Finishing

Boy has is it been a busy summer! Between work, the boy and my friends wedding there hasn't been alot of time for blogging but I am hoping that ends soon! Since my last post I have finished a pair of socks, started two more knitting projects, began reading a great book, and went on vacation! I am actually feeling productive haha. And the best part of the summer.....Mr. Bobert finally agreed to getting an apartment with me! (not that he didn't want to live with me, he wanted to buy which would take a few years and I just wanted to rent which we could do tomorrow....I finally won!) I am so excited I can't stand it! He has a week left in his class and once he finds a new job we can officially start our life together after all these years =). Hopefully I will be able to share the process here.

Anyways, we got back from our vacation in Fort Lauderdale last week. It was AMAZING!! Ocean front view from our hotel balcony, gorgeous weather, relaxing by the pool and going to yummy dinners every night, what more could you ask for?

I got to dress up for our fancy nights


And Mr. Bobert got to drive a mustang convertible!


It truly was the best vacation ever! He even brought be to a yarn shop because he know how much I love them =P I got lots of great goodies while I was there including Malabrigo sock yarn, something I have always wanted to buy but never have. On vacation you can buy whatever you want!


And this is when I got the knitting bug again. It usually hits me at the beginning of the year and at the end of the summer when it starts getting chilly again. This time however is happened in 100 degree heat! I even finished my Herminone socks while we were there! I was so excited to finally have them off the needles, that mean't I could start other things!

So of course I went right for my new yarn. I didn't want to use the Malabrigo for socks ( as pretty as they would be) I wanted something I could wear for everyone to see! I chose the scarf pattern Nympheas by: Mimi Hill. The colors are perfect for it and it is knitting up very nicely.

I also wanted to start a new sweater. I have tried a few times to complete one and something always go wrong making me abandon the project but not this time! I chose a very easy fool proof pattern to do. Ellie by: Nikki Van De Car which is a simple top down sweater. I am using KnitPicks DK weight City Tweed in the color Tabby for the yarn. My friend bought be 10 balls of it for a past failed attempt at a sweater and I really wanted to use it up!


This is actually an old picture. I have already seperated the sleeve stitches and am working on the body now. It is going soooooo quick I love it =)

Other than all that I am reading a few books by Rachel Herron. Love stories with knitting in them.....could it get any better? I am also trying to work on a quilt for my friend's wedding....have to get on that since it is in 3 weeks haha. Not to mention my Patchwork Chevron Quilt that I want to have when I get my apartment!Busy busy busy....but I can't wait to finish everything.