So I actually did get some knitting done this weekend, however not nearly as much as I intended. Still, some progress has been made!

On Friday I went and renewed my drivers license and it's freaking amazing how good my new photo is, some kind of total fluke freak thing that never happens! Also on Friday for lunch I took a detour by a yarn store.

Elsbeth Lavold Silky Wool in a pretty color that matches many of the trees right now. So pretty!

I went to knitting group on Saturday and didn't get much knitting done, so Claudia came over Sunday so we would both be more motivated to sit and knit for a while.

My poor Charlie sock was in dire straights but claudia helped me sort it out. We still aren't sure what went wrong but things seem okay now. Jesse played "Metal Gear 2" while we knit away. That's claudia working on a sock for me! She's knitting it with some Fleece Artist sock yarn which I bought a while ago. She's knitting them because the last pair of socks she knit for me, well the cat peed on them. After the cat had her annual shots she peed in a travel bag which had my passport, some hand-knit socks and a curling iron.

She didn't knit on those socks though until she finished her beutiful intarsia'd Harry Potter sweater (the full gryfindor lion on the front). I asked her to smile and she was like, "um I can't smile while weaving in all these ends".

I always try to have something nice out if a guest comes. Today it was Gouda Chesse and Mini Milanos.

While I was at the LYS I also bought another "knitting pure & simple" pattern. It's basically a hooded tunic and I plan to use some stash for it, once I get some other things finished.

Onward to my knitting! First up the baby cardi mid-seaming.

Then the back of Salina finally finished. This seamed to take forever near the end because each time I measured, it never grew.

So instead of casting on for the front and stalling on sleeve island again, I am knitting the sleeves before the front, and this time is my first go at two-at-once.