No photos today (I've been up since 3am and only got home an hour ago), BUT, good news from the knitting front!

I've used two 50gm balls of stash yarn already!!!

Yeah, I knew you'd be just as excited as I am about it.

~~cough~~

I made a secret hat for my hat book (of course) in pale pink Aussie Cleckheaton 12 ply wool I bought from the Op Shop just before Christmas. I have another 8 balls and I'm going to make a baby cardi with it, I think.

I need to redo all the templates on Knitting-and.com to point to the brand spanking new repaired photo albums and I'm thinking of putting a little "skeins used" counter in the sidebar on the blog while I'm at it so y'all can enthuse with me (look, I'm going all American in my excitement)

:-P

I also started a little kid's jumper (pullover sweater type thing) for the Dulaan project, with even more stash yarn, so the count will go higher very soon. I'll definiitely post a pic of that once I get past the ribbing and have had more than 4 hour's sleep in the last 38 hours...

I know I should have been knitting hats but I have to spin the yarn for two of them, and I needed daylight to pick out the yarn for the other one so I just grabbed Priscilla Gibson-Roberts' "Knitting in the Old Way", suitable needles and the knitting kit* and off I went.

And now, to relax with some stocking stitch (round and round and round) and some junk TV.

*Knitting kit = note book, calculator, oddments of wool from recently finished projects for stitch markers, a little bag of stitch holders, a pair of embroidery scissors and a pen, all held together in a shopping bag with Grover from Sesame Street on it. I would have chosen Kermit, but he wasn't available. Yes, I am an adult and I have the Sesame Street All Time Platinum Hits CD on my iPod AND I listen to it. I mean, sheep in flamenco shirts dancing the Lamb-baba, what's not to love?

OK, they're tap dancing in this photo. So sue me.

PS: I tried the twisted (long tail) cast on in Knitting in the Old Way and it looks rather nice. It has a lovely rhythm to it, is nice and stretchy and works well with the K1, P1 rib. I'll definitely use it again.

Photos and links tomorrow!