Well, i really couldn’t wait for silly hubbster to make up his mind
about the trout yarn. So I got him some Hawaiian shirts on sale and cast
on something for myself! So there!

I was thinking socks at first, but with summer on its way I wanted
something I could get a little more use out of. Since summer clothes are
generally pretty light, but the AC in this building is, well,
temperamental, I decided I’d make a shrug instead!

I have a lot on my plate craft-wise right now– or should I say, a lot
on my needles and hooks? In addition to my regular job of designing
patterns, I have sweaters on the needles, a new sweater class to teach
here on the blog, I’ve learned to double crochet, and finished a few
squares for my project (which I’ll be sharing next week!), and I’ve
dyed about 900g of yarn in the last month! Whew! And with all this fun
stuff going on, it can be pretty hard to remember the dozen unfinished
projects I have laying around my house! So last weekend, I picked up
one of my oldest and most adorable UFO’s and finally finished her up: