baby gets bigger.  

I also finished the Debbie Bliss Cabled Baby Jacket for Baby Brennan, but that one deserves a post of its own, so look forward to adorable baby pictures soon.

I have planned projects for a few more of these babies and purchased lots of yarn at HCW's latest First Thursday sale.

I am going to do another Baby Surplice Jacket in the teal/blue/purple Dream in Color Classy shown in the middle for Daniel's colleague.  The pink Dream in Color Smooshy is for another EZ pattern - the February Sweater, also known as Sweater on Two Needles, for my cousin who LOVES pink and is having a baby girl.  The Blue Sky Alpaca organic cotton is for a Baby Bobbi Bear for a TBD baby. 

The Berroco Comfort DK is for a May Daisy Blanket for Baby Emma.  This pattern was designed by one of my fellow Lone Star State Knitters, Anne Haus, and I'm only the second person to knit it.  It's been an easy knit so far, good for knitting while reading, and I think it's going to be really cute.  Status pics of that once I'm a little farther along.

I had a VERY hard time holding back because there were so many beautiful items, but I ended up limiting myself to two.  First, this beautiful Silky Sock by Great Adironack.  Totally reminds me of a peacock - the color name is Fiesta.

And this Opal Feelings yarn will make fairly thick stripes.  The colors reminded me of something my mom would like, and wouldn't you know, when I was showing her my purchases she claimed this one for herself. 

I would have liked to have purchased some of the Lucy Neatby yarn as well, but was trying to limit myself at this point.

My next stop was The Yarnery.  The last time I visited this store, I saw Malabrigo for the first time and purchased some laceweight which I am currently making into a swallotail shawl/scarf. 

This time around I went with some Malabrigo worsted weight in a color that is pretty close to burnt orange.  If paired with cream, it could probably pass for burnt orange.  I don't have any specific plans in mind for this, so it will probably marinate in my stash until the right project comes along.

The next day on my way to Northfield, I stopped at this new store in Lakeville - Knitter's Palette.  How I wish this store had been around when I was in college - it would have been so convenient!  I didn't buy anything because I had already spent quite a bit, but it was a lovely store and I hope they do really well.  I will definitely go back to visit next time I'm in town.

And because I can't resist a good wind turbine, here's one of the many turbines I saw scattered around on my trip.  This is Carleton's own wind turbine. 

I began the day at my favorite Twin City LYS, Needlework Unlimited.  It's located in Minneapolis, just past the Edina border, and since I spent a lot of time at the Edina mall and restaurants when I was in college, I was able to visit NU fairly often while I was in school.  They have a huge variety of yarn (and a needlework section which I have never paid any attention to). 

I had such a hard time deciding what to get because they have so much, especially a wonderful selection of sock yarn, and I had so many stores ahead of me.  I settled on this skein of Schaefer Anne sock yarn in colors that remind me of Sedona. 

Next up was what is quickly becoming another favorite store of mine, Amazing Threads in Maple Grove.  I visited AT on my last yarn crawl in MN a few years ago and really enjoyed it so I was eager to go back.

When you first walk in, this gorgeous wall of Malabrigo greats you.

My other favorite part is this wall of Koigu (sorry these pics are so blurry, but they're the best I got).

So of course I had to get a little of both.  This skein of Koigu is kind of easter egg colored, but not  soft pastels.

And then there was this beautiful purple Silky Malabrigo.  I LOVE IT!  I'm actually debating on whether I want to buy enough to make a sweater, so I'll probably swatxh with this and then decide.  It's gorgeous.

They also have a great selection of sock yarn, and I couldn't resist.  I got this skein of Schaefer Heather.  The fiber combination of wool, silk, and nylon really intrigues me, and the colors are very me.

Also in Maple Grove is another store that I missed on my last trip - Yarn Cafe.  I was kind of disappointed.  It isn't really a cafe, but more of a store with some snacks and drinks, but certainly not what I would consider a cafe.  The lady who helped me was really friendly, and it is a nice local store.  They carry a little Rowan, Cherry Tree Hill, Schaefer, etc.  They also had some really cool buttons.

Interestingly, it seems one of their main focuses is to carry a line of yarn called Mooncake.  This yarn is made in China, but it reminds me of Malabrigo with its incredible softness.  It comes in a LOT of colors.  I picked up a skein in this fun pink color to make a hat or scarf or some other small accessory.  I'm interested to see how it works up.

Coming soon: Part 2 of the Yarn Crawl - the St. Paul side of the Twin Cities.

I didn't realize that I would have basically no time for knitting once finals were over.  In fact, silly me, I thought just the opposite.  I can't complain because life as a summer associate is pretty swanky with lots of good food, fun events, and nice people, but I am always amazed at how exhausting near-constant social time is. 

As you can see, I did make excellent progress on Isabella.  The back is done, and I am currently doing short-row bust shaping on the front.  I would still like to get it finished this summer as I have a suit this would look excellent underneath, which is what I originally picked the yarn out for.  We'll see how quickly I finish it, though, because I am sooo in the mood to knit some lace and cables now that school is done. 

Franklin's visit was really fun.  Unfortunately I didn't get to stay too long because I had a handbell concert to get to.  The Knitting Nest was pleasantly full with lots of people shopping and knitting while awaiting their turn, but it wasn't overly crowded.  Here's me with Franklin.

Check out how long the scarf that everyone is working on while getting their picture taken is.

Here's my friend Lisa who is my handbell/knitting buddy.

And here's Rita and Lydia from LSSK.

I was also pleasantly surprised to run into Ana who makes Entrelac stitch markers.  I purchased some of these back in April when she had her collection at The Knitting Nest Ravelry get together.  I LOVE THEM!  They are small, so they don't interfere with my knitting when I'm using small needles.  But they're much prettier than the small plastic ones I've been able to find.  I was planning to email her about ordering some, so I was thrilled when she said she had some with her.  I got two different colors of little tiny ones and one slightly larger one that I like for marking the beginning of the row in circular knitting.  I needed some more because all the ones I bought my first time around are in use already.  I highly recommend her products if you tend to knit with smaller needles or just don't like dangly stitch markers, but still want them to be pretty.

I also picked up 2 skeins of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Pink Blossom.  These are for test knitting socks for another LSSK friend - Birdy.  She's finishing up her heart socks pattern, and I offered to test it out for her.  Should be fun - I'm thinking my sister loves pink and the hearts would be cute girly socks for her.  Of course, I also think they'd be really cute for me. 

And check out these cute tape measures that Stacy just got in and was giving away with purchases.  Glad I bought something

I also started work last Monday, so the overlap those first few days when I was staying up late to write the paper and getting up early for work was pretty rough.  Now I'm living the life of a summer associate - big lunches and lots of activities paid for by the firm - the hardest part is trying to squeeze in actual work.  I'm really enjoying myself so far, even the work part! 

On the knitting front, the back of Isabella is done and I'm about 4 inches into the front.  I would show a picture, but it really just looks like a purple blob right now.  I got kinda tired of it and did a bunch on the second Crown Mtn sock while finishing my paper, so I'm not as far along as I'd like to be.  I'm going to have to do some major knitting this weekend to get it finished in time for Franklin's visit.  I'm struggling though because now that I'm done with finals, I really want to work on lace and cables and all those awesome projects I didn't get to work on while school was in session.  If I could get a little farther Isabella has lace - I wonder if I can force myself through it or whether I don't care that much.  We'll see.

Also, as a heads up, Season 2 of Vickie Howell's podcast will be starting soon.  I think the episode with the founder of Etsy is the one I am most looking forward to.

I owe you a recap of my yarn crawl through Minneapolis and St. Paul yarn stores.  Lots of goodies were purchased, and I want to take some good pics so look for that soon. 

And because I hate a post without pictures, here's Major helping me write my paper.  These pictures have not been rotated.  He curled up between my legs, and then rotated himself.  So cute!

• the Scandanavia Mittens are done and gifted to my mom, but are back in my possession for blocking and picture taking.  I probably won't get around to this anytime soon, but once I do these gorgeous mittens will get their own post
• the Unoriginal Scarf is finished and also in need of blocking and FO pics
• the Conwy socks for Daniel have been cast on, and while I don't (and can't because they are a surprise) work on them very often, I like the way they are coming out
• the first Monkey sock is complete and very cute.  I haven't cast on for the second one yet because ...
• I am about to complete the fastest sock I have ever knit, as explained below.

Back in February Grumperina posted some socks that I fell in love with.  The yarn is Sock Hop from Crown Mountain Farms, and I knew I wanted to get some, but it is pricey as you need two skeins to make a pair of socks.  Plus, it only goes on sale for one day a few times a year, so I had to wait until April.  Come April I had recently finished a few projects and hadn't bought too much yarn recently, plus I wanted to celebrate getting EIC, so I decided I deserved a bit of a treat.  Unfortunately they don't have the colorway Grumperina used anymore.  I couldn't decide which color to get, so I ended up getting two - San Francisco (blue and brown - something I don't normally pick) and Layla (purply pink - very me).  It arrived on Monday, and look how awesome it is! 

The reason the yarn is so expensive is that it is handspun, but it is so worth it!  I needed a new, mindless stockinette project, so as I finished up the first Monkey sock, I cast-on on Tuesday with the San Francisco colorway.  I went with my size 1 (2.25mm) Knit Picks dpns, which I think was a good idea because the yarn sometimes gets very thin due to being handspun (there are also some thicker parts).  Between having a few meetings where I was able to knit, and needing some mindless knitting while studying, and this yarn being sooo addicting, I have already reached the ribbing on the first sock!  Here's the progress:

Here's the socks in progress while I'm studying and Major is passed out on top of me - aww!

I'm now up to the ribbing and will take more pics once I cast-off the first sock.  I don't know if I'll immediately cast-on for the second sock- I seem to have a single sock thing going on right now.  But it does work really well for mindless stockinette.  Here's the other single socks:

The beginnings of the Conwy.

And the first Monkey sock.

Normally I get a bunch of knitting done during the finals crunch, and I will get some done doing research for my paper, but unfortunately the paper writing, contract editing, and outline creating all require a lot of typing which is not conducive to knitting, so we'll see how much I get done this time around.  I cast-on for the Baby Lord jacket I have been planning and purchased yarn for, but it requires too much counting and concentration, so is on hold until I get to start my summer knitting.  I could do Mermaid or Sahara knitting as my finals knitting, but both of those require figuring out where I am on the pattern, so I will probably stick to sock knitting until school is over.

So you know how when you go to a baby or bridal shower, you always feel sort of nervous when your gift is being opened.  Did you spend enough money?  Will she like it?  Did 2 other people get the same gift?  Is it cute enough?  Does it have the aww factor?  Well I finally had an experience this past weekend where I didn't have those worries.  My friend Leslie is getting married, and her bridesmaids threw her an Ornament Shower where everyone brought ornaments for them to hang on their Christmas tree.  For the first time, I knew going in that my friend was going to love her present, and everyone else was going to be impressed.  The present:

Mini-Weasley Sweater Christmas Ornaments with the couple's initials on them in Texas Longhorn colors.  I love them, and they would be great presents to make for others for next year.  Just need to start early! 

Project Specs:

Pattern: Mini Weasley Sweater Ornaments from Charmed Knits
Yarn: Sirdar Snuggly DK in burnt orange and cream
Needle: US 4 Bryspun dpns
For: Leslie & Kevin
Started: January 2008
Finished: January 2008 

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Thoughts: the seaming was a little annoying - next time I might try knitting them in the round.  The duplicate stitching was much easier than I thought.  DO NOT do a loose cast-on - otherwise the roll looks a little goofy like on the K sweater.  I bought craft wire at Hobby Lobby to make the hangers.  I'd love to make a set of these for my friends Matt and Nancy who are engaged.  One is a Longhorn and one is a Sooner so it would be cute to do each in their school's colors.  Really, it would be fun to start a tradition of doing a set for all of my friends when they get married, but no promises since I would have to actually plan ahead to pull that off.   

I leave you with a picture of Major being goofy.  He is trying to hide from one of our friend's dogs who was visiting. 

In other big news that those reading this blog will probably be more interested in, I finished the Dale Baby Roses Dress!  There hasn't been a FO in these parts in quite some time , so I am pleased to present to you the first big FO of 2008.

Pattern: Dale Baby Roses Dress (#13502) from Book #135 in 6 mo size
Yarn: Dale of Norway Baby Ull, <3 balls of cream, <1 of both pinks, and just about 1 ball of green
Needle: US 1 addi turbos
For: baby Georgia
Started: September 2007
Finished: March 2008 

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What's that, you want to see a picture of it being modeled?  Ok! 

It's a little big right now, but that's great so hopefully she can get some good wear out of before she grows too much.

I actually finished it (except for weaving in all the ends) on our anniversary which was last week.  Daniel and I celebrated by checking out the new Four Seasons Restaurant Trio.

Since our anniversary falls during spring break, we both had the day off so we went golfing.  Here's what my car said when we got back in - in the middle of March!!

Daniel loves to drink port, so I bought our present this year - a set of 4 Waterford cystal port glasses!  Turns out the 3rd anniversary gift is crystal, so I even followed the rules

Please let me know if you have any questions or find any errors, and I'd love to see any projects you make with it.

(Now if only I would hurry up and finish and block mine )

Problem 1 is notice the icky green after the purple.  There is a whole bunch of that icky green, going into greenish yellow, before you get back to red.  I don't understand why it's there because those colors definitely don't show up in a normal rainbow.  Should I cut that part out of the skein?

Problem 2 is the following.  The Noro yarn has 3 full repeats.  The problem is that 1 repeat is not enough to do a whole sock, so I need to get into the second repeat.  But that means I can't make these socks exactly the same.  So my options are a) make the foot and heel identical, and then the top of the leg not match up or b) start the second sock with green, blue, purple so it will follow the same color sequence as the first sock, but start in a different place in the sequence.  I'm sad because I really wanted to make matching socks, but I guess it just isn't meant to be.

I could probably get two matching socks if I made them a little shorter than normal, but that would mean the entire leg and cuff would have to be in the green, which I think takes away from the rainbow.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on both issues - should I cut out the olive green and how should I handle coordinating the two?  If you want to see others who have made socks in this colorway, check out these and these.

I'm planning to make the Conwy socks from Knitting on the Road.  These will be a surprise so I will need to knit them on the sly.  I'm thinking I can at least make some good progress on them at school. 

Not on sale, but just in and GORGEOUS was the new Manos silk blend.  My mom and I both fell in love, and, not surprisingly, I got the purple and my mom got the one with lots of pinks in it (called Wildflowers).  This yarn is so me!  Even though I have two purple scarves in progress right now (the Swallowtail Shawl and the Unoriginal Scarf), I'm thinking about making a scarf with it.  Alternately, it would make lovely fingerless gloves, but I feel like I will wear a scarf the most.  I'm thinking maybe something slightly lacy.  Let me know if you have any ideas.

Last month I picked up this yarn, but I hadn't posted about it yet.  6 skeins of Mission Falls 1824 Wool to make a baby sweater/jacket for my oldest friend Laura.  We have the same birthday, and she found out on our birthday that she is having a boy.  I'm going to visit her in August when the baby will be about 6 weeks old, and I'm so excited!

I'm planning on making this Cable & Seed Stitch Jacket from Debbie Bliss Baby Knits.  I'm going to do the 18 month size so that maybe he can wear it his first winter with the sleeves rolled up, and then definitely wear it the second winter.  They live in Delaware so wool is appropriate up there.

Spring break began today at 1:45 for me, so I felt the need to celebrate that by stopping by The Knitting Nest on my way home and checking out all the new sock yarn Stacy has gotten in.  She has TONS of Trekking XXL - so many appealing colors.  I ended up picking up Trekking 100 because I have seen so many gorgous socks knit out of it (like these, for example).

Stacy was also unpacking a box of Hill Country Yarns in pretty pinks.  There was pink and red, all pinks, and this gorgeous pink and chocolate brown.  She carries their Instant Gratification yarn which knits up fast, and I've been wanting to try it.  I'm undecided whether to gift this to my mom, or make her socks out of it, or maybe make my lil sis socks out of it cause she likes pink too.  It'll live in my stash until I decide.  Stacy also got in more of the Longhorn and Aggie colorways which are great!  I held off this time around, but I'm sure I'll be getting some soon.

And, finally, here's my latest progress on the Unoriginal Scarf.  I haven't heard back from the Yarn Harlot yet about posting the pattern, but I don't really think there are any copyright issues so I'll probably post it soon.  I think I'm going to really like this once it's blocked, but it needs blocking very badly.

Before I cast-on any of the new projects contemplated above, I will at a minimum finish the Dale Baby Dress.  The crochet trim on the bottom is done and I am working on the neckband.  It is taking forever, but I definitely want to get it done this week.  Wish me luck!

Sue, Deb, Judy A., CJ, Laura, and Joan

Joan, Christie, and Pat

CJ, Laura, and Rita

Lydia, Sue, and Deb

Caroline and ??

I have been almost done the Dale baby dress since around the beginning of the year, but the finishing work requires the kind of attention I don't have for my knitting when school is in session.  I did most of the smocking at the January Borders meetup, but you can see here that I still have a mess of ends to weave in.

Laura was kind enough to teach me how to do the crochet border.  Here's what I have so far with 1.5 rounds of the border.  The third round will give it scallops.  This same border will be applied at the armholes. 

Laura is so awesome!  This is the second baby project that she has taught me the crochet for.  The other was the Dragon Hoodie.  I don't like crocheting b/c you have to actually look at what you're doing to figure out where to put the hook through, but I have to admit it is such a great trim as it adds just that little extra detail to a project.  Now I just have to find the time to finish the crochet and gift this, because the weather has gotten nice enough for the baby to start wearing it once I give it to her.

I did a demo of the Judy's magic cast-on that I've been using for my socks lately.  I really like the way it looks, especially how the colors work out as compared to a short-row toe. 

I also took an update picture of the Noro Rainbow sock that shows my latest progress turning the heel.  Gotta love the purple section!!

Very fun socks!  I had heard that the yarn is on the finer side of fingering weight, especially because it has a bit of thick and thin tendency and the thin is very thin.  So, I am using US 0's and getting a very tight fabric.  While I probably could have gotten away with my usual size 1's, I think once I wash these and they soften up (like everyone says they will), I will probably be happy that I used the 0's.  And hopefully it will help them wear better.

Here's me working on the socks while doing homework.  And Major in his usual position as well.

And here's a picture of the first OU sock, now on hold.  I turned the heel on this, put it on waste yarn, cast on for the toe for the second, and now they will probably have to wait until I finish the Noro's.  OU just can't beat out pretty rainbows.

I didn't catch any pics of the outside of the heel after I turned it b/c the light was bad, but it looks great!!  I think it's the best heel I've ever done - no holes and it looks really uniform.  I think I have found a method that I am happy with using the Priscilla Gibson-Roberts's method.  You can see the method in the free Interweave Better than Booties pattern.  And Alison has a great picture tutorial.

I gotta get back to doing homework now, but thought you'd enjoy seeing Major's current position on my lap.  Apparently he hasn't gotten enough sleep yet today.

Anyway, I was really excited to have my birthday on a convenient day this year, but then the team Daniel coaches had one of their games rained out and the makeup was set for Friday.  How annoying!  I wouldn't let this get me down, though, and I ended up turning my birthday into a very nice birthday weekend.

It started on Thursday when I finally got to go to an LSSK meetup at Borders.  I had conflicting class last semester, and work over the summer, so I don't even know the last time I got to go.  It was great to see everyone, and Linda Q. gave me the cupcake I'm holding in this picture with Vicki.

Although the cupcake looks really yummy, it's not edible!  It's a bath cupcake!!  How fun is that.  Put it into the bathtub and you will get lots of bubbles and good smells.  Can't wait to try it out.  Vicki also got a picture of me with Laura. 

Thursday evening Daniel gave me my presents (part of my iphone and elliptical machine that I got for Christmas count as birthday presents too).  He actually designed this necklace and had it made!!  We took my grandmom to a bead shop for her Christmas present, and saw this neat glass piece.  Well he went back and bought it along with coordinating beads and the people at the bead shop helped him put it together.  He actually had a great time and is interested in maybe designing some other pieces.  Lucky me since I'll be the recipient :-)  (please ignore the crappy picture - I was trying to take it of myself using my iPhone)

My parents and in-laws went in together to get my other big present - my very own windmill!  Before law school I worked in wind power development, so I like windmills.  This one is the perfect size for the garden in the backyard, and I have it sitting so I can see it out of the window in our living room.  I love the Texas stars on it too! 

On my birthday, I went to work in the morning, and one of the law clerks had a King Cake shipped by his aunt from Baton Rouge whcih just happened to arrive on Friday.  So that was fun and very yummy - I had never had one before.  And the whole office, including the judge, took me out for lunch on Monday, so that was a nice way to end my birthday long weekend.  My parents took me out to dinner on Friday while Daniel was coaching, so that was nice too.

The big birthday event was that a bunch of my friends got together on Saturday, and we had cheese and chocolate fondue at The Melting Pot.  YUMMY!!!

We had four burners, so we got four different types of cheese and four types of chocolate.  It was so good, and if you've never been to a fondue restaurant before, I HIGHLY recommend it. 

Of course, a birthday recap post wouldn't be complete without knitting content.  I came across this blog recently, and fell in love with these mittens.  I had purchased some pinky-red malabrigo a few months ago to make either Foliage or some mitts, but never could decide on what I wanted to make.  Well, when I saw this pattern I knew it would be perfect.  So I stopped by Gauge (one of our new LYSs) and was thrilled that they had winter white malabrigo.  When I got home, I cast on, and here's what I have so far.  I love it!  The slight shade changes in the pink yarn look great with the fair isle pattern.  The yarn is soooo soft, and knit on size 3 needles they are going to be buttery soft and very warm mittens.  I'd love to keep them, but honestly I will never need mittens like this is Texas, so I will probably send them to my godmother for her birthday.

Speaking of Gauge, the store is really starting to come into its own, and I love how everytime I go they have lots of new stuff in stock.  It's been really fun watching both it and The Knitting Nest develop, and I love having multiple LYSs.  Now there's one nearby no matter which part of town I'm in.

I also ordered the full set of Knit Picks Harmony sock dpns (there are 6 sizes from 0-3).  I really like my Harmony interchangeables that I got for Christmas, so I thought I would probably like the dpns.  For thicker socks, I love my Bryspuns, but they only go down to a size 2.  I have been using Pony Pearl dpns for my fingering weight socks.  However, I've been having trouble with them.  They're plastic, but they have metal inside of them and that metal has broken on some so the needles rattle and bend.  And worse, the tips on several of my needles are starting to split apart so that they're snagging on the yarn.  These were the best needles I'd found for socks so far b/c of the sharp points, flexibility (metal are sharp but not flexible), non-fragility (my Brittanys broke), and length (I prefer 5-6" for socks).  But I think I am done with them since they keep breaking.  Or at least, I'm willing to try to find a better solution.  We'll see if I like the Harmony's - my mom is going to start knitting socks so she's going to use some of the needles from the set, and if I don't like them, I'll probably give her the set assuming she likes socks.

I can't wait for them to arrive b/c the First Thursday sale at HCW was 20% off wool, and they just got the new Noro Kureyon sock yarn in!  I bought 2 skeins b/c I couldn't decide on colors.  One is rainbow colors, and while it's pretty wild, I think it will make really fun socks.  The other is more my normal colors of blue, green, and purple.  I want to wait to cast-on til I have my new needles because my gauge may be different with wood versus plastic. 

It was a very indecisive day at HCW b/c I was also trying to buy yarn for my BFF Laura's baby sweater.  We became best friends in first grade because we had the same birthday, and she was able to schedule her ultrasound for our birthday and found out that she is having a boy!  What a great birthday present!  I'll post more about potential patterns in the future, but when I was at HCW I couldn't decide, so I bought enough yarn for 2 sweaters - one DK and one worsted.  I haven't decided yet if I'll keep it all or return one sweater's worth when I make a decision. 

Ok, this post is way long enough.  I have all sorts of ideas for things I want to post about, but I have had a very hard time finding the time to do so.  This semester is turning out to be crazily busy since I have some very work intensive classes in addition to my various other commitments, including the internship at the Supreme Court of Texas, but it's worth it b/c I am finally taking classes in subjects I am interested in.  More when I can.