The last month has been an absolute fog!  I swear that I do not know where the time went.  As far as knitting goes I am still plugging on the Wild Stripes baby blanket and will not bore you with a picture.  It looks the same only a little longer.  I have been fighting with the seam on the scarf for my scarf pal and hope that the last attempt to make it "Kristen" approved will be this evening so that I can mail the little sucker off.  I never knew a scarf could make me this crazy!  It is so soft and pretty but I should have designed it without having to seam two peices together.  That would have made me happier and less of an alcoholic!  I will post a final picture when it is blocked.  Hopefully tomorrow afternoon.  Woo Hoo....... If I do complete this I expect everyone to take a big swig of something good in honor of its being ready to mail.  I don't care if I know you or not.  It will be a scarf party across the knitting community.

I am also working on this scarf as I have signed up to be an angel to a knit a long that I have joined up with and will not tell which one.  (However, it will not be hard to guess). 

This is Knit Picks Andean Treasure and I thought that it was going to be a brighter and happier yellow.  However, it is more of a gold and it is still pretty.  Do not ask me why I chose yellow.  I don't know.  For whatever reason I was on their website and since I made my sister the wavy scarf out of this yarn (only pink) I knew I wanted to make another scarf mitten set out of it.  Despite my reservations on the color I have to say that I am happy with it and it is super soft.  This is so soft that Zack even knows not to eat it.  (Either that or he knows it is for someone else and that he better keep his teeth off!)

I have joined the knitting olympics in hopes that it will inspire me to get Lady Eleanor done before my trip to England/Scottland in early April.  My need for the lady comes from the need to be warm.  Whenever I am on an airplane I end up freezing my butt off.  The thought of spending 8 hours on a plane without enough to keep me warm is freaking me out.  It is bad enough that I am going to have to make myself sleep so that I am somewhat with it when I get there.  Also, we will be touring the highlands and that is very north and from what I understand it should be fairly chilly up there so while on a train or whatever I can snuggle up in my wrap.  My only problem will be to keep my friend from taking it.  She can be very sneaky and is a skinny bean pole.   I will have to watch her closely.

I will be knitting it out of Noro Silk Garden.  I was excited to hear that Cynthia is also doing this as a project for the olympics but is using a different yarn.  I can't wait to see what hers looks like.  Also, Heather has recently completed a scarf that is  out of Noro and inspired by the lady and looks fabulous.  She has a great picture of her modeling it.  She looks all warm with snow flying.

Other yarn related activities include the Creative Festival that was in Denver last weekend.  I went with my very pregnant sister and my mom.  My poor sister was being pushed around like a ball because she is so round.  What is it with people having to drag suitcases around with them at events like this?  I can understand strollers, I can understand wheelchairs, but I do not understand why someone can't just carry a bag or even better get a backpack and put your stuff in it.  Don't flippin trip me because you are lazy!  It was really irritating.  I did manage, in all of my frustration, to purchase these lovely items.  Yummy!!

Now I will end this post with a little exercise humor.  I am contemplating doing a triathlon.  So, I have been jogging and trying to get back into the shape I was in before the holidays and I am struggling with that.  It's hard to exercise when you can knit!  Anyway, I bought some workout pants that have cropped legs because while I am jogging I tend to overheat and I am to self conscious to wear shorts.  So, I ordered these pants and went by the size info in the catalog and while I knew they would probably be to big I figured that these people must know what they are talking about.  I get to the gym and put them on for the first time.  The were a little loose in the leg but since I had no other pants I figured I would give them a try.  About halfway through mile one I felt that I was a little more exposed then I was used to and realized that my pants had fallen half way down!  OH MY GOD!!!  I am thankfully one of those people who wears oversized shirts to cover the booty and I immediatley stopped all jogging and walked a little to get the heart rate down then left.  People, the catalog exercise people do not know what they are talking about!  Can you imagine if I had not noticed and would have been rockin along to my black eyed peas and not noticing a thing until some kid next to me turns real red and has to leave while laughing in disbelief!  So, I am going back to my trusty stretch pants that I have had since I was 18.  They are only twelve years old and have not died yet.  I don't need to look hip, hip is for wussies...(that is my new gym motto!).

Happy Knitting!