KNITTING WITHOUT DOG HAIR IS NOT AN OPTION

The long weekend - Memorial Day weekend - was there, was nice, and already feels long gone. And I am saying this three days later. Oh well - gotta hang in there until Fourth of July now.

So, three days of doing nothing but relaxing at the house - gimme more... Here are some weekend pix for your approval:

Bored fiber dogs - because Mommy either knitted, spun or cleaned or watched The Sopranos and knitted. BORING FOR DOGS!!!

And since Noah is such a laid back guy who lays around most of the day - I took another shot of his front paw. His front paws remind me of fuzzy slippers - not very manly, but extremely cute. ;-)

And Hermione is always busy - just the opposite of Noah. Her favorite toy is a racquetball:

We also spent some time outside - and I got sunburned. Geez... I should know better. What can a couple of hours do? Well, they make you turn red... While outside I also noticed that the rose bushes in the front yard decided to bloom without any help. I am always amazed how pretty they are, especially since I do nothing for them but cut them down to almost nothing every fall...

And a cute bug - not a stitch marker this time. :-)

And there were quite a few FOs in knitting (also spinning, but that'll have to wait)...

I finished three multi-directional scarves. One of them is actually more a wrap than a scarf. I love the pattern. I think this could be a very good universal Christmas gift for 2007.

Yarn: 2 balls of Noro Silk Garden Lite (color No. 2018B)
(45% silk, 45% kid mohair, 10% lamb wool - 50gr/125m)
Needles: US size #5

And since I had some leftover yarn from the second ball - I added a little fringe.

I knitted this wrap with BIG needles (US size #17) to make the garter stitch really airy. It turned into a very fluffy and soft wrap. Perfect for the bus ride - the A/C blasts and I usually freeze my behind off...

Yarn: 2 balls of Laines Du Nord - Kiddy print
(80% kid mohair, 20% polyamid - 1.76oz/230 yds)

And now - drumroll please! My first project knitted with handspun yarn. Yes, no kidding - I bought the roving last year at SAFF:

And it turned into this...

It spun into a single ply yarn with 19 wpi and I ended up with approx. 300 yds. That was pretty dandy for my first real spinning, I thought. And now the scarf:

The scarf has a few spots where the yarn is a lot thicker than at other places. But I have to say I am pretty happy with the result. :-)

And while acquiring the sunburn, I also finished the first Monkey Sock:

I SO LOVE THESE COLORS!!!

Definitely summer colors to brighten a cold and grey winter day! I started the second sock with the second ball and the colors pool completely differently. Very cool!

The weekend was nice and relaxing and a good break before the craziness of this and next week. My coworker is on vacation in Ecuador, and when she gets back, I have her by my side for only three more weeks before she quits. In that time, I need her to hold my hand while she teaches me all the nooks and crannies of our accounting, etc., and everything else she does. At the same time (sounds almost like a knitting pattern...) I have to look for her replacement. We've had several candidates in this week, and I hope my boss and I can choose someone from them. Cross your fingers. It would really ease my mind to find someone before I'm all alone. Otherwise, I don't think there's enough knitting I can do to keep my sanity. :-)