Sick One

Not me yet, but one of my girls was sick this week which means nothing goes as plan.  I did managed to get some knitting while waiting at doctors' offices.  Yes, more then one visit this week.

 Finished this shawl but ran out of yarn again.  I just did a picot bind off in grey.

Started this plain sock.  Need waiting around projects to work on.

Trying to finish these bird socks.  Getting close!

Just need to bind off but its 4 rows that only pick up 2 of the stitches.  I can only handle about an hour of this and then I need to go to something else.

Arizona State Fair Results

One handspun got first place and best in show.  I've never won best in show before.  I'm happy to have gotten both for this yarn.  I really like how it turned out and I'm glad the judges like it too.

My green handspun yarn got third place and the other yarn didn't place.

For my knitting, my socks got first place.  Second and third place went to my friend so I was happy for her.

My purple handspun shawl didn't place but I can't wait to get it back since it was knitted with the handspun that got first place last year.

What Have I Been Up To?

I have been trying hard to finish up some projects and almost done spinning a Loop Batt.

The grey shawl just needs to be bind off.  The problem is that in 4 rows, I only bind off 2 stitches (don't ask me how many stitches need to be bind off).  I spent an hour on it and it doesn't look like I did anything to it.   The Double knit shark scarf is SO close to being finished after a year.  I started in Sept 2014 and hubby loves the idea of actually using it this winter!  The colorful one is the Mermaid blanket I started for B.  It's very slow going and I only have like 8" done for the 44" I need.  Good thing its getting cooler so it won't be so bad on my lap.  I don't know if it will be done for Christmas or not.  The brown, yellow and blue is a shawl out of my handspun yarn.  I'm almost done one skein and like 7 more to go.  Here is some picture of the bump I've been spinning.

First Place for ALL!!

I don't have my items back (socks, shawl and 3 handspun yarns) but I have the ribbons and mark sheets.  The items are off to Arizona State Fair.