Well, I would love to show you pictures of things like knitting and flowers, but our camera is dead. Anytime you try to take a picture it says Error 99, which in Canon land is the generic error message that basically means your screwed. We’ve narrowed it down to the camera body, so we will have to send it in to the service center. Yay! *sarcasm* We’ve looked into this problem a bit, and it seems this is something that happens to a lot of Canon cameras (no matter what model) within the first year or two of its life. That’s really shitty considering you are paying a lot of money for these cameras. But there is good news that comes with this, since Mike uses the camera for work too, we are ordering a “back-up” camera that will probably end up being better than our current one. Yay! So, you will just have to bear with me on the lack of photos for a little bit.

On to better subjects, I’ve gotten a lot done this week. I had a cold for the first part of the week and ended up calling in sick on Monday and Tuesday. While having a cold really sucks (especially while pregnant), getting to sit around and knit all day (well at least the parts that I was awake for) was really nice. I got a lot done. I finished up my Baby Surprise Jacket. All I need to do is get buttons for it and block it. Then I knit a Stacked Eyelet Cowl. Actually I ended up knitting it twice because the first time it was huge. Its such a fast and satisfying knit, I plan on making a lot more of them. It was cold yesterday, so I wore it out to dinner with friends, and I really liked it. There weren’t any ends to get in the way like on scarves and shawls, but it was still warm. And of course the best part is that it knits up so fast. On a weekend, you could literally knit it in one day. So, I’ve caught the cowl bug, and my Ravelry queue has exploded in cowls. Friday night I cast on for a Swallowtail Shawl and I’ve been working on that diligently this weekend. I’m using Malabrigo lace in Vaa for it. Its actually coming along pretty fast considering it’s knit in laceweight yarn.

The orchids I was eagerly awaiting arrived this week. Guess what, the Masdevallia Exquisite Mary was in bloom! One of the blooms looked like it opened up in the box, so it was a little wonky looking, but the rest of the spikes are opening up now. Its so pretty, I’m in love. But of course…no pictures. Hopefully we will have a new camera before all the buds open up.

Anyway, back to knitting.

Sorry I’ve been quiet for awhile. I promise a longer post soon.

Guess what….I received my Ravelry invite!!

Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet lately.

I have an announcement……I received my Ravelry invite!!

There will be a longer post later…I promise.