The *not knitting* update::

Soon, very soon, there will be some knitting news, but not today. Today you get the hodgepodge of pictures taken over the weekend.

Friday Morning:: Dew


Friday Afternoon:: All the animals out to play



Friday Evening:: Bruce!



Saturday:: Pictureless

Sunday:: Bay to Breakers

Monday Soundtrack

It's been a fun weekend, starting with a Bruce concert on Friday night. We saw him in an outdoor stadium in Hershey, PA; the weather was beautiful, and the show was awesome. Today's soundtrack is one of the last songs he played that evening. It's a fun song, and it's been stuck in my head since Friday - while I flew from Philly to Berkeley, while running in the San Francisco Bay to Breakers race yesterday, and while starting my work in the coffee shop this morning!

So, since I can't get it out of my head, I knew it was worth sharing. enjoy*

my latest obsession::

...trying to get shots of the sun peaking through a hole, a break in the clouds, petals, whatever::


if you see it, let me know*

Monday Soundtrack

This is gearing up to be a week of travel. I just returned from my sister's graduation in Syracuse, now I'm in Mass, heading to PA in a couple of days, then off to CA! So to kick off the summer season of travel, here's a fun song about the states...

This is Erin McKeown, if you haven't seen her in concert before she can put on quite a show. go watch, I'll be driving, flying, and knitting*

scratched an itch

After weeks of cables, seed stitch, and the continued sweater knitting, I had an itch for a quick and easy stockinette project. On Monday I cast on for the Felicity Hat, and it kept my head warm all day today!


A hat in spring? Yes. I'm still preparing for more chilly nights and even a few bone-chilling, wind blowing days this summer. I'm a boyscout like that - all prepared and ready for the challenge.


So a hat it is, but I think this is a perfect "summer" hat - it's rather loosely knit, and it doesn't hug your head, so I think it'll allow for some air circulation... I'll report back in mid-July.



Details:
Felicity pattern found here.
Needles - US 5 & 7
Yarn - Classic Elite Inca Alpaca
Modifications - Cast on 90 stitches rather than 70, and adjusted the pattern accordingly

now... if only I had the itch to grade and pack up for the summer.

Monday Soundtrack

Another good, hard working song for Monday!

I posted about this song back in August/September as I was studying for my comprehensive exams. Like many of my favorites, this one has spent some time on repeat. And I checked, last week's song is currently in third place, while this week's is the number one most played song in my itunes!

I turned to this one again last week as I prepared to defend my proposal. Luckily that went off without a hitch, so my really hard work ended for the semester, and I'm gearing up for a summer of camping on the weekends and research during the week...

I'm sorry I couldn't find a better video version, but here you go, enjoy*

It's the Weekend!

And I'm knitting! I'm splitting my time between more striped jaywalkers::

and the sleeves for my Vivian sweater::
Yes, things are going swimmingly, hehe::