My excuses for not posting more frequently.... Oh, yes, the camera is probably still broken. I sent it back to the manufacturer to be "repaired" -- but I'm guessing that will probably actually mean replaced. Which is fine, as long as we get a working camera in the end.

I was home sick (still recovering, actually, but I feel good enough to go to work) last week and I finished my pink shawl. The only picture I have is from the very beginning, and it is a triangle. It was knit starting with the hypotenuse edge, and decreasing row to get to one single stitch. I also finished some socks, at last, and I'm very nearly done with one more quick project. That one needs to be modeled, but I won't see the model until Thanksgiving, so we'll have to wait. Plus the camera being out of commission.

Have I started another lace piece? Believe it or not, no. I love knitting lace, but I really wanted to be sure to finish other things first. Now that one is done and the other is nearly there, I am very tempted. I have the next project lined up. I have some beautiful blue silk yarn that is going to be a lace stole. I can't wait to show this one off!

And Walker's vest has been set aside as well. He said that was all right (see: other projects with specific deadline), but I know that will have to be taken up as soon as possible. The season for wearing

I got this meme from Grumperina, knit blogger extraordinaire, and the other bloggers out there with their responses. 1. I taught myself to knit, mostly using the Martha Stewart Living website and the most embarrassing book ever published, I Can't Believe I'm Knitting!. Getting out there and finding other knitters made me a much better knitter than I would have been otherwise.

1. I wanted to learn how to knit because of a task I had at my retail job. I was assigned to reset the shelves on which the yarn was to be displayed. I was in a new town, far from home and my friends and family; I was working graveyard shifts and sleeping during the day. I was grasping for something to do.

2. Although I like to think of myself as a "process knitter", I love, love, love getting a project finished. I do enjoy learning new techniques, but when I start a new project, I've got the finish line as my goal. I rarely discard a project.

3. My favorite yarn depends on the project. I love silky fuzzy shiny goodness such as some shimmering Sea Silk or Misti Alpaca Lace, just to touch it. I love Tahki Donegal Tweed, my first real yarn, a nice rough wool with lots of tweedy bits. It's really made for Ireland's climate more than California, though. For

I'm still knitting. I even have some stuff to show you, if I can make this work.

Something new I've been working on is lace. I am working on a shawl, but it's a lot of stitches per row, so my progress is pretty slow. I'm nearly halfway done, though!

Another big project is a vest for Walker. It's another cabled pattern, in a nice earthy brown.

And of course I always seem to have a sock going. I don't have any pictures of socks (see "the camera is broken") but, rest assured I need my commuting project!