I must be out of my socks!

So, Master Knitter Level 1 is at the Review committee, Craft Yarn Council Instructors Program Level 1 is out for Review, I am working on the Second Level.

So the question is this - should I continue to work deligently on all that is due, or should I stagger of the path and actually start a new project.

(insert Jeopardy music here)

And the answer is - why start a new project of course.

Sock Yarn Blanket by Shelly Kang

Photo by Shelly Kang

Pattern Available at http://shellykang.com

This is just an amazing project - that will use up all the sock yarn odds and ends I have in my stash, and can be worked on in small cramped areas like the car!!!! Can hardly wait to get started - what a great take along project it will be (well at least the first row of individual squares that is.)

Update on Tree of Life - it should be completed by August 15th (that is the date I have aimed for). I will keep you posted.

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It's Off to Swatch We Go. . .

We swatch all day and swatch all night, hi-ho, hi-ho. . .

only 3 swatches to go to complete the requirements for the Certified Knitting Instructors program with the Craft Yarn Council of America.

And the swatches and projects for The Knitting Guild's Master Knitter program left earlier this week. Have 6-8 weeks to wait to receive the Review Committee's report. Keeping my needles crossed that I have only corrective comments and nothing to re-do.

I can hardly wait to get back to a big project like the Tree of Life afghan!!

Question: What should you knit when its 40 degrees with humidity

Answer: The biggest wool blend baby afghan in the world. Nothing keeps you as cool as having a pool of wool insulating your lap when you are having a heat wave, and when it gets big enough - it will also drape down your legs to keep them insulated from the heat as well.

Only 1 month to go until baby arrives! and I am almost 1/2 of the way complete! Stay tuned for more updates. It should move faster now that I am actually in air conditioning as I was only able to work on this daily from about 7 am until 9 am at the latest - after that it was actually too hot to knit anything. But at least the view was fantastic!