Black Sheep, Lace Bugs, and Summer School

Finally, I'm sitting down to write my Black Sheep post. Black Sheep was amazing! I spent too much money and therefore decided not to do Sock Summit. Besides I have enough sock yarn already to keep me in the sock until winter. I got five skeins of Socks That Rock (three are for another Clapotis), a skein of TOFUtsies, and a hank of lace yarn from Tactile. I finally got some HiyaHiya needles that I can't wait to try and a project bag from a friend of mine. I've been carrying it everywhere. My class with Joan was awesome. She brought several sweaters that she had knit to show us how some of the techniques she was teaching us could be used. I've decided that I will never be that prolific of a knitter, not for lack of trying though. ; )

Soft Horizons Stitch-a-thon was this last Friday and Saturday. I was only able to make if for a while on Friday afternoon and evening. I do have a hat that I need to take down to them tomorrow. It's made from virgin wool and it made me sneezy. Good thing it was from their donations bin, I'm taking the left overs back as well. Here's what it looks like -

I must also report that I've been bitten by the lace bug. I enjoyed making the Ice Queen Cowl (but the provisional cast-on has been a PITA to take out). I started the Cold Mountain Stole from Knitty the other day with the Tactile lace yarn I got at Black Sheep and I'm loving both the yarn and the pattern. Well, the pattern after I realized that some of the decreases are SSK instead of K2tog. You'd think that after 20+ years I'd have learned how to read things. Sigh I'll post a picture of it soon. I've also seen several other lace patterns that I really want to knit, hence the lace bug. We'll see how that turns out.

Summer classes have been going well. I'm loving the linguistics class, to the point where I'm wondering if I'm in the wrong field. Hmmm. The German Cinema class is pretty good as well and the short 'n' sweet Scandinavian Myth and Magic class left me wanting more... in a good way. I think these summer class are going to be better than the ones I took during the school year.

I Survived School (Among Other Things)

Wow, it's been a while since I written anything. School have kept me running around in circles.
But I survived Spring term and the 2008-09 school year. Woohoo!! I finished up my finals on Tuesday but I missed the last meeting for my Religion and Ecology class (stupid vertigo attack). I'm so happy to have gotten through this year, it was a really tough one. But I have found a new love - Tai Chi. I started taking it during Winter term and I moved to my teacher's community class just this week. I love it sooo much.

Black Sheep is looming closer and closer. I can't wait!!! And I got a Ravelry button to wear for it, especially for the Black Sheep Bingo. My knitting circle is having a potluck at one of the member's houses the day before. I need to start thinking of something to take for it. I'm counting down the days 'til fiber-y fun! After Black Sheep comes Summer classes. I'm looking forward to them, summer classes at UO are much more laid back than ones during the rest of the school year.

In knitting related news I made two dish/washcloths for the World Wide Knit in Public event today. I've been knitting for over a year now and these were the first ones I've made. Here's a picture of them. The top one is Tulip Washcloth (a pattern from Plymouth Yarn) and the one under it is Seed Stitch Windows Dishcloth (from Rav).

My (maternal) Grandma from Ontario was down for a visit over Memorial Day weekend. The whole family survived the visit. The Saturday after my Mom and I went on a we-survived-Grandma's-visit celebration trip to Portland. I got to go to both Twisted and Knit-Purl. I now has TOFUtsies! And my Mom saw a store display of some fingerless mitts at Twisted that she really liked, so I'm making her a pair out of Panda Soy. We also found out that navigating Portland can be made even more interesting by having roads block off for a parade. It took us close to half an hour to get from Knit-Purl to Powell's. Oh you wonderful one way streets, you make my life so interesting.