July's events

So the month of July was a very very busy one around here. We got back from one vacation, got ready for another, and in between I did a bit of spinning, knitting and pattern releasing. Here's the update.

Spinning:
Air, merino/tencel

Knitting:
Maillot Jaune socks
Flip (not actually knit, but finally photographed and blogged about)
2 hr handspun hat
Ethereal (this has to be my fastest ever turnaround from fiber to yarn to FO)

Other:
Four Tour de France sock patterns released as test versions. Those free versions have now been deactivated, and I'm hoping to have the for sale versions up in the next week or so.
Inaugural UK dyeing of some silk yarn in my new £10 crock pot (not blogged yet)

We're staring down the barrel of yet another trip - back to the States for a family wedding - so posting may be thin for the next little while. Rest assured, things are happening, even if this little corner of the internets is quiet for a bit.

What did I do in June?

Well, I'll tell you. I did some spinning (Merino, superwash Merino) and knit a few things (sweater, blanket, wee bag).

A fairly good month, I'd say!

Catching up

Not that I've been incredibly productive wool-wise in the past couple of months, but here's a list of progress:

April:
Packing of one 2100 sq foot house.
My First BSJ TM
KoM Socks
Ply by Night Cowl
Yarn School Corrie singles
Aleita Vest fail

May
A (semi)succesful relocation to London
Not strangling my small children
Reknit of cuff of KoM socks (unblogged)
1/2 of MJ socks (also not yet blogged)
YS Corrie plying

I think it's safe to say that it's clear that I've been doing other things over the last month. June looks to be a better month so far!

Progress? What progress?

Somehow I managed to forget my report for February, so I've combined it with the report for March, just to keep things up to date.

February:
Knitting - Boo's socks and the Booby Hat
Spinning - Preppy Longwool and Night Sky

March:
Knitting - Manon, La Nadadora (finished long ago, but only just published and blogged, so I'll count that project as finally finished), DNA socks and unblogged mitts (yarn flashed here), pattern to be submitted somewhere.
Spinning - twas a Blue Faced month! Yarn School Blue BFL (finished skein not blogged) and the swoony-worthy Briar Rose BFL for Ply by Night March/April.

Happy Groundhog Day!

Mondays kind of suck. The weekend never seems quite long enough, you have to get up early again, and the whole work thing is kind of a drag. However, when you have managed to somehow finagle your still-somewhat-jet-lagged husband to get up with not one, but both kids, allowing you to sleep for 11+ hours for the first time in (probably) five years, there's not much room for complaining. Even though I will try.

It's been a crazy few weeks - IM went on a week long business trip, Mermaid came to visit, the girls' daycare moved into a new building (where Boo's new teacher lasted all of three days before becoming persona non grata - oops!), and things swung into high gear on our moving plans. The grownups in the family are going to look for a place to live in a couple of weeks. Is is silly that I am inordinately excited about 1) a business class trip to London and 2) a week with no kids? Ok, the second part of that isn't silly, but the first part? Anyway...I'm hoping to keep my finishing-up-of-long-undone-WIPs streak alive by finishing Manon before we leave. Because I'm pretty sure it's not going to be 70-something degrees in the UK.

January was a big achievement month. Here's the recap:
Knitting
Boo's Tomten
Sunset Surf scarf (from handspun)
Devil's stripey pink socks

Spinning
Buckland, 8 oz of Finn top from Hello Yarn Fiber Club, November 2008
Spun 8 oz of Crown Mountain Farm superwash merino
Finished the second 4 oz of my first Yarn School spinning

Unblogged:
Two pairs of earrings (Rav link)
I finally finished the knitting on Duck Returns. However, I think it has a new intended target, so no pix until it's totally finished (lined) and in the mail and received on the other end.
I also had to lengthen Ironman's Christmas socks a bit, so I ripped out the cuffs, knit about 2 more inches on each, and finished them off. And I still have yarn left. Love that Trekking XXL!
Spun another 4 oz of my first Longwool (Masham) from Yarn School

And just in case anyone is concerned that Boo is getting left out in the sock department (and to save you from yet another picture-less post), behold the in progress sock. And if she pulls another screaming fit before 5:00 am tomorrow like she did this morning, I will make the foot longer and give them to her big sister. So there.