Another Break

I just can't do the blog right now. Pretty much every minute of every day is accounted for before it starts. It's been okay, I feel like I'm managing, but just barely. To add to things, I start my seconday placement in a week and a half at a high school teaching goverment and geography, which means I have to learn about government and geography pretty quickly. And I'm moving on the 12th and have a ton of stuff to do to the house before we move in. So give me a couple weeks, and maybe then I'll be somewhat interesting. Here are some reasons to check my blog in the future:

before and after house pictures
two sweaters that should be done soon

Okay, I thought there were going to be more, but I think that's it.

Winter Accessories

I bought some Suss shawl kits for super cheap a while ago. I made one of them and decided that I wasn't really into that kind of shawl pattern, so I decided to make something else with the other one. That's where I got the yarn for my daughter's hat/scarf/mitten set. Here they are in our annual leaf picture:



Now I'm going to have to buy her a purple winter coat. The rest of my knitting projects have been coming along very slowly, due to my new hectic lifestyle, but I have made some progress on my kiddo's cardigan, I'll have to post pictures when I get the front and back done.

Here's Something

Oh, apparently when I said I would post pictures on Wednesday, I meant the Wednesday more than a week later. Some day I will have my act together. For now, I have pictures of things I made back when I had all the time in the world.



I knitted these mittens (from the second Stitch N' Bitch book) for my daughter last winter. One warm day not too long ago when mittens seemed far away I knitted a pair for myself. (Can I wear these in public, I wonder?) My daughter thinks they're itchy (Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride), and she's probably right. If I made these again I would use a merino wool, I think, but they're fun, and from the house to the car, or for 15 minutes of recess duty I think I can handle it.

Quick Update

I started student teaching today and it was just fine. Everything went quite well, as a matter of fact. (What was I so worried about?) So I had been thinking that I would have to put off all knitting and other crafting until mid-December when I am done, but now I think I will most likely have a little free time now and then (though I do have comprehensive exams in a month). I plan to post pictures of a completed project or two on Wednesday (which may mean Thursday or Friday). I am also about to start the sleeves for my Jesse's Flames. I just may get that thing finished sometime.