Surprise!

I found out yesterday that there is going to be a Baby Shower here at work for the co-worker I’ve been knitting a baby sweater for . . . the catch? Yup, you guessed it, its TOMORROW!

In light of that all other fiber projects have been suspended. DH was fabulous and not only bought/cooked dinner last night, but even did the dishes so I could focus on finishing the sweater! He really can be quite the trooper when things come down to a crunch . . . I finished the 2nd sleeve last night, plan to weave in ends and pick up the stitches for the button band today at lunch, and then hopefully tonight I can finish the button band, decided on buttons and block it out a bit before wrapping! I actually haven’t completely settled on what I want to do for a button band, which is one of the reasons I hadn’t been working on it for a couple of weeks . . . . guess I’ll be deciding that this afternoon!

I had planned to spin last night after the marathon of organizing/cleaning projects that were completed over the weekend, but this sweater will be preempting any other fiber projects until I get it finished . . . With a little luck I’ll have time enough to do some baby mittens on a string, the thumbless kind for infants, to go along with the sweater.

I had actually been in a fiber stuff slump lately, not really working on much of anything for a few weeks. I may be starting to come out of it now that its looking more like spring . . . . but it does mean I haven’t worked on any of the New Year’s Resolutions lately or on the two Priority Projects either. . . . . perhaps in March I’ll plan to get back on track, with redefined goals and see where that takes me . . . .

Well, lots to do today at work so I’m off the files . . . .