Tink Back Tuesday

Welcome to the second edition of Tink Back Tuesday here at GnomeinTX!

This weekend, biomaj5, Liz, and I attended the DFW Fiber Fest in Grapevine. We had a great time perusing all the booths and spending way too much $$$. Here's my loot, and a picture of the three of us enjoying my new sod. :)

(1) Butterfly Girl Designs spindle with labradorite whorl (1 oz.) (2) Tyler finally finished knitting me a pair of socks! Pattern is Wendy Johnson's Double Eyelet Rib, yarn is Knit Picks Comfy in Lilac. (3) Two if by Hand BFL roving, colorway Exhasuted (4 oz.) (4) An improved photo of my Sprucey Lucy sock-in-progress. (5) Spinning Straw into Gold Mixed BFL roving (4 oz.) (6) From Left to Right: Myself, biomaj5, and Liz. (7) Ozark Carding Mill fingering weight, 80/20 alpaca/wool. (8) Madelinetosh Tosh Sock, colorway Terrarium(light).

I also snagged a new project bag by That Semifero Girl at The Knitting Fairy booth.

This week's knitting only involved finishing my Ripened scarf (this morning at work, actually!). It needs the ends woven in and to be washed, but I'll get a picture up next week. Now I can turn my attention back to the Sprucey Lucys and Geodesic.

Until next week, knit, knit on!

Hello again! It's been a while since my last update, but there's not a whole lot to catch you up on. Let's see..

My classmates and I are now giving massages to paying clients at our school's clinic. It has been an interesting 2 weeks, and I'm really enjoying working with people! It is a pretty relaxing job, and I hope that I'm actually making people feel better. This afternoon I got an appointment notification which informed me that my first client has scheduled another appointment with me, which makes me hopeful that people are enjoying my services. :)

The house hasn't changed much since the picture post I updated with. We did add soaker hoses to our trees and the foundation. We also finished roofing the shed, so it looks a little less ridiculous. We still need to paint the shed, and at some point (probably October?) we're going to put up a fence and then get the yard ready to be seeded for grass.

Tyler is keeping busy at work. This week has been a bit of a turning point on his team, and it's changing for the better, it would seem. I'm praying that the changes to his work atmosphere will continue, because he's generally been in a better mood as a result.

Not much else is going on around here. I've been totally unmotivated to do anything (include work in clinic) this week, which is not the greatest thing in the world. Hopefully it will turn around for me soon! I've thrown myself into reading more lately, which is great, as usual. Tyler and I also made a trip to our local used bookstore this past weekend, which was awesome. I have a feeling we will be spending a lot of time there from now on. I also saw some new faces at my knitting group this week, which was awesome. It's always fun to get to know new people and be impressed by their knitting abilities (which always way outshine mine, lol). I'm looking forward to going to the group again on Monday, and I've set a goal for myself to finish the bag I've been working on since March/April by the end of this month. Wish me luck!