Busy weekend, little knitting

And it's shaping up to be a busy week. Here's the update:

Friday - cooked dinner (kinda a new idea around here). Talked to my mom on the phone for a long time and knit some.

Saturday - cleaned the apartment a lot. Took a ton of stuff to Goodwill. Walked about 4 miles to a friend's house, hung out, and got a little knitting done. (Except that I hadn't taken the right needles to start my new project, but she loaned me a pair of close-enoughs and I was on my merry way!)

Sunday - cleaned more and did a ton of laundry. Took more stuff to Goodwill and clothes to the cleaners. Went to a TFC (my chorus) concert that was incredible. Got about an hour at Knitsmiths. Came home and ate and cleaned some more.

So my house is looking pretty good, but there's not a lot of knitting. I didn't even get the buttons put on the baby sweater. Maybe I can manage that Wednesday. This week I have rehearsal, four concerts, a big international meeting to attend, and, on my last spare night, a dinner for that meeting. Any knitting I get will have to be on the T, and I'm afraid to do the buttons there.

I thought I'd thrown in the pictures of stuff I promised before, but I'm too tired to tell you all about them. You can use your imagination. :)

First, Mist progress. I got up to the buttonhole and decided to make a buttonhole swatch. I made a vertical buttonhole, working the two sides separately. The book said not to do it, no really, we mean it. I did it anyway and I'll just try to do a little reinforcing around the edge. The piece looked like this before I finished off the front. I've also finished one sleeve and started the second, so I might finish it up soon. The new challenge: choosing the towels to sacrifice for squeezing out water and blocking -- red bleeds!

I started Gyrid from Elsbeth Lavold's Designer's Choice. I'm using her silky wool and I really like it. I haven't photographed the work yet, but here's the swatch. (Hey, it's just a swatch.)

And finally, Sundae so mesmerized by yarn that she forgot she was taking a bath. (She didn't even flinch when I took photos with a flash!

(Cuter when big.)

My mom will be here this weekend (yay!) and I'll try to blog about our food-and-knitting weekend as we go along.