Right, so theoretically things should slow down when the semester ends, yes? No, not when you count 5-day conferences, stuff to read, new languages to learn, Web sites to build, and a myriad of oooh-hey-now-that-the-semester’s-over-let’s-have-lunch fun things that I’ve been wanting to do for weeks! Nay, months!

Still, there has been knitting. The 10 hours (plus) of driving to and from the 5-day conference resulted in a cumulative pair of socks (knitting on two pairs of socks because one circular broke halfway through the conference itself), and there is some sleevage on the horizon that might actually result in a finished sweater.

In the meantime, I leave you with unf**ked-uppage, which I’ve been meaning to post on behalf of my sister for nearly a month. This first picture is the way it should look (from another repeat on the same shawl)

What you see below is the shawl post-drunken knitting. Perhaps there is a method to the madness….

There used to be two giant, gaping holes (going down 3-4 rows) just to the right of the marker. Unfortunately, there is no “before” picture. Despite the significant improvement over basically 4 or 5 dropped stitches in a complex lace pattern, my sister is still bothered by the screwiness of this particular section of shawl and may rip back anyway.