I've Been Attacked!

Hello!

Remember me?????

I'm the one who used to blog all the time!

I think my body and mind have been taken over 

by aliens.

Seriously!

I'm not sure just who I am anymore.

The person who now inhabits my body

likes to clean out drawers, closets, and cubbyholes!

She also likes to finish things!

Sheesh!!!

Who is she anyway?????

We had 20+ folks for a potluck dinner the other evening,

and it was grand!

The weather couldn't have been nicer.

It was so warm many of us enjoyed for d'oeuvres

and/or dinner on our patios.

The wonderful sunflower up above 

was part of the bouquets I had on the tables.

I wanted to thank a lot of the folks 

who had brought dinners after my surgery,

plus two of our friends are headed off to

Emory for medical treatments,

and I hoped that having a little party

would make them also 

'feel the love and support' of our great group!

So good luck to Joe and Jim

as they enter the skilled hands of Emory's 

very knowledgeable and professional environment.

As for finishing,

I managed to take these socks off of my needles the other evening!

WooHoo!

Our weather is still chilly enough most mornings

to enjoy a warm pair of woolies on our feet.

In cleaning out my yarn stash,

I came across one finished Kellswater sock,

and yarn to knit it's companion.

The Kellswater is the blue one on the right.

The other sock is a vanilla afterthought heel,

yarn by Fab Funky Fibres

in the Chocolate Melba Battenburg colorway.

The partner for the Fab Funky Fibre sock

also had not been started….

so, they are both sharing one long circular,

and will be finished at the same time!

I love the Kellswater design

It has these cute little cables running up the front,

and the nice diamond in between.

The cuff is also a bit different:

I know that I will love wearing these!

I'm also working on the second Mini-Bunny Loves

bunny by Susan B. Anderson:

I love this pattern.

Susan makes adding the arms, ears, and feet

so very easy!

(She has a wonderful blog, often offering 

giveaways, and also podcasting occasionally.)

I can't wait to add the faces

AND of course the little cardigans.

I finished this darling hat for Maggie

a while back

and I have seen her wearing it!

That always makes me happy!!

I had stopped knitting on my Sycamore Vest

several months ago.

I was afraid that after blocking it

(as per pattern directions), it had stretched too much,

and it was not going to fit properly.

Dr. Sock made a house call yesterday afternoon

and reassured me that all was indeed well.

So, I seamed the shoulders,

picked up the required stitches around the neck,

and I'm back on track with it!

YAYYYY!

My Boyfriend Cardi is blocking as I write,

awaiting the addition of it's pockets,

and my Stones & Stripes Shawl

is also blocking.  (Dr. Sock helped me 

add the blocking wires, as I'd never done that before!).

I think both of these will get a lot of use this Spring.

By the way, if you don't have a personal Dr. Sock,

you need to find one!  She gets me through the roughest of knitting spots!  I love my dear friend

Roberta, aka Dr. Sock!

So, that is what I'm up to!

I hope to get started sewing up my table runners from 

my marathon snow dyeing this next week.

They will be great additions to our 

Spring and Summer dining table.

I am through with my second week

of radiation treatments

(10 rounds down, only 23 to go!),

with no adverse effects noted.

I do get tired, but I think that is more a side effect

to my increased activity and the time change.

Hope you too have had loads of energy

and have put it to good use!

Thanks for popping in!

Peace and Best Wishes to You and Yours!