I'm pooped

I'm right at the tail end of exhaustion here folks. I've been getting up at 6am and staying up til late-thirty to get all the loose ends taken care of for the camp that I am teaching this week. This full-on instruction into the arts of putting on a full broadway style musical is a huge undertaking, especially fitting it all into approx. 15 hours! These kids are learning everything. Some even occasionally retain the info.

We're now past the halfway point. Tomorrow we start run-throughs and then on Friday we do the Tech Dress Rehearsal where we have the lights and mikes and everything. Friday night is the show. It's a dinner theater too which is really cool. Right now I just want everything to be over. I'm enjoying doing this, but it's just me and thirty kids doing everything. I'm pooped. Way too pooped to knit. One glass of an alcohol infused beverage and it'll be night night for me I think. Right after I finish the 30 tie dye shirts that the kids all started...

Snakes and Ladders is complete!

Yippee! It's done. The Snakes and Ladders Stole is now in the blocking stage. It's final measurements ended up being approximately 5.6' x 30". I am now a true believer. I didn't believe the people who said that blocking makes all the difference when dealing with lace, but I'm now a convert. This turned out gorgeous. I know the recipient will be pleased. Of course if she isn't, she'll lie and say she is, cause that's what Mom's do. Yes, the ends were wonky at the time of the photo, but they've been adjusted since. This is my first lace project. Yes, there are mistakes. Fortunately, I'm the only one who will ever notice. I figure that even for someone who knows what they're looking for would be hard put to find the mistakes on a moving target. And don't forget, I'm allergic to perfection anyway.

complete!, sorta

I got some yarn p@rn for you:

This lovely ball of merino sock yarn came from a lovely lady at ebay. She calls it Spruce. It's got a beautiful brilliant blue that keeps popping up every so often. The colors remind me of what you'd find in a peacock feather. So pretty! New socks are now in progress cause I couldn't wait. If you try and click on the pics below to get a better look, you won't. I couldn't get a clearer pic to save my soul tonight. But I tried!

Look Mom! I got toes!

Ahh! no foot!