Here's the picture to explain the lack of blogging in the last couple of weeks.....



And I have to say, ripping calf muscle and being on crutches....well, just blows.  My DDS swooped in to help while DH had to travel. Then DH swooped back and has been doing double duty while I hobble slowly about the house.  Thank you DDS and DH!!!!!  (And yes, the crutches are resting on a giant hedgehog pillow.  We love it and it gets moved around the house frequently.  I'm always surprised how often we find ourselves thinking " You know what would make this position really comfortable?  A giant hedgehog pillow." )

We had dance rehearsal and recital this weekend and DH,  DD1 and DD2 all did wonderful jobs.  (I was supposed to be dancing with my DH in our recital.    next year! )  Here are my girls, looking way grown-up in their tap and jazz costumes respectively.



DD1 danced to Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy and DD2 danced to Playground

Trying to see the glass as half full (or at least with a few drops in it).....My biceps and abs have had quite the work out the last couple of weeks with the crutches.  And, having to sit with my leg up has resulted in lots of knitting time so at least I have something to show for logging so many hours on the couch.

Here are a few of my FOs



I finished some socks made from my own handspun yarn.  The roving was corriedale from the February shipment of the Spunky Eclectic fiber club . 



The roving originally looked like this and I pulled off the colors into mostly brown, yellow, and orange groups.  When I spun the yarn, I was hoping for a more gradual color shift but I think they came out fine and they are wonderfully warm and soft.  They'll make perfect fall socks.  (Pattern:  The Yarn Harlot's vanilla formula for socks.)

I also have finished a couple of washcloths for end-of-the-year teacher gifts. 



The pattern for this one was written rather than charted so it was fun to watch the pattern emerge.   (Still needs to be blocked.)
Yarn: Tahki Cotton Classic
Pattern: Apples for the teacher from Ravelry by Rachel van Schie



The brown one was knit from organic, naturally colored cotton and it is surprisingly soft for cotton.   (Also still needs to be blocked.)

Yarn: Pakucho organic cotton from Peru from Elann.com
Pattern:  My own interpretation of Vandyke eyelets from Karen Hemingway's book Super Stitches Knitting

I have two more projects that are just about done -- just some basic finishing.  So I'll post about those in a few days.