Clearly...

... the apple doesn't fall far from the tree :)

Sometimes (like tonight, for instance), I wonder how the heck my daughter got to be such a colossal drama queen. Then I look in the mirror and think "Oh. Right."

*Sigh* It's been a super busy week. I'd like to say that I've been working non-stop on my Ravelympics Honeybee cardigan, but I really haven't. The pattern, while beautiful, is quite fussy, and it's taking me entire evenings to complete 12 rows. So yeah, it's going to be a while...

I'm also quite busy at work, and super happy with my new position and getting to know my colleagues. I realize this might qualify me for total geek status, but I get SUCH a kick out of doing real "librarian" stuff like reference interviews and cataloging and such. And the fact that I get to casually throw around words like "randomised controlled trials" and "antenatal" (apparently, prenatal is SOoooOOO passe) and MeSH terms makes me feel like a total frickin' Ninja Librarian.

Oh, before I forget! Check out Phil's new kite!

11 x 14 feet in size, still missing a proper tail, but apparently the darling of the Festi-Vent nevertheless.

Happy Knitting Everyone!

Competition

The Ravelympics are finally upon us, dear readers, and overachiever/supah-freak that I am, I signed up for three, yes THREE, events: the hat half pipe, the sweaterboard, and the lace luge.
We'll get to the two latter events later, but first, I give you my first (and perhaps only) finished object of the 2010 Ravelympics.

Brooke's Column of Leaves Knitted Hat pattern, knit with Madelinetosh Tosh Worsted (the old worsted) in the Cherry colourway. Cast on at 9 PM on February 12th, and wove in the ends February 14th at roughly 12:30 (ish).

Pretty good time, considering the hectic schedule around here, but sadly nowhere near fast enough to put me anywhere near the virtual podium for this event.

I also cast on Laura Chau's Honeybee Cardigan for the sweaterboard event. I'm knitting this with Malabrigo sock yarn, and the pattern isn't exactly yer mindless knit, so it'll be interesting to see if I can finish this one before the closing ceremonies on February 28th.


"But what of the lace luge?" you may be asking. Well, I suppose I could have entered this project into that even as well, as there's a hefty amount of lace in the pattern. But noooOOOOOOooo, in a moment of what I can only deem absolute lunacy, I decided to tackle one of the Japanese crochet doily patterns from the book I showed you a few posts back. I figured that the Olympics, even the Knitting Olympics, were about challenging yourself.

Yeah, clearly I haz the insanity.

Happy Knitting Everyone!