Blue

Even if you love winter, it's just hanging on too long.

So I decided to break out some of my ways to beat the blues.

Hexi puffs galore. 

Although, I did find out that I can't knit them in the car any more.  Bumpy roads + little needles =  car sickness. 

Now, back to your regularly scheduled gray, damp spring.

Spring fever - I've got it

It's a bit embarrassing to have to admit that I've only completed two little baby hats since we last met. 

Yes, there has been ribbing (and binding off - woot!) completed on the gray Breezy Cardigan and I've actually had to rip out and re-cast on for the Acer Cardigan (new yarn was absolutely necessary) and I've worked a few more rows on the Fledermaus but it all boils down to -

Spring Fever.

Baby hats are merely a drop in the bucket of what I want to accomplish right now.

The Baby Leaves Baby Hat is easy and charming.

The second hat - an Otis Baby Hat - was fun as well.

(Flicker is playing jokes on me right now!)

But the best thing going on right now is

Spring. 

Next up on the springtime front? 

Shepherd's Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival on May 11-12, 2013!

Just say, "I forgot."

If you are of a certain age - old enough to remember sitting around listening to comedy albums - this classic line from Steve Martin fit my week perfectly. 

In 2009, the Minnesota Knitters' Guild's service project was collecting squares for afghans for charitable groups. We spent a year collecting squares and then had a gala meeting in January 2010 where we sewed up afghans. As a MKG officer, I stayed late sewing up and even took one home for sewing up before the next meeting.

This week, after moving and bagging the stash behind my chair due to an infestation of moths (ugh!), I found the pieces to this afghan and sewed it up.

I am not even sure if I know who was collecting the afghans but I promise to get it back to them. Three years later. And about those moths? They only touched one skein of yarn - because they were busy eating my expensive wool rug. It is currently being repaired and moth proofed. Sigh.

Just in time for a silent auction at my church, the Liberty Cowl. Simple to knit and the yarn does all the work.

 Leaving my plenty of time for my gray Breezy cardigan - I'm finishing up the ribbing! - and my Acer cardigan - cables are in existence! - and enjoying this FABULOUS MINNESOTA SPRING WEATHER!!