April showers bring May.... snow? God, I really hope not!

It would appear that I haven't been knitting if my blog was any indication. Luckily, this is not the case! I've been keeping busy!

As I mentioned in my last blog, I did finish Brad's Cobblestone sweater. Thanks Jared!

Sorry, Brad wouldn't let me take a head shot.

I've also almost finished Norh Gaughan's Tilted Duster from Interweave's Fall 2007 issue. I'm using Briggs & Little Regal in Midnight Blue. You can't tell from the picture that all I've left is to attach the sleeves and knit the collar.... but it's true! If I can bring myself to actually do this, it'll be ready for Spring! Oh, and it needs some major blocking too...

My very generous in-laws gave me some birthday money, and of course I bought wool! I purchased a beautiful fingering weight mercerized cotton called "Tangelo". yum. With it, I've started Miriam Felton's Icarus Shawl, from Interweave's Best of. Although the pattern calls for super-fine alpaca, I chose cotton for a sturdier shawl.

Brad and I just celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary and as wood is the modern 5-year gift, he bestowed be with tons of new wooden needles! How thoughtful! I couldn't help knitting a couple of swatch gauges last night to test them out... can I really handle another project right now?... why not!