I am back, and I am tired

I have returned to Boston! But, first, a few more things from home. . .

I finished one knitting project while home, my father's Hanukkah gift. I made the Irish Hiking Scarf.

It took almost two skeins of Cascade 220 Tweed in a lovely chocolate brown. These photos are from before it was blocked, since it was still drying when I left. :) And a detail shot of the cables:

I also received one knitting related gift for the holidays. My aunt sent me a group of items from The Big Yarn.

These included stitch markers in really neat colors, knitting related notecards, silver stitch holders, and a pink needlesizer.

And, another poodle picture! Henry with his poodle:

And one last poorly taken picture. Every year in our neighborhood one family puts up one of those inflatable snowmen. Theirs, however, is usually falling forward and looks like he's been drinking quite a bit. I hereby present to you, the drunken snowman:

Happy almost New Year!

Mr. Darcy

One little crafty thing to show, now that the receipient has received it. We did t-shirt stencilling at Catherine's place last week. It was the first time I had done it, and the first time any of us had tried doing words. So I was pretty pleased with the results.



It's for a friend who truly appreciates both Mr. Darcy and Colin Firth. :) Here's a close up of the lettering.



And, as I am home, some poodle shots! The first one is of Henry riding in the car, during which he always has his paw over my father's arm.



And this is from my father's office's holiday party yesterday. Henry enjoying his champagne glass.

lots and lots of pictures

I finally finished the socks!



These were done in Regia 4fadig Mini Ringel, which I picked up from the sale shelves at Webs during our road trip in October. I love how these turned out, though the picture here isn't exactly true to color.

Today I also went to the Bazaar Bizarre where I met up with Ariel and Cathy. I also got to meet ZantiMissKnit.

And now, some photographs from Catherine's birthday extravaganza. We went to Jillian's and went bowling. I truly suck at bowling; I finished last in both games, but it was a lot of fun.

The birthday girl and her boy:


Cassandra and Ariel:


Catherine and me:


And the birthday girl with her cake:


One last photo, taken last night:


Happy Hanukkah!

it's been a while, but I have a good excuse

Actually, two of them. I hadn't posted because I didn't have a completed knitting project to show off (I still don't, but I'm making an exception and posting an in progress one or I might never post) and because I've been busy. Doing what, you may ask? Finishing graduate school. As of today, I am finished with my master's degree in library science. Now to find a job. . .

Here's the one project I'm currently working on, which feels like it's been forever.

I've got about half of the foot left on the second sock, but I'm getting (shh!) a little bit bored of working on them, even if I do love how they're turning out.

And since my blog is named after a lovely dog, I'm going to post a few pictures from the Bay Colony Dog Show, which I attended last weekend. I got sniffed, licked, kissed, nuzzled, jumped on, and hugged. I love dogs. Where else does a girl like me see that kind of action?

And now, the dogs:
Poodles, of course!

A very friendly Great Pyrenees.

Isn't this an adorable face? It's a Tibetan Spaniel.

Here's one of the dogs I spent the most time with. This is a Sussex Spaniel. His name is Fuzzy. And he is absolutely adorable.

Next post will feature Catherine's birthday extravaganza.