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What do you do when your playroom carpet has worn out its welcome?
Oh and do you remember the old drop-cloth trick?
Hey, with three teens, two dogs, a husband, and a couple of cats spending the majority of their time in this room, a mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do.
In knitting news, it had been determined (by me) that a particular stealth FO for a particular person's birthday needed a bit of revision (the story can be read on my Ravelry page) so it was carefully unbound, tinked back a bit, and painstakingly placed back on the needles to be "altered" and then re-bound off. Making the decision to revise this FO (which was fine to begin with, but I knew it could {and 
should} be better) wasn't easy but I'm so glad now that I did it. I've also been steadily working on my Haruha scarf, which seems to be taking longer than I thought it would. I'm about 34 inches into it (unblocked) and I'm thinking it should probably be about 60" long -- does that sound right for a scarf? Believe it or not, other than some scarves crocheted out of some fugly novelty yarn years ago, this is the first "real" scarf I've ever knit. I'm using Rowan Classic's CashCotton 4 Ply which is a super soft yarn -- I just hope that it will hold its shape after it's been blocked. It took just one skein to do all 34", so two skeins should do the trick. And can I just say that I'm loving lace right now? I just can NOT get enough of lace knitting lately. It does take some concentration though, which isn't always easy, but when the house is quiet and I'm able to focus a bit, I pick up a lace project and am completely absorbed.
In other news, Football Star Son came home last weekend for Homecoming, and this was about all I got to see of him.
He actually turned around at one point and asked me if I was okay because I was being so quiet. Ha. Anyway, several people have asked me how he's doing at school, and to be honest, I don't really know. I do know that FSS is DEFINITELY spreading his wings, perhaps a little too far, but nothing out of the norm for a kid going away to his first semester of college. Grade-wise, only time will tell in that arena, as there are no progress reports or parent/teacher conferences to rely on. Yep, it's a lot of wait-and-see right now.... something I am NOT very good at, but am slowly learning. Of course, there are two other teens who keep me very busy these days too....
And guess who's no longer the smallest player on the high school freshman team??? (Yes, I said high school freshman, augh!)
... the last month's been rough. Sending a kid off to college can be a pretty difficult transition... if not for the kid, then most definitely for the parent.
Throw in to the mix a little credit card fraud, two additional teenagers, and some PMS and you get the idea...
But today's been a good day. Cheerleader Daughter finally found a part-time job, I finally found a (much needed) house-keeper, and Football Star Son and the lovely Sarah are "working things out". Don't ask.
And I cast on for this.
And finished one of these.
Yep, today's been a good day :-)
Daydreaming of Fall.....
I received an email today from a friend who asked me if I'd "fallen off the blogwagon" since it's been so long since I've blogged, and basically, yes I had. But just because I've been missing from the blogosphere does not mean I haven't been knitting (and doing all the other crazy stuff I normally do). And so I figure since someone other than my mother is "reminding" me about my lack of blogging, it's time to get back on the blogwagon.
Now first, let me just say that there has been some stealth knitting going on. And because it's for a certain someone's birthday, it can't be shown here. It can however be seen on my Ravelry page for those of you who have received your invites. And for those of you who haven't, from what I've been reading on the Ravelry blog, it sounds as if you will be receiving your invites any time now, so hang in there! Anyway, so much for stealth knitting.
Also on the needles are the Sweet Pea Socks which is the first pattern to go out in the Hill Country Yarns Sock Club.
(I have no idea why Cheerleader Daughter's foot looks so HUGE in this pic....)
I'm actually quite a bit further than this pic (taken just earlier today) and am almost ready to bind off the first sock. Woohoo!
I also accidentally felted my Something Red made from a scrumptious brown merino/silk blend and will tell the entire tale when I can do so without sobbing.
This "Something Brown" (now called "Something Felted") was probably one of my favorite FO's (and yes, it was completely finished before I accidentally felted it) and was knit to be worn while I was at Stitches Midwest, but alas.... it wasn't meant to be. I loved this sweater so much though that I'm determined to make another one. Some day.
In other news, football season has begun once more and I'm down to a mere two games per week (Freshman football for Little Brother Football Star and Varsity for Cheerleader Daughter).
Fall must be just around the corner.... I can't wait.
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