An Exercise in Futility….

My local knitting group is running our own version of knitting Olympics. Those of us that are participating have contributed $10 ($5 toward prizes and $5 toward fundraising for a member that is running a race for charity), committed to knitting a project for charity, and committed to knitting something for oneself. I committed to knitting three preemie hats for the Preemie Project and toward finishing this durn bag and my mom’s Clapotis. I finished my first preemie hat on August 11 and the second last night.
Hat 1:

Hat 2:

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…“Booty” Club, baby!!!

The sign-up was open last night at 7 PM EST, but I happened to be at a baseball game. I was disappointed that I could not sign up. I was even more disappointed when I realized that the second wave sign-up was at 1 PM EST today. I knew I would be out of pocket at my tattoo design consult. When I arrived home from that outing, I didn’t even check to see if spots were available.

Fast forward to 5 minutes ago. I’m sitting in bed, reading the CNN site, and I jump over to the Yarn Pirate’s site. A few clicks…and off to PayPal I go to pay for three months. Sweet!!! I can’t wait for the first shipment.

In other knitting news, I’ve been on hiatus since frogging the toe of my first sock. Last week was busy and I didn’t get as much done (knitting, exercising, cleaning, reading, etc…) as I had hoped. There is always this week. :)

These photos are not comprehensive, but instead meant to illustrate how awesome my scarf swap partner is.

Picture of me with scarf, button, and bag. The bag is filled with goodies. The scarf is fantastic. I wore it all day at work.

Close-up of button.

The two little ducks were part of a flock that I received. The large one with the lei has lived on my desk for a while.

I mailed my package today and didn’t take any pictures of it before it left my hands. I can’t wait to hear from her.