Yoga Kids
This is how I can get work done at home during vacation week. Ella and Liam decided to do a yoga session, all on their own. I couldn’t resist sneaking a few photos.
Whoa! And now they’ve decided to practice their violins, without any prodding. Ella loves being the teacher.
Finished Project-Snow Day Mittens
Project Specs:
Pattern: Valley Yarns Pattern #134: Super Bulky Mittens
Yarn: 2 balls of Rowan Biggy Print color 250.
Needles: US 11 double points
Pattern Alterations: My gauge must have been way off because these mittens didn’t look anything like the ones in the store. They’re much more narrow and I had to add two rows to the hand and thumb. But they probably actually fit me better than if my gauge was correct. Happy mistake.
I’ve been annoyed that I don’t have much time to knit now with the new job. And when I am knitting, it’s been something for the store or others. So I took advantage of the snow day yesterday and whipped out these mittens in no time, all for me.
And let me just say that we have the best neighbors ever. The neighbor next door cleared the sidewalk on our street last night. And this morning while Bill and I were shoveling out the VERY HEAVEY AND DENSE snow from the end of our driveway, the neighbor across the street came over to help out. I love our little village.
New Job
I had mentioned that I have a new full-time job in my previous post. I am now the new Sales and Inventory Analyst at WEBS. There was an opening, and the job was just too good a fit for me to resist. It’s been 8 1/2 years since I worked full-time, and that was before I had kids. I had really gotten used to my flexible free time. This is going to take some getting used to, though everyone is being so supportive.
I will really miss working with customers. But I do start teaching my first knitting class tomorrow, so maybe that can be a bit of a substitute.
Everyone at work has been making the transition as easy as possible. It’s been a ton of information to take in quickly, with a ton of new spring stuff coming in daily. Steve, the owner, has been particularly patient with me. This is great since sometimes it takes me a few times before I pick up something new.
It’s been pretty stressful. I’m terribly afraid of making mistakes and I usually think I’m not working fast enough. But hopefully as I get used to the job, some of those feelings will diminish.
I have to completely reexamine my expectations of how much knitting I can do. No longer can I knit 2+ hours every day. And there no longer will be those mid-week, mid-day movie outings. Those will be missed. But I’ve got full weekends again. That’s kind of nice.
So, I also expect my blogging time to drop way down. It already has. But I’ll continue to at least keep up with my finished projects and other important knitting details.
Finished Project: “Tilting at Windmills” Socks
Project Specs:
Pattern: Anne “Tilting at Windmills” Socks by Melissa Morgan Oakes
Yarn: Anne from Schaefer Yarn Company (A color wasn’t listed on the tag, but it might be the Clara Barton colorway.)
Needles: US 2
Size: I don’t remember, I guess they were the woman’s medium.
Here’s a sock I knit up for the store. I didn’t finish the other sock since I had other projects to work on for the store.
I have a new full-time job. There’s little time for blogging details these days…I’ll give you new job details soon.
