Where has the time gone?

I don’t know what happened.  It’s the middle of September already!

Our summer hours schedule ended last week and I really miss the extra day off. I don’t miss getting up an hour earlier and getting home an hour later.

Last weekend our daughter and the twins stayed with us and we all went to a birthday party for our son’s children.  It was back to work on Monday.  I’ve had something going on every night this week and it’s Friday already.

I finished the orchid hippo and should be able to take some pictures this weekend.  I also plan to finish some sewing/knitting projects as well as post a couple of tutorials.  Wow!  That’s pretty ambitious!!

The yarn for my class still needs to be wound into balls.  I prefer doing that by hand so I can find any knots or other problems before I knit with it.  Mr. Aitch is pretty good with helping me do that.  Sounds like an after-dinner project for tonight.

Postponed

There was a message on my answering machine when I got home from work on Friday.  My felted bag class which was supposed to begin tomorrow has been postponed for one week.  Bummer.

The class has been extended one week.  Still a bummer since there is a two-day conference that I CAN NOT miss that very same week as the final class…unless I choose to not be gainfully employed to maintain my knitting habit.

Conference dates

There is a very slight possibility that I can still get to part of the final class.  We shall see.

On a happier note – I want to wish Mr. Aitch a very happy birthday!

 

Hippos

These are the newest additions to our knitting family.  Rebecca Danger’s Harriet the Haberdashery Hippo pattern in the 2011 Fall issue of Knit Simple.

 

 

Purple – Red Heart Super Saver, Lavender

Pink – Caron Simply Soft, Strawberry

Black felt for the eyes.  I just love the tails.

If everything goes according to plan, they should have a sister in Caron Simply Soft Orchid very, very soon.