I've seen a preview of the next Interweave Knits issue and I am eager for it to come out. It seems like so long since I bought a knitting magazine, I miss reading them. In the new issue of IK, I really like the no-sweat pants, not sure if they would be really practical but I think it's neat that someone designed them using homespun yarn, it's such a fluffy cushy yarn. If I were in a boaby mood, I would be SO tempted by the heirloom aran baby set but frankly seeing that my kids are growing up makes me happy. Right now two is the perfect number for us, maybe in the future.... we'll see. My little man will turn 3yo this month and it's so exciting to see him turn from baby/toddler to little boy. He's such a happy kid, his eyes always filled with amazement(!?) about everything. Salt peanuts from Veronik Avery is a neat sweater, once again I'm rooting for my friend but it's a cute little number, not my style but I could see so many wanting to make it. I'm still laughing over why this is called Salt Peanuts, I can still hear the music that it was inspired by. ;)
Zoe's sweater is s-l-o-w-l-y progressing, I wish I had more time to knit it, since I want to knit one for Lucas too. Guess I should have started with his, maybe it would have been done in time for his birthday. I don't think I'd bring socks to knit on the road, they would take a million years to knit. Our schedule once on the road is pretty crazy, get up early, work, come back to hotel, find a place to eat supper, relax, sleep. Wake up call the next morning always seems to come to quickly, I've tried going to bed at 10pm (just that is a big step for me) but still we are so tired anyways. It's the travel time that seems to suck out all of our energies. Anyway, one thing is steady, I LOVE my job! :) Some days are hard though, I still need to build confidence and pick up speed at work, I feel like I have a lot of weight on my shoulders to perform. You never know when you do well, just when you make errors, so each time a boss comes by, I stress. LOL! Poor them, they must wonder why I tense up each time they say hello to me! ;) I'm hoping this week will go better as always, it will be our 3rd week. Most workers are doing well, Carl is progressing super well!!! He couldn't be more proud, the auto parts and garden section, he really likes. I'm still learning my new section, hopefully I'll be in jewellery for a while 'cause learning a new section each two days is hard too. You can never compare and see if you make progress. Anyway, I just hope that all goes well.
Sadly I haven't found any new yarn stores to search for this week. So maybe I'll just sit in my room and knit like mad for once! LOL! Though to socialize a bit I want to go play cards with a few new friends. We are always hanging out with our 8-person Montreal team but the Walmart core is 40 people. I know most like me as I make just about anyone laugh, it would be nice to know new people and also get away from the early 20yo 'kids' that we are always with. I feel out of space with them, clubbing, drinking, partying just isn't my reality. I know of a few that have kids so eac tuesday we talk about how our weekend went together and also on thursdays we wish each other a good weekend with our little loved ones. It's nice, now if only I could find a knitter in the group! LOL! My supervisor talked about learning to knit but when someone pointed her to me she froze. Not sure she really wants to learn after all, her loss not mine.
Well enough typing for now, washing awaits me, might go into work today for a few hours of paid practice on the machines. LOL! Next week we only sleep one night away from home, it'll be a nice change. :)
p/s: please forgive me for not including the link to the easy peasy cardigan this week. Just a little slip in all my excitement! LOL!
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