Howdy, world! *waves*
Finals week, and what's the assistant professor doing? A wee bit of knitting, and a whole lot of work. Only in-progress stuff this week, as - yow - I'm underneath a stack of stuff a mile high, with more coming in.
So - in the 20 minutes before I have to head to campus, I decided to Order My World with Vivaldi's mandolin concerti (thank you, Robert!) and an in-progress update.
In-progress:
1. The world's biggest Hagrid Feetz, for 'Gus's Midwinter present. (He knows he's getting these; Rebecca requested them because she's the official footwarmer and his feet are cold!! Also, when anyone I know has their feet measured, they know what's coming.)
Footz #1 is done; footz #2 is cast on.
Yarn: Noro #50-something
Needles: US 10.5
Yarn Source: http://www.halcyonyarn.com
(from the Great NE Fiber Tour)
These are over 15" long, unfelted. Tres mutant.
2. The snowperson's shawl for Marie is still unedged. *sigh* No pics yet.
3. Fire gloves underway. I sent the transitions socks that I got mad at this summer to the frog pond to score a couple of these colors; the rest of the yarn is the same as in the Ice glove:
You can barely see the second Eliza Doolittles in the bottom left. Also pictured: the dough trough Dad sent for my birthday (Sagittarians rock!) and the yarn Susan sent which fortuitously arrived on said birthday ("5 points for Gryffindor, for sheer dumb luck!") - she bought it at the Bath Farmer's Market from the woman who raised the sheep - joy! It's lovely squooshy stuff; what shall it become? We know not yet. She calls the colors "Sunset on the Clam Flats." (Have I said that I miss New England in the last five minutes? I miss New England!) She has a great eye for color - she found the light blue in the Ice glove, which I never would have thought of.
Also still-in-progress and awaiting the end of grading:
1. Weaving in the ends on Trellis2. I MUST mail this to Colleen, asap!
2. The Glenesk patiently awaits the return of my attention - I'll finish the Midwinter gift knitting and the Fire glove and get back to this.
3. The Age of Aquarius sweater also eagerly anticipates the end of grading. I've kept my promise to set it aside for now, though - that's some seriously slow knitting. (The Glenesk, believe it or not, actually goes faster.)
And just in case you were worried that I'd lost my scholarly self under a pile of yarn, I'm nearly ready to start writing my essay on Stein, Serial Composition, and the Question of "Genius" (tentatively titled "Play it Again, Alice" - with the requisite post-colonic scholarly dull to be determined). Perhaps I shall actually get to the Hamlet essay as well. It'll be great, if I ever get there!
Ok, my twenty minutes are up. I wish you all merry days, and to those of you connected to academia in some way, congratulations on being (nearly) done with the semester!
*waves*
~ Sand
Madly in love with the Eliza Doolittle wrist warmers. Madly impressed by the hu-age Hagrid Feetz. Madly missing my Minier gals!!
Posted by: Erin | December 19, 2005 at 11:31 AM