Where have I been?
Warping.

I’ll have pics here later, but for now, know this: I’m an idiot.

No really. I found out from Syne Mitchell of Weavecast that I took on a ridiculously difficult first project. This surprised me not at all. I had some linen on cones just sitting around so I thought I should use it. I warped with that

Then I wove four placemats–plain tabby, then twill (1/3 and 2/2) and had a ball.

I had no one to tell me that I was insane to start with linen. Probably why it came out just fine. If I don’t know it’s impossible I won’t know I can’t do it. I started the same way with knitting. It Is My Way.

And I think the placemats came out pretty well, all things considered. I would NEVER have chosen that color on my own, but like I said…I had cones lying around, so…

Now (again, becasue I’m an idiot) I’m warping 22 epi crochet cotton into a double sleyed Huck Lace table runner.

Um.
We’ll see.

But that’s where I’ve been. I’ve actually had to organize my nights, and I try to weave only when Andrew’s out of town because it’s (a) not silent and (b) not something I can do on the couch and, you know, I kinda like being near him.

On the knitting side of my life I’m fixing the length of my “Springtime in Paris” socks from the Six Sox KAL. I love these socks. I love that they’re Tofutsies yarn. I hate that they’re too big. So the night I started Harry Potter x7, I did a little experiment and tried pulling the toe out to see if just stretching the sock would make it fit better.

It did.

So now I’ve inserted dpns, ripped out the toe of one of the socks down to the dpn, and am reknitting the toe. I’m already excited.

I’ve also started on my Pomotomous sock again. I think the beast will last forever.

I’ve also GOT to work more on MS#3. Sigh.

Oh, and then there’s the day job. And soon there will be homeschooling too.

And the Philosopher Podcast that’s taken me forever to edit. Because I laughed too much. A good reason to edit, but also a good time.

Soon.

Off to that day job.