Yeah, I know.  Tomorrow, three days later…what’s the difference?

 I should attack a "not safe for work, small children, or furry animals" warning here, but that’s as close as you’re going to get, kids.  Go visit TD-0013 and laugh.  We all need A Different Point of View.

(I do note, you do want to listen to the archives if you haven’t been scared off yet.  They are probably the most played items on my iPod.  Troopers and a pink iPod mini…that’s joy.) 

Or, alternately, "Wow, she actually started it again."

How about "Yeah, unblocked lace looks like crap?"

Nah?  Okay, we’ll skip the caption contest.  Especially since it’s 4am.  But I’m happy I got past the first chart (finally!) and one full repeat into the body.  Good news, right?

Bad news:  This represents 2.1% of the entire shawl, according to the spreadsheet I have.

Yeah.

Oh, and I completely recommend dental floss lifelines.  I tried crochet cotton before, and it was just a huge pain in the ass.  Too thick, so it made the stitches in the next row extra difficult.  The floss is much easier to work with.  Except for when I had a ditz moment and was looking for something to cut the floss with.  And this after remembering that some traveling knitters take a pack of dental floss with them on the plane, so they can cut their yarn without scissors.

I’m not always the brightest bulb.

Anyway, here it is, and it shouldn’t go backwards from here.  I hope.

If you’re all good, maybe I’ll link you to my favorite stormtrooper’s website tomorrow.  He is, after all, a sexy bitch. 

Here’s the finished MaryElla, as worn to MSWF.  I think it came out nicely, and was very comfortable to wear.  The snap got sewed in at the Chick-Fil-A we stopped at one the way there, as I didn’t think to pick it up until we were on our way.

Remember the picture of all the beads strung for the project?  Here’s what’s left over.  Trying to think of something I can do with them all, and not sure what that is, honestly.  I haven’t done any beading in a long time, other than this project.

No, it hasn’t stopped me from buying an inexpensive bead spinner.  I’m never stringing that many beads by hand again.

;And I’m sure you’re all dying to see the lovely yarn I bought at the festival.  Warning, crappy cell phone pics ahead.

 On the left, we have what I think is "Confetti," and on the right, "Spring Garden."  The pictures, as always, don’t do the yarn justice.

Seriously…could this pair of socks be any more boring?

 Regia Silk, which is lovely yarn.  However…I decided that I’d try size 0 dpns, which is making a nice, dense fabric.  And since they’re for Mike, it’s plain, boring stockinette.

 So…endless endless endless knitting.  Movie knitting, if there was anything I wanted to see.  Which is unlikely - been in a depressive slump lately.  So the fact that these socks are even progressing is rather surprising.

 Every time I knit a pair of socks for him, too, I go through the "That’s got to be way too big" thing.  Seriously - they always look huge.  Then I go hunt down another pair of socks I’ve knit for him, that he swears are just perfect, and they match.

 But there you go.  No thinking knitting.  Except for when I stab myself in the hand with the DPN, because they’re a bit longer than the ones I’m used to.  But then…I never claimed to the world’s most graceful knitter.

 Oh, and Adamas got restarted as well.  Is it sad that I put a lifeline in halfway through the starting chart?  One of the end rows always gets me screwed up, and I’m tired of screwing the whole thing up trying to tink it.

So, where do you all think I spent my day today?

 Maybe, just maybe, Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival.

 Yes, I made a few new friends.  But, really, who wouldn’t want to take this cutie home with them?

 The obvious answer there is, of course, Mike.  Heh.  But he did come home with a nice pair of sheepskin slippers, and a pen with almost as many functions as a Swiss Army Knife.

 Myself?  I came home with sore feet and two utterly gorgeous hanks of yarn from Tess’ Designer Yarns.  I think the two colorways I got are Confetti and Spring Garden, but I could be wrong.  I just know they’re incredibly lovely, and may never actually be knit.  As I tried explaining to Mike, not all yarn is for knitting.  Some is for being lovely and making you happy just existing.  No pictures at the moment, but I’ll get them later.

 I do wish I had taken more pictures.  I only took three, and one didn’t turn out on my little cameraphone.  But it was just overwhelming!  We found the fairgrounds, saw the number of cars parked, and Mike’s first words were "Holy SHIT."  He didn’t think there were that many fiber people out there.

 The other picture that turned out is that cutie’s stallmate.