It's almost summer, and I'm still not done...

Would somebody please turn down the temperature in NYC at least 10-20 degrees? Pretty please? As you can probably tell, I'm dreading the hot summer-like weather that's seems to intrude these days. The reason? Well, for one, I'm still not done with my mystery project, because after blocking it, I still had some embroidery to do, and it's KILLING me! Not to mention since it is something you cannot wear in warm weather... grumble grumble...



Also, I started this stole called Juno Regina for my mom for Mother's Day. Since she's in Hungary right now, and in Hungary Mother's Day is always the first Sunday of May, to make sure it gets there on time, I'm supposed to send it out by no later than the 22nd of this month. At the moment I'm roughly 40% done. I love the pattern, and the yarn is not too bad either. I'm using Debbie Bliss Pure Silk in pink. The yarn feels absolutely amazing when worked up, however sometimes it's a bit of a challenge to work with it especially since I generally have sweaty hands when I knit, which makes this yarn peel and stick to the needles (I'm using addi lace btw). I calculated I need about 7 skeins of yarn, and I just started my 4th skein. Now put blocking into the equation and.... I'm not sure I'll be able to make it. I need to finish at least half a skein a day to finish on time.

Now put this together with the urgency of finishing my mystery project before it gets really warm... I'm a bit overwhelmed.


Anyways, onto some more fun things!
I recently got this book called "Victorian Lace Today"! It is absolutely the most gorgeous book I've ever saw! The lace in the book is just amazing! So much so, that I'm still not sure which to make first. However I cannot wait to finish up some more projects, so I could make something from this book.

Talking about lace, I just got five skeins of Malabrigo Lace about a week ago. Three skeins are in this reddish-blue color, while the other two are blueish-green. They are just the most beautiful things!
I also got ten skeins of Malabrigo Silk in a grey/blackish-red/pink color, that I will use for the Multiplicity Sweater by Rachel Chaffee and Lucinda Snyder from "Sensual Knits." I'm planning this project to be my birthday gift for myself (for mid-June).

I also got this book called "2-at-a-time Socks," and two skeins of Great Adirondack Yarn Co sock yarn (one for my DB, and one for me), to maybe learn how to do socks once the semester's done.

I know, I know, I promised to be more selective, but these were just too amazing to miss out on. Plus I haven't bought any new yarn since then, and I'm not planning to either. Though there is this one one-skein shrug my DB loves, and thinks would look amazing on me. So that will be an exception I think. However, to prove my resolution, I'll be using some stash Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk DK in black and purple for the Frothy Gothy Wrist-Warmers by Susan Iacuone for the Jane Austen KAL/RAL which has the theme "something Gothic."

And last but not least, my DB and I went to the Yarn Harlot's new book's signing, and we had a blast! She's absolutely amazing, very funny, and just overall seems like a great great person. I was able to get a picture with her, holding each other's projects!!! We're also almost done reading the book too! (Just to avoid confusion, we read a little together every night, hence the slow reading-rate...)

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Update on previous projects:
* The Ice Chocolate Baby Blanket was given to the rightful owner. Her mother was really happy and seemed to like it.
* The Skull Beanie is done too, with the skull being stitched with duplicate stitch. It came out better than I expected. New owner likes it, so all's well.