Productive Saturday

Roxie and I had a photo shoot today.

She's been doing so well lately. She's becoming more and more affectionate, but this is the look I get most often:

The "I'm keeping an eye on you lady" look.

We've also progressed into the infamous shadow stage in greyhound post-track development. This is about how close she is to me at all times:

The goal of the shoot was to get a photo for my desk at work. I think we have a winner:

I went to Butterfly today to pick up an order I made. Enough Plymouth Encore for another sweater for Hubby:

Hubby is so excited about this sweater. All he knows is that it's gray and that's all that matters to him. He was genuinely excited about yarn. He's a keeper, for sure.

I've just a few more rows and the Cobblestone sleeves will be done. Before I start the body, I think I might reward myself by casting on for Composed Mitts. I've got all my yarn:

Have a lovely Saturday.

Is it Friday yet?!?

I cannot believe that it is only Wednesday. It has been the longest week of my life. Work is no joke recently. All good stuff. It's just kickin' my behind.

I've been a little anxious about this quilt that has a deadline. See I got the idea, researched the perfect fabric, waited for fabric to arrive, waited for free time, waited for free time, etc. Then when the opportunity approached, I couldn't find my rotary cutting mat. Dammit. So I had to get a new one, which wasn't all that bad because I got a bigger one.

So after working late tonight and facing the fact that it is Wednesday and the quilt has a Sunday deadline, I faced cutting fabric and getting started. In a little over an hour I had this:

I am a little shocked at how fast I pulled this out. Granted, it's big blocks and not so much sewing. I still think I made great time. Plus check out these corners:

I didn't have time to iron (ok, you caught me. I just didn't want to.), but you get the idea.

This is a man quilt for my brother-in-law. His birthday was yesterday and we're meeting up with him this weekend. A few years back he made several requests for a quilt and I said "no" flat out. (I can be rude, no?) I guess I didn't think he would appreciate it. Enough time has passed that I am certain he will not be expecting this. What guy wouldn't love a wood blanket with saw blades and tools?

Sleevie update:

One done.

One almost done.

Oh yeah. For those that were wondering, I frogged a different sweater that was half knit to get the yarn for this one. Remember this? Yeah, me neither.

A Sweater's Worth

Frogging a whole sweater is no fun.


Takes way too long. You gotta undo seems (just one more reason to knit seamless), wind it up again. I probably should have "refreshed" the yarn, but I'm afraid this particular yarn isn't going to take to too much more findlin'.

It is all done.
Thanks to felted joins, I've got huge center pull balls for the body of my sweater.

p.s. There's a quilting project in the works. Yes, that's wood fabric. Awesome.