Job Well Done!

I had another competition today with the Irish Girls and despite our general feeling of "aloofness" or "lack of groove" we managed to earn 12 medals between the 4 of us and our 4 dances. My Knitting Guru Friend received a 1st, 2nd and 3rd! I got a 2nd, 4th and 5th, as well as being able to move up in my Slip Jig to the next level. There were 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th place medals earned by the other two girls, but I can't remember who earned what for sure. All said I think we can be pretty proud of the way we danced! :)

Another Project Created

Here is my latest creation. I used Southwest Trading Company's "Oasis" in the color Rose. It only took two skeins, which is good because it is pricey stuff! This has been sitting in my stash forever waiting to be made into something for Spring. You can find the pattern here. I am having a lot of fun designing my own things but do get nervous about posting them for someone else to make. Let me know if anyone creates one of their own and if the directions are ok!!!

Who's Really in Charge?

So here are a couple of shots of 2 of our pets. This is Moses....he has such a rough life.

Here are Myra and Moses. I'm not sure who is in charge of whom here.

Busy Weekend

I have been busy finishing another project that I designed. I think I am liking this designing thing :). It is a very simple shrug/capelet. I made it with leftover soy silk yarn from the Southwest Trading Company. I am hoping to have a picture and the pattern up tomorrow. I was also tickled to see my Ticker Tape Purse linked on Knitting Pattern Central's site. I love their site for free patterns and was so excited to see mine on there. So far there have been quite a few hits to the pattern page! I am also excited to be down to 8 days of school. My students and I are both very ready to be done for the summer. One last thing I'd like to recommend is seeing the movie "Memoirs of a Geisha". My BF got it for me and we watched it the other night. It was a beautifully done movie. Two thumbs up from me!

First Feis of the Season!

Wow! What a day. We hard our first Irish dance competition for the season today. The competition went well for my friends and I. Here is a picture of the goodies I recieved at the feis.

The other girls in my class did really well too! I am excited for the rest of the season! Congrats also to my knitting guru friend who won 2 medals at her first feis!!!

Here we all are right before competitions started. These are our school uniforms. We dance for Celtic Academy of Irish Dance. I am the one on the far right, but I deleted everyone's faces due to it being online.

My other addictions

Sorry I haven't posted anything on here for awhile. I have been busy getting ready for competitions in Irish dance. My first feis this season is the Queen City Feis. I am competing in 4 dances. I am quite nervous about them too. This is my sort-of second season competing. Although I really started towards the end of last year.

I also have another interest that keeps me busy. I haven't been playing it too much though recently. It is the online game World of Warcraft. This is just one of my characters.

Well, I have made a lot of progress on my BF's afghan. I am loving how soft it is. May have to steal it from time to time. I am also working on my own design for the first time. Scary, but we shall see how it turns out! It is a small caplet/shrug. I'll post some pictures when it actually looks like something.