Oh. My. Gaw.

I had to frog 40-some rows yesterday on the back of the tank because I...get this....screwed up on the front and now I need them to match! The screw-up was to my advantage on the front, I repeated the first six rows instead of the first four rows, so my decreases were a bit further apart, which made the top longer, but it actually came out the perfect length!! Whew!

"Later this week", my foot!

Eh, I meant to post this last week, but I was super-busy with this....



...little ball of fur! Her name is Lexie, and she is the new addition to our family. She is about 3 years old, loves to play, is very talkative, and won Taffy over in just under a week. And let me tell you, Taffy hated her the first few days. Nothing but hissing and growling came out of her. But now they're playing together like buds. Lexie came from our local animal shelter, Friends Forever. And Lexie is so good...no climbing or scratching things she shouldn't...except her one bad habit is jumping on the counter. We're still working on breaking that.

No knitting lately. I just haven't had time with Lexie. Hopefully I'll get some more of the tank done this weekend.

First of all, I have decided to eliminate the comments link on my postings. It's too depressing to see each posting with "0 Comments", and I know I'm doing this for me and not for the comments, but it's depressing just the same. So if you'd like to comment on something, a link to my email is now in my profile.

Well, this weekend was Stitches Midwest, and of course I had to go! Saturday was a beautiful day for the almost two-hour drive, and my friend Becky and I had a blast. I got some yarn:

"Licorice Twist" from The Village Spinning and Weaving; I also got some tan laceweight yarn (no photo) from the WEBS booth--a whole cone for $22.50!

I got the new Sally Melville book, "The Knitting Experience: Color" signed by the author:

Sally is so nice! When I went up to get her autograph, she had just gotten there a few minutes before and was unpacking her knitting. I handed her my book, and she jokingly said, "You're not going to let me get any knitting done, are you?!" The only other things I bought was a shawl pattern and a sling-type bag from the Knitter's magazine booth (that's embroidered with "Knitter's. We're everywhere"). At the fashion show, they showed some of the shawls from the upcoming book "Victorian Lace Today", and I was drooling over them! I can't wait for the book to come out in November.

Here is the completed front of the Boobalicious Tank:


And here it is being used as a pillow by the princess:


Last Tuesday was my birthday, and here are the beautiful flowers I received from my aunt and uncle:


My Dad gave me these lace knitting books (in addition to a few other things):

Yay Dad! He buys me knitting stuff!

This is the baby outfit I decided to make for my client-friend. There are yarn samples attached to the upper right (next to the hat) which are purple, white, and dark grey:


And here is my finished tattoo. I love it!!:

I may be adding on to this tattoo in the near future. You'll see why later this week!

Well, I saw my new counselor today, Sandra. She's really nice. I see her again next week, the day before the dreaded B-day. She recommended this great journal, which I went out and bought right away...Angel Catcher by Kathy and Amy Eldon. I don't really like journaling; I can't write fast enough, and then it's too hard to read my damn writing. So I started a Blogger journal, just for me and my thoughts. And this way my husband can't delete it off my computer (like he deleted my Microsoft Word the other day. Grrr!!) accidentally. Anyways. I'm also reading How to Survive the Loss of a Parent by Lois Akner, CSW, which I highly recommend.

On to the knitting. I decided on a baby outfit (and it's neither of the ones I posted the other day, go figure) and bought the yarn today. I'll post photos soon, it's too cute!

I'm up to the bust shaping on the tank, it's coming along great. We may be going to the Bristol Renaissance Faire this Saturday, so I'll be knitting all the way there. Hopefully I can get the front done this weekend.