Overdue for a post, that is. Things have been a wee bit crazy in Pins & Needles land lately, what with quitting a job (tougher than I thought it would be), starting a job (very exciting), trying to sell a house (frustrating in this market), moving into a corporate apartment (how do people actually live in 500sf?), searching for possible houses to buy (scary, for a number of reasons), and temporarily living in two cities once again (no fun at all). It’s a pain, and truth be told, things are not going as smoothly as I’d like with the transition. Pretty much everything outside of my actual job is completely up in the air right now. But all that is going to work out. Eventually.

I took a week of vacation in between jobs. While I was off, I managed to get half of a baby sweater knit for a good friend who just had her first baby. Initially, this was going to be a Dale sweater, but somehow in getting the house packed up and ready to sell, I managed to lose my Dale pattern book. Oops! I think it is for the best though, because the Dale sweater was knit on size 1 needles, and would have taken years for me to finish at the rate I’m knitting right now. This sweater (from Adorable Knits for Tots) is on size 8s - much faster! It seems larger than it should be for a 6-9 month size, but hopefully when it is all seamed up it will be the right size.

Now, I just have to figure out how to find time to finish the sweater!