Knitting Progress



I finished the front of Vigdis a couple of days ago, and have almost finished the first repeat of the back. This is a fun sweater to knit, as it progresses so quickly and the design is so beautiful. I want to make a cardigan with the S-hitch pattern too. Since we have been having sunshine, I think the light was good enough that you should be able to actually see it now. I did switch to a circular needle, which I prefer over two straight needles, but I didn't have a circular the right size when I started. Now I do. For some reason I tend to have circular needles in the small sizes, but not the big ones. A great many of my knitting needles are inherited from my grandmother, and she had a bunch that were size 3. That is a nice size for a lot of things, so I am happy to have them.



The yellow jacket is mindless knitting and it tends to be my take-along knitting to work on while riding in the car, waiting for the kids at dance, etc. Carol knitted a bit on it today. It is coming along, but not as fast as Vigdis. It will be finished sooner than we think, however, since it is all one piece. When it's done, it's done. The pattern is really easy - K3 P3 across on one row, and just K on alternating rows, with cardigan border (K1 P1 ribbing) for 6 stitches on each edge.

More Babies!



Infinity's yearling daughter couldn't be left out, so Nova had twins on Monday afternoon. I apologize for being so slow getting their picture posted. The brown one is a girl! They are just the sweetest babies. Well, aren't they all? Still, there seems to be something special about these.



Two more chicks hatched yesterday - fuzzy little black balls of fluff. They get along great with the previous hatchlings too, and so does their mama, who is happy to play mother hen to all four of them. So would the other hen, but if we don't bring the chicks in, something always gets them, so, unfortunately, all the hen gets is supervised visitation during the day, which is better than nothing as far as she is concerned.

Mid-life Crisis???

I'm not old enough for that, am I??? This week has been exciting anyway. Whereas the animals were once something to keep me going when I haven't always felt like doing anything, the effect has been wearing off over the last few years. Blogging, and working on the fiber processing business, are ways to expand and keep learning new things. But I've been wondering now if going back to school might be something I want to do. I have assumed for 12 years that my B.A. in Psychology and Communicative Disorders was essentially worthless since both of those fields require graduate degees in order to be qualified to work in the field, and going to graduate school didn't work out for me back then. Now my youngest is old enough to start Kindergarten this fall and I find myself considering options. Although I don't know if any graduate schools would even give me a second thought now, since I have been out of the field for so long and I don't have current references, work experience or academic achievements. I think I'm going to see about taking some classes this fall and see where it leads. That's why I have neglected my blog this week - I have been too busy thinking and trying to sort out what it is that I want to do with my life. Suggestions and encouragement are welcome! Going back to school could mean giving up the farm for several years, but I would be in a better position to build it up again afterwards. It would be a big upheaval for the kids, who have never known life without the animals and would have a hard time giving them up. Now it is looking like if I do go back to school it will be further down the road than I thought anyway. No matter what happens, there is always knitting. I was a knitter before I had animals or knew how to spin or any of these things (I started knitting at 11 years old), and I will always be a knitter, and now a knit-blogger. There is a lot that I intend to do with this website and haven't gotten around to yet, and it will come, so keep reading and checking back regularly.