Back in Action--Well, sorta

I'm back--well, sort of. After a long absence from the knitting world due to crazy law school finals, I'm getting back to the knitting. This until early this week when my hard drive up and died on me. In one fell swoop I lost all of last semester. Yeah, I should of backed up my HD sometime in the last 5 months but I didn't and I'm paying for it. So good bye pictures, music, all my notes from class. This crash did send me to the new Apple store on Boylston in Boston and it's pretty snazzy. The genius bar got my MacBook back to me the same day which was great, but I am mourning all the docs that I lost.

Anyway, so back to the knitting. I'm currently working on Twinkle's Best Friend Cardigan but am having to do pattern adjustments due to the use of size 17 instead of 19 needles. I'm testing out the Sweater Conversion chart. I think I ought to swatch again to make sure that my gauge is correct.

I'm also still working on the Hanami shawl. This has been napping on the needles since I need to sit down and concentrate on it.

My Swan Lake Cardi needs to be ripped back a row or two so that I can figure out what I did wrong regarding some of the special stitches. For some reason when I executed the Lifted increases I got holes in my knitting.

The only knitting that I have been able to make progress on was my Loopy Rug. It's slow going though since the loops are about three stitches each and I'm using No. 10.5 needles.

In other knitting news, NB and I are heading out to MA Sheep and Wool Festival next weekend with eyes peeled for Ugly Finished Objects. We are also making a stop at WEBS to pay homage to the LYS Supreme. I need to do some planning for yarn to pick out for projects. This time though no 1 or 2 skeins. I have more yarn to knit scarves with than any other type of yarn.