I found my card reader! It was not burgled at all! It was kicked under the Eldest’s bed. Ok, everyone stop for the eyeroll…. there we go. So I have a little bit of catching up to do here…

I’ve got spinning!

Pigeonroof Studios fiber of the month club, BFL, spun to about a DK weight. “Mephistopheles” colorway.

Scrappy club fiber from Funky Carolina, culled the greeny browny bluey greeny yellowy bits out and spun ‘em up at random. Came out quite unexpectedly, but beautifully. Bulky weight, mixed fibers.

Dessert in a skein, from Becoming Art. Merino bump and mixed fiber batt, totaling about 7.4 ounces and plied together.

Funky Carolina July fiber of the month club, corriedale, handspun, about an aran weight. Delish!

and some knitting!

A blanket made from scrap sock yarn done up in mitered squares. Great stashbuster!

the only holiday knitting that I am doing this year…

4 more weeks until term end, but I’ve got a 4 day turkey stuffed weekend to look forward to, and boy am I ever!

I absolutely swear that in a few weeks, this semester shall be over.

By then, I will have a card reader and there will be knitting and real life content again. Promise. Pinky swear. Really.

Until then? This is neat.

I have a huge test to study for.

Therefore, I am being Easily Amused.

There is a possibility, we aren’t sure (sometimes this place gets disorganized) that the card reader was plugged into the girlie’s laptop when it was stolen, which means that I’d have an explanation for why I haven’t been able to find it since that day. On the other hand, it may just have slid under the couch or been hidden by an enterprising kitty (this is actually not a bad possibility, when I sucked out our floor heater I found both pairs of my missing earrings, two catnip mice, the girlie’s missing robot beret and a LOT of cat hair had been dumped down the grate. The hair I can accept “gravity” as an explanation for, but my earrings…)

There are many pictures of beautiful knitty things on my camera card. When I buy a new reader, two things will happen. I will be able to download, edit and post them here, for a start, but more importantly, I will find the missing card reader that the cats have spirited away. That would be Murphy’s Law Of Buying New Stuff To Replace Lost Stuff.

Only a few weeks out from end of term and I am really ready for it. I’m doing the winter intensive and then spring, but am seriously considering taking summer term off. I hate the idea of losing momentum but I have to admit to needing a little break that lasts longer than a couple of weeks. If I didn’t do the summer intensive, I’d have a full 10 week summer vacation.

It sounds very good, I am just saying!

My new favorite band, which I’ve blogged about before on the Jewish blog…

I really like them a lot.

My house was burgled last night, while we were totally home. Thief came in the back door and stole a laptop out of one of my children’s rooms, while we were making dinner in the front.

I am torn between all manner of emotions. Anger – I’m f*cking furious that someone would enter my home and steal from us. This person went into my child’s bedroom that she had just exited not ten minutes previously. Fear – what if they come back? Relief – at least my child was not in the room. At least they didn’t steal anything else. At least the cats did not get out through the door that was left open. Anger again – if I’ve said it to the kids once, I’ve said it a thousand times, lock the back door!!!

My daughter is now dealing with the loss of her entire culinary school portfolio, all her music, all her pictures, everything. She no longer has a computer for school, and is starting a block of academics that require writing every night and logging in to do assignments on the school website. We can’t afford to buy her a new one and we don’t have renter’s insurance. To make matters worse? The kids went in and out that door a few times after the burglary before I realized it and told them NOT to touch anything, so the crime scene person could not get any prints this morning. There went our hope of catching the thief/retrieving the laptop.

This is one of those, “we were lucky, it could have been so much worse.” issues and I’m well aware of it. So much so that I feel a little guilty for feeling so angry. But, I’m still really mad!

Another pair of “Toast” mitts, these in Funky Carolina handspun merino dyed up in the “Dollie” colorway that I spun earlier this summer. Some mods included a purled heart motif, cute flower buttons, and ribbing to keep the edges from curling.

I’ve done a couple more hats in the meantime as well, and this one is my favorite so far:

It reminds me of a wheel or a mandala and might be my favorite hat ever, not just of the most recent finished goodies. Knit up in handspun (also Funky C) merino/silk, in the “Greensleeves” colorway.

School continues to eat my brain. Which is probably better than zombies. If it were zombies, I’d be complaining.

I didn’t forget a musical shiny, it’s Tuesday after all!

I’m a little blue today, probably because I’m sick, so this seems appropriate:

It’s from the movie Sita Sings The Blues. You can find the whole thing on Youtube or if you google it in other places on the web. One of my favorite animated films, take an hour out of your life and watch it you’ll be so glad you did… The opening credits (below) is one of the best openers I’ve ever seen!

Ysolda’s Icing Swirl slouch, knit up in a bulky thick n thin handspun art yarn that was gifted to me by Ms. Funky Carolina. Don’t know the name of the colorway, but I sure do love it!

I also knit up a quick snood in some handspun (also a Funky Carolina blend of bamboo and merino fiber – the colorway is “Daze” and I spun it up earlier this year) that was quickly appropriated by Daughter #1. Daughter #2 is modeling it.

There’s 3″ of a lace slouch in more Funky C handspun on the needles. Don’t know why I’m on such a knitting kick, probably something to do with the change of seasons and my desire for more variety in headwear. I have something on my head anytime I’m out of the house, and I do get tired of scarves. Some cute winter hats are exciting!

No, I didn’t forget the musical shiny… it is, after all, Tuesday…