SpringPlum

So very close to summer vacation, but the days keep getting busier.

So busy in fact the only knitting that I’ve been able to squeeze in was at Sunday’s Stitch ‘n Bitch. Three hours of knitting–eek! I’d have withdrawals if I weren’t too tired for them. Therefore, I’ve decided to dedicate at least one hour each day to knitting or knitting-related activities–yarn shopping and trolling for patterns counts. Starting today. I actually came up with this idea yesterday but…I went to see Indiana Jones instead. Sorry, Harrison Ford with a whip trumps knitting any day of the week.

I’m going to go get my hair cut today. Sounds like no big thing, right? Hah! I get my hair cut about twice a year when I just can’t stand it anymore. It gets whacked off and then it grows for six months. And boy does it grow fast. I realized a couple of weeks ago that I’ve been going through this cycle since I graduated high school–10 years ago! Same hair style too. It is way past time for a change. You’re not supposed to look exactly the same at your high school reunion. Here’s a before photo–

This was taken two years ago at my bridal shower. Doesn’t matter though; same hair cut for 10 years. Only the length has ever changed. Until today! Dum dum da da da dummmmm…

I stopped by the Woolie Ewe just to see if they happened to have the Jaggerspun Zephyr that I need for the Peacock Feathers shawl. They were out of plum, but even if they did have it, I of course wouldn’t have bought it yet since there’s 3 more weeks of school left, and I am on a schedule. (If you believe that, I’ve got a bridge I’d like to sell you.) I left empty-handed but virtuous–then I checked the mail. See what my husband got me as a job-finding gift–

Matt is the best. Now I have the needles that I need for the Sheep Shawl as well as the yarn and pattern. Dang it! Must keep resisting…

Also in the mailbox was some yarn from a swap with Moppett. I traded her my Knit Picks Shadow in Grape Jelly for the same yarn but in Jewels.

The photo doesn’t really do the colorway justice. It has faint bits of purple and teal mixed in with the blue. Very pretty and will probably end up as something for my mom.

The Sheep Shawl haunts me; it calls to me.  It needs to be knit.  Now.  The only reason that I haven’t succumbed to temptation and cast on is that I don’t have the right needle for it.  Whoo.  Dodged that.  Is the fact that I’m also looking at yarn for the Peacock Feathers shawl a bad sign?

On the work front, I signed a contract for my new job next semester.  The school is very nice and so is the district.  No more crappy, depressing, extremely low-paying inner-city job for me.  Super-duper excited.