Regarding the last post, I've had several people ask me how I ended up on crutches.  It was a freak tap dancing injury.  Yes, really.  A tap dancing injury.  It was about 20 minutes into class and I simply stepped forward to do a half pivot turn and pow. The major part of that word is "ow".   Luckily DH was right next to me and there is an MD in our class so first aid was immediate and comprehensive.  Recovery will also be comprehensive just not as immediate -- a few more weeks and stretching and I should be just about back to normal. 

Milestone:

DD#1 and DD#2 went to their last day of school as 4th and 1st graders respectively.


And came home as 5th and 2nd graders!



And so then there was knitting as my dupa is still spending a significant amount of time on the couch waiting for calf muscles to heal. Here are a few of the fruits of those labors.....

FO #1


Pattern:  Beer Gloves by Kurt Fausset
Made for:  Mr. Rose, DD#2's 1st grade teacher although I altered the pattern name to the ubiquitous "fingerless mitts" so as not to cross beer drinking with 1st grade teacher.  Probably overly cautious on my part.
Yarn:  Elsebeth Lavold silky wool in gray.  1 ball
Mods:  I left off the textured pattern in the palm as no one would really see it anyway.

FO #2


Pattern:  Basic Socks
Yarn:  My own handspun* from Soul Windows roving from Spunky Eclectic 80% wool, 20% nylon
Yardage:  I had about 230 yards total so very basic socks with fairly short legs.
Needle:  US 3 with a CO of 48

FO #3


Pattern: Under the sea by Sharon Hart
Yarn:  Ocean Currents in Casbah (80% merino, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon)  Total "yum" on the yarn -- extremely soft (cashmere) and squishy
Needles: US 1
Size: Made the medium
A word about toe-up socks:  Seems a rather awkward construction (OK, that was 5 words)  Knitting from the cuff down just seems a whole lot easier particularly where heels are concerned.   I heard a lot of complaints about short row heels as they tend to be narrow but those fit me just fine.

And some spinning pics:



BFL that I dyed and spun -- I had expected stronger colors based on the way the roving looked.  I like the pastels but it wasn't really the look I was going for.



Merino/tencel (tencel adds the shiny bit) that I'm spinning to be socks.  I actually have 8oz of this so I could make some socks with some more complicated patterning.

Phew...that's about it for the knitting and spinning except for the 3 sock projects I've started in the last week.  As much as I love knitting, I'm ready to get up off the couch and start moving some more!

*Mr. Spellchecker didn't like "handspun" and suggested "hands pun" which is something I'm not even sure is possible.