So, Aphrodite is finished. I’m off for a business trip, so blocking it wasn’t a super high priority. I’m a little concerned about the size (Lani is petite, after all).

Anyway, Lani update. Her latest liver panel was marginally better. “Marginally” does not make me feel better after the “eight times higher” but there’s nothing to do but continue with the antibiotics and check again in a month.

I’m off to Texas to run an event for work that might not happen. I’m bringing Ellington and another shawl with me – hopefully I’ll have more on that from the road.

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It’s just a blob now, and I’m not going to lie… it’s smaller than I was expecting. Though I guess in blob form, one can’t really tell. I have 11 rows left. The WIP cleanup continues.

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January:
1. Finish up Aphrodite Not done, but working on it (4-5 hours of work left on it)
2. Finish up Sam Done
3. Make some progress on Elliot’s blanket. Not done – I basically only achieved the task of carrying the bag it’s in somewhere and not touching it.

February:
1. Make some progress on Elliot’s blanket. I am like, the worst knitting aunt ever.
2. Finish up Ellington.
3. Finish up Aphrodite.
4. Do the final finishing on the Christmas ornament.

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I’m trying to knit. Really, I am. Cookie A socks have been an outlet for me to pour stress into in the past, and luckily I have another half a pair that’s been lying around (so uncharacteristic of me!)

This is the second of my Ellington test knit which I did back September. The yarn is Madelinetosh in Lapis, and it’s lovely.

Part of the stress, for those of you who keep up with Lani, is that we just did a routine liver panel, and her levels are bad. Like, eight times higher bad. Her specialist is hoping that it’s an infection from her teeth cleaning, so she’s on broad spectrum antibiotics right now, and we’ll recheck her liver in a week. I’m trying to delay freaking out until we get the second set of numbers, with varying levels of success.

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I know I’ve been lousy with the posting – my dad was here until Sunday. Brad and I took Dad to Sam Adam’s Brewery tour, which we originally did last year. Just as fun the second time.

And of course there’s more Grandpa and Elliot time:

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This is a WIP from forever ago – August to be specific. I’m trying to do a little knitting WIP clean-up after the whole sweater thing. These are for my sister.

Pattern:Sam by Cookie A.
Yarn: Less than 1 skein of Sunshine Yarns Wool/Silk Sock Yarn in Black Cherry
Needles: US 1.5 Knitpicks circulars
Modifications: Knit two repeats for the cuff instead of three
Date Started: August 07, 2009
Date Finished: January 17, 2010
Time: 11.5 hours for the first sock, 11.5 hours for the second sock for a total of 23 hours

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My dad came on Saturday (he’s here until Sunday) to see his grandson for the first time.

Adorable! But I didn’t get any work done this weekend (or on the flight home for that matter), so today is going to kind of suck. Oh well.

I did finish my sister’s socks (Sam) – pics tomorrow!

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Almost done with my trip – got a first class upgrade for my last leg home, yay! But it’s been a rough week for many reasons, and I’ve really not been great with the knitting, and this is all I’ve got so far:

In good news, I’m at the heel, and if I do some knitting on it instead of work in my luxurious first class seat, I could be in a position to have it as movie knitting tonight, as the foot is all stockinette. Or maybe I’ll work on the ridiculousness that has to be done by Tuesday. We’ll see.

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Yeah, I suck at posting. Last week was super crappy at work, and rather than knit to de-stress, I just wallowed…. and now I’m on a business trip. I have a little bit of a sock that might come later this week. Though I’m in the middle of a 16 hour day (8 hours of class, now I have to do the work I would have done had I not been in eight hours of class) so you get Lani… her legs were shaved for her teeth cleaning, and they shaved both (they failed on getting her catheter in the first leg, apparently). So we keep on singing Low by Flo Rida to her – “apple bottom jeans and the boots with the fur.”

Yes, we are lame. I wish I were home right now (despite this being a class I’ve been trying to take for a year now).

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I’ve got to milk this whole sweater thing for one more post, right? Sweaters dominated my 2009 knitting because of NaKniSweMoDo – not one stitch of a single sweater was knit outside of that year. Here it all is:

January: Central Park Hoodie
February: Broderie
March: Lily
April: Grannie Smith Cardigan
May: Peace
June: Brad’s Phildar Cabled Sweater
July: Cherry
August: Henley Perfected
September: Phildar Leafy Sweater
October: Daisy Pinstripes Pullover
November: Vivian
December: Sylvar

For a bonus, Jordana Paige blogged my Sylvar yesterday – totally cool!

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