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Yesterday was my 10 year blogiversary! I had the sense I had been doing this for kind of a while so went looking back in the list of posts. April 24, 2016 was post #1 – so here is a blast from the past Obligatory origin story . Doing this blog has helped me find so many wonderful friends and otherwise been such a great thing! Looking forward to many more years of sharing stories and projects and adventures with you all, and reading about all of your thoughts and activities as well!

The days are getting away from me! I am trying to catch up with blog reading, so hopefully will catch up with everyone soon. In between class work and house stuff I have gotten some knitting in though. The argyle cardi fronts are coming along! And for anyone who is wondering what the backs look like: There are a few ends to weave in. But I will worry about that later! I also started a new sweater project – a Half Moon Tee , which is KAL I’m doing with Alissa of AlissaMakes ! As you can see, it’s not that far along yet, but I do like it so far. The full moon afghan squares are moving along pretty well. The first few just have a little more embellishment left to do and the latest one is still under construction. So hopefully I will have some finished ones to share here soon. I need to get going on those, because there are TWO full moons in May, and I’d kind of like to keep up with them if at all possible. How about you? What are you working on and how is it going?

The argyle fronts of my Peggy Sue cardigan are coming along! It is taking longer than I hoped, but it’s a little fiddly to do, so I can’t complain too much. This is one full repeat of the pattern. Now I need to do that 2 more times and I’m done! I’m alternating between this and the moon afghan squares, which I am enjoying quite a bit. What are you doing and how is it going?

I just got back from a visit to my DH’s family in Pennsylvania. We drove there and back, which in hindsight was not a great plan – it took 2 days each way! We did get to see a few sights, and stopped to visit with Alissa of AlissaMakes and her DH, which was a real treat Other than that, we did a quick stop at the American Giants museum and a stop at Mosser Glass . Mosser Glass was pretty cool if you are interested in pressed glass. I’m not super into it, but its also doesn’t take long to go through it, so on balance, worth a stop. There was not as much as you would think to see or do at the American Giants museum. But mainly what I did was knit. Four full days of car travel and four days visiting with family = eight days of knitting! I cast these on the day before we left and bound them off about an hour from home on the way back. If we ever do this trip again, I’m definitely doing socks as my road trip project! The yarn is a Perfect Pairs set in the Equinox colorway from Must S...