Long Time, No See

I am back at home for a weekend get-away :). As most of you know, I have been staying at my parents house since July 14th, when I had tendon repair surgery. The surgery was not too bad. Having to stay put, and keep my foot propped up isn't too fun. But, I have been able to get some valuable knitting time in.

First, I wanted to show you what a wonderful surprise awaited me when I got home last night from Allison!!!

This book "Lavish Lace", has some of the most beautiful handpainted lace designs I have seen. The best part is, I was just starting to get into lace knitting since I can really sit and concentrate, but I didn't have any real practice or skills with it. This book takes you through projects that go from easy to more difficult, while teaching you tips and techniques for knitting lace. I LOVE it!!! It came at the most perfect time too, I was just starting to get down-in-the-dumps about having to sit around for so long. What a great pick me up!

Here is the really cool part I discovered when I opened the book:

Yes, that's right, the book is signed by Cheryl Potter, one of the co-authors! How cool is that!!Thank you so much Allison for such a great surprise!!!

I thought I would share with you some of my lovely cast photos. Here I am sitting in quiet repose, from my throne. This is where I have been perched for the last few weeks. It is the command center really. I do have to say that my parents have been wonderful. We have been watching Big Brother-All Stars (Will has you all fooled), and playing Gauntlet, Seven Sorrows on PS2 (we are currently trying to see how fast we can conquer the game). I don't want for anything, and of course you can't beat your mom's cooking!

This is a shot of a sock I completed. How convinient that the sock happens to match my cast so well. You can't really tell, but the color green in the sock is the same color as the cast!

Here is my lace camisole from the book I checked out from the library "Vintage Knits" (Do you think the library wants their book back?). I just need to run some ribbon through the trim, block it and sew down the straps. Oh yes, I also need to get rid of that annoying little coffee stain that appeared on the bottom of the first piece I made. It is in this nice little spot down where I started my knitting, rather than the end, so I can't just rip it out.

Finally I did leave my command post for a quick trip to the yarn shop (sorry for holding out on you about my purchase). I bought some beautiful Classic Elite Provence, which I used for the trim of the camisole and am now using to make the Ballet Camisole from Magknits. It is a great yarn to work with! This is what I have done so far of the Ballet Camisole.

I wanted to thank everyone that has emailed me and been so kind as to check up on me these last few weeks. I know I don't get to post very often, but I do get to the computer to read my emails and try to read your blogs. It has made me feel really great to know there are such caring people out there! Happy knitting, and I will be posting again soon!