Finished!

I have completed Clue 2 of the second Mystery Sweater for the Warm Woolies knitalong! Woohoo! Of course, those of you who read and remember every detail that I post here (lol) will remember that Clue 3 was released on April 24. But better late than never, right?


That white stripe down the center is actually a measuring tape, which shows that the body of the sweater is 13.5 inches long at this point. On to the shoulders.

The Rivendell sock is also coming along. The heel is completed and I'm nearly halfway through the foot. I hope to have a completed sock to photograph for my next post.

In other news, I have now turned in my completed application to the appropriate office at school, along with the required side trips to pay the application fee and request a(nother) transcript audit. Then there was the extra "field trip" to the office where the application packet said I was supposed to submit it. Of course, once I got there, I found a sign on the door telling me to go to another office in a different building. For the record, I printed off this new, updated application on Tuesday, May 26 (because before that the online version still said it was for the June 1, 2008 deadline) and submitted it on Friday, May 29. Quick move for an entire office! And with construction vehicles blocking two doorways, I ended up walking about half a mile (from the handicapped parking area!) to get everything properly submitted. Perhaps they're hoping that a percentage of the applicants will just give up and apply to another school?

Knitting Again

Finally, some more knitting! I'm currently working on some socks for a friend. She bought me the yarn and the pattern, and it was months and months ago. Unfortunately, the Rivendell sock pattern is entirely dependent on gauge for correct measurements, so I've had to switch needles several times before being able to get socks that would actually fit this friend. (There is no other way to adjust the circumference of these sock. Usually it's possible to add or subtract a motif or a repeat of a stitch pattern to allow for different sized feet/ankles.) The really frustrating part is that it takes a couple of inches before being able to get an accurate measurement, so I've done a lot more knitting (and frogging) than it looks like. However, I've got the right size now! This picture was taken just at the beginning of the heel, and I've even added a bit since then. Also, the color is a little off, but this shot shows the pattern, which I think is more important at this point. :)



Also, 2 of the secret projects that I've been working on are now completed and sent to their new homes. Woohoo! One of my scarf groups has had quite a few problems, including having the original moderator step down suddenly and having one of the members kidnap two of the scarves. However, a number of very kind people volunteered to help me make "Angel scarves" for them. They all knit one or more sections for each of the scarves and mailed them to me. I then kitchenered/grafted all of the sections together, added my own sections, and bound off. One scarf is already home and the other's owner doesn't read my blog, so here are the pictures.

Silence

"Dark have been my dreams of late." -- Theoden

That quote explains quite clearly the blog silence for the past couple of weeks. I've been knitting things that are secret/surprise gifts, so I can't post about that. Work is normally so boring that it's of no use as blog fodder. (Although I am pleased that the dealership where I work is not one of the ones that's being forced to close, the other two dealerships owned by "my" auto group are on that black list, so who knows what's going to happen as they scramble to consolidate positions and job descriptions?)

My mom and sister are on vacation right now -- at this moment I believe they're still on their whale watching cruise out of Port Angeles, WA. That's been another fun thing lately -- explaining to all who ask (and they all ask!) why I'm not going with them. Vacations/trips used to be something I lived for. As soon as I returned from one, I was planning the next. Getting over that is proving to be more difficult than I'd like.

Oh, and I might be becoming more proof that anxiety frequently goes with depression. For example, since I'm home alone for 10 days, I've got my cell phone within 3 feet of me at all times, just in case I fall and break a leg or something. What fun! [/sarcasm] It turns out that I internalized a lot more of the "Ella's so stupid, always nervous about everything. And lazy! Depressed. Hmph. She should just snap out of it." comments about my grandmother (that I'm sure I wasn't really supposed to hear when I was a child) than I'd realized. Fun again! Joy and rapture even.

Oh. Um. [/sarcasm] Again. No, I mean it this time. See? I've stopped typing.